Bolinao originThe provincial government bought 101 giant clams, weighing 15 to 25 kilograms, from Bolinao town in Pangasinan at P4,000 each. Another batch of 100 is expected to arrive in Bohol in June.
Before the clams were airlifted to Bohol on board a C-130 plane of the Philippine Air Force, these were wrapped in “cacha†cloth and cellophane, and placed in Styrofoam boxes with oxygen, said Adelfa Salutan, sector head of the Coast Resource Management of the Bohol Environment Management Office.
The clams arrived at the Tagbilaran airport on Feb. 20.
Maj. Gen. Alan Luga, Armed Forces vice chief of staff, said this was the first time a military plane was used to transport the giant clams, as instructed by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, AFP chief of staff.
Twenty of the taclobo were brought to the MPA in Bingag while the rest were distributed to the MPAs on Balicasag Island in Panglao town, Barangay Basdio in Guindulman town, Barangay Badiang in Anda town and Barangay Lipata in Carlos P. Garcia town.
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