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Mga residente sa Calumpit, Bulacan, laking gulat nang may nalambat ang mangingisda rito na… pating?!
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00:00The calamity caught in the Angat River in Calumpit, Bulacan is fierce.
00:12That's why the residents were very surprised when they saw a catfish here.
00:20They got scared.
00:24The kids are taking a bath every day.
00:27There's a catfish in the river of Bulacan?
00:37Catfish are usually found in salt water or the sea.
00:42But what is this catfish that was caught in the river of Calumpit, Bulacan?
00:51The fisherman, Roldan, was caught here.
00:56When I caught it, I caught a few pieces of catfish.
01:00Then I caught another one.
01:03Suddenly, there was a strong pull on my fishing rod.
01:06My hand slipped.
01:09When I tried to move, it went to the right and to the left.
01:13There was a catfish on his fishing rod.
01:16I said, this is just an ordinary fish.
01:18It's just a carp. I hope it will go away because it will destroy my net.
01:22But when he slowly lifted it up,
01:24This is a big catfish. It looks heavy.
01:27his eyes were wide open when he saw it.
01:33I said, this is just an ordinary fish.
01:35It's about this long. Half gray and half white.
01:38And its tail is up like that.
01:40And its tail is on the bottom.
01:42This is what I saw on TV.
01:44This is a catfish.
01:50It's still alive but it's obvious.
01:52It's really biting.
01:54If you can't hold it, it might bite you later.
01:57Brother, that's a catfish.
01:59Roldan immediately showed it to his brother, Erlito.
02:03He doesn't want to believe it.
02:05How can there be a catfish here?
02:07This is a river.
02:09At that time, I was thinking, I will take care of the kids.
02:11Because they take a bath every day.
02:13When they got home, they showed it to their neighbors.
02:17They caught a catfish.
02:20I was really worried because my father is a fisherman.
02:24The catfish might come here.
02:26That's what the catfish is afraid of.
02:28I was worried.
02:30This is the first time I've seen a catfish.
02:32This is also the reason why last week,
02:36they caught a catfish.
02:39But because the catfish is still young,
02:42it caught Roldan's bait.
02:47They were worried.
02:49There might be someone else here.
02:51There might be a catfish.
02:52They were really worried.
02:54Especially, there are families who are only a few meters away from the shore.
02:58It's scary because later, there might be a mother shark.
03:02It's scary because when my son takes a bath in the river,
03:06he might get bitten by a catfish.
03:11Meanwhile, the news about the last catfish caught in Sukol,
03:16arrived at BIFAR or Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
03:19They immediately went to Roldan to investigate.
03:25But they were surprised by their encounter.
03:28Because the catfish
03:31was already chopped by Roldan.
03:34It was like a catfish.
03:36According to my father, it's delicious.
03:38It's called ginagataan.
03:40The team advised us not to touch it and retrieve it
03:44since it's frozen.
03:45We're planning to send it to UPMSI for research regarding the species.
03:50According to BIFAR's investigation,
03:53the last caught
03:55was a bull shark.
03:57It was juvenile.
03:59It was only 4 feet long.
04:02Adult bull sharks can reach up to 11 feet long
04:08and are known to be aggressive.
04:10Bull sharks are top predators.
04:11Catfish is in the range of prey.
04:15But according to them,
04:17there should be more bull sharks to catch catfish.
04:22One bull shark they saw was not enough
04:26to reduce the population of catfish.
04:30Bull sharks really live in the sea.
04:34But they are also euryhaline
04:36or those who can live in both saline and saline water.
04:42There are cases where they are found in lakes and rivers.
04:47The situation in Calumpi is getting worse.
04:50It doesn't rain that much.
04:52Saline intrusion occurs.
04:54Maybe it's looking for food.
04:57It's lost.
04:59In fact, there are bull sharks that lived in the lakes of Taal.
05:04It was last seen in the 1930s.
05:08It lived there.
05:10So it's natural for them to be there.
05:12Because Taal Lake used to be connected to the sea.
05:15But all those bull sharks were also caught.
05:17At present, no bull shark can be found in Taal Lake.
05:21In 2019,
05:23a bull shark was also caught in a river in Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur.
05:29Meanwhile, in 2020,
05:31a bull shark also caught a fisherman in Apalit, Pampanga.
05:37This is the first case where a shark was found in the Calumpi River.
05:42Avoid swimming in rivers.
05:45They remind us that if there is a shark in the river,
05:50don't hurt it.
05:52There are about 200 types of sharks and rays here in the Philippines.
05:56Fifty-eight of them are protected.
05:59This bull shark is one of the protected species.
06:02These are considered threatened species.
06:05Their enemies are humans.
06:08If they see a shark,
06:10the best thing to do is to let it go.
06:13But if they catch it,
06:15they should immediately remove the tail or fin
06:18and make the shark lifeless.
06:21There are many children who play in the riverside.
06:24Now, they are the ones who don't go near the river.
06:29The movement of fishermen and residents here in Bulacan is numerous
06:35because they are well-alerted
06:37instead of being surprised when they are caught or encountered.
06:43And they might be caught by surprise.
06:46Son of a shark.
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