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Laguna de Bay (Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay"; Filipino: Lawa ng Bay, ), also known as Laguna Lake and alternatively spelled "Laguna de Bae", [1] is the largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila , between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north.
Studies in Laguna de Bay from 1961 showed its productivity was decreasing. Towards the end of the decade, while overall value increased, this was due to an increase in fish pens. Capture fisheries decreased in productivity, with a small increase in shrimp capture being overshadowed with significant decreases in fish and snail capture.
An armadahan in Laguna de Bay (1968) Armadahan is a traditional two-masted double-outrigger fishing boat from Laguna de Bay in the Philippines . They are rigged with two square spritsails .
They are found throughout the Philippine islands but are most prevalent in large lakes like Laguna de Bay, and sheltered coastal areas like Manila Bay, Ragay Gulf, and Batan Bay. Variations of salambáw lift nets include the bintol (used for catching crabs), panak (used for catching chambered nautilus ), tangkal (a stationary lift net operated ...
As Taal Lake is deeper than Laguna de bay, most of its fish cages are floating rather than fixed. By 1998, there were 640 fish cage farms registered with LLDA, ranging from 50 square metres (540 sq ft) to the legal maximum of 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) (the average size was 2,734 square metres (29,430 sq ft)).
Gobiopterus lacustris has been almost wiped out of Laguna de Bay. [9] The introduced tilapia species have outcompeted local species in many lakes. [30]: 36 Bycatch in crab gillnets can reach up to 45% of the catch, and much is thrown out. Of the crabs caught, around 3 of every 10 caught are immature, and 1 or 2 are egg-bearing females.
Forty-three passengers were rescued after the M/B Aya Express capsized in Laguna de Bay on Thursday shortly after leaving Binangonan town southeast of Manila in what should have been a 30-minute ...
Armadahan - outrigger fishing boats from Laguna de Bay. [30] Balacion - a large outrigger sailboat of the Tagalog people in Laguna with three tanja sails. [31] Balangay - also known as barangay, were very large two-masted sailing ships made using the lashed-lug boatbuilding technique. They were used for ferrying cargo and sometimes as warships.