According to Bascos, fish kill in Taal Lake happens seasonally, during the months of May and June, as the dissolved oxygen goes down during the period. “They [fish cage operators] know this already.

Fish cages have also been blamed, as about 6,000 of them were operating in the lake, according to Balazon, the spokesperson for Taal Lake Aquaculture Alliance Inc., the group of fish cage operators.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday disclosed that it is looking into four e-sabong groups in connection with the ...

Around 6,000 fish cages in Taal Lake are at risk of being damaged, with production loss estimated at 15,033 metric tons MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR ...

Despite a forced evacuation order by the local government, fishermen from Laurel and Agoncillo, Batangas still came back to Taal Lake to check on their fish pens and cages. According to Chino Gaston's ...

You can also visit the ruins of the original Taal church with a 20-minute drive to San Nicolas, the former site of the original town. The ruins lie beside the lake, near the San Nicolas public market.

Taal Volcano in Batangas has been showing signs of activity again, after the number of its emissions and earthquakes increased in the past several weeks.

Jerick Oco, a 21-year-old who worked as a tourist guide on Volcano Island which sits in the middle of Taal Lake south of Manila, was relieved to hear that the volcano was calming down but said ...

Taal Lake looks serene in this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 from the lakeshore town of Mataasnakahoy in Batangas. The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 said the water quality ...

Segismundo said that as of June 17, authorities have dismantled 281 illegal fish cages in Taal Lake–29 in Laurel town; 117 in Talisay; 69 in Agoncillo; and 66 in San Nicolas.

The solid line traces the waterline at the time of Thursday's image acquisition (06:37 GMT). The much wider lake body, "Lake Taal", that surrounds the central edifice of the volcano remains in place.

There's Taal Lake, which is this 90-minute drive from Manila. It's this picture-perfect tourist draw, and they come by the hundreds of thousands there. And inside that lake sits Taal Volcano.