00:00This is the GMA Regional TV News.
00:06We now bring to you the hot news from Visayas and Mindanao with Cecil Quibol Castro.
00:14Cecil.
00:16Thank you, Rafi.
00:18More than 70 bags or more than 2 tons of giant clams were caught on the island of Gigantes in Carles, Iloilo.
00:26That's equivalent to more than Php 4 million.
00:30According to Iloilo Maritime Police, the suspect who was caught selling giant clams cannot be shown in any documents.
00:37Under the law, it is prohibited to catch and sell giant clams because it is a vulnerable species.
00:44The suspect will face charges of fishing in the Philippine Fisheries Code.
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