Police nab fisherman selling rare turtle eggs for P10

Grace Alba, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/12/8/turtle-eggs-120816.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Over 20 sea turtle eggs were confiscated from a fisherman on Wednesday.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>LAOAG CITY - A fisherman who was selling sea turtle or &quot;pawikan&quot; eggs at the Laoag City commercial complex was arrested by police on Wednesday afternoon.</p><p>Jessie Pascual, 50, a resident of Barangay 33-B Lapaz in Laoag City, was reported to authorities by a concerned citizen.</p><p>Confiscated from Pascual were 20 sea turtle eggs, which he had priced at P10 each.</p><p>The fisherman claimed that he was unaware that it was against the law to sell pawikan eggs, which he had gotten from the seashore in Barangay Lapaz.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/12/8/fisherman.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Fisherman Jessie Pascual will be charged for violating the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>&quot;Hindi ko alam. Gusto ko lang sana magkapera dahil sa hirap ng buhay,&quot; he said.</p><p>Pascual, who claimed that it was his first time to sell sea turtle eggs, will be charged for violation of Republic Act 9147, the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act.</p><p>According to Provincial Regulatory Officer Arthur Valente, since sea turtles are considered endangered species, violators of this law can be penalized with two to four years of imprisonment, and a fine of P30,000 to P200,000.</p><p>The pawikan eggs were returned to the their nest in Barangay Lapaz by members of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office.</p><p>Pawikan are among the most endangered turtles in the world.</p><p>There are five species that can be found in the Philippines. One, the <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8005/0" target="_blank">hawksbill</a>, is listed as &quot;critically endangered&quot; on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.</p>

<p>LAOAG CITY - Police apprehended a fisherman who was caught selling sea turtle or "Pawikan" eggs at Laoag City commercial complex on Wednesday afternoon.</p>

LAOAG CITY - Police apprehended a fisherman who was caught selling sea turtle or "Pawikan" eggs at Laoag City commercial complex on Wednesday afternoon.

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Police nab fisherman selling rare turtle eggs for P10

Police nab fisherman selling rare turtle eggs for P10

Grace Alba,

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Published Dec 09, 2016 12:06 AM PHT

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