Marine experts have urged authorities to contain the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro before the amihan season ends as the northeast monsoon has helped control the slick.
"The amihan winds, which contained most of the oil to the coasts of Nauhan and Pola in the previous weeks, are now more variable, allowing the oil to spread northwards," the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute explained in a bulletin released Saturday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration noted in its advisories that the amihan season is expected to end in mid-March. The UPMSI said oil spill trajectories showed a northward shift, warning that more slick will reach the shores of Calapan City on March 22. The Philippine Coast Guard and local disaster management personnel on Thursday confirmed the sighting of slicks along Calapan shores. But local authorities decidedin the city as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said there was no indication that the fish in the area were affected by the oil spill.
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