The massive oil leak from a tanker that capsized off the Philippines’ Oriental Mindoro province last month has reached one of the country’s’ marine reserves and sanctuaries, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday.
PCG Batangas station commander Captain Victorino Acosta said the oil slick was sighted on Monday morning in the Verde Island Passage between Batangas province and the northeastern tip of Mindoro island, reports Xinhua news agency.
The area is a body of water with the highest concentration of coastal fishes, corals, crustaceans, molluscs, sea grasses and mangroves, which is described as one of the global centres of marine biodiversity.
