Pity you never went down past sitangkai, the waters were pristine.A cousin of my son is catching small reef fish for the pet trade at the moment, big market for them apparently, getting a few thousand peso for some fish.
It's the Philippines biggest or one of the biggest suppliers of saltwater aquarium fish in the world. If your ever in the natural history museum they have some exceptionally rare corals seized in UK from a container load that came here from the PI, my kids cousin is getting dozens of really nice fish every week, as well as loads of common species like clown fish.
