THE search is on for the most “beautiful” bangus in Pangasinan.
Dagupan City Councilor Lino Fernandez, chairman of the committee for the Bangus Rodeo of the 2008 Bangus Festival, called on all bangus raisers in the province to bring their “biggest, heaviest, longest and most beautiful” bangus on April 29 at the Malimgas Market for the competition.
On the same day, cash prizes await the fastest bangus classifier, fastest deboner and fastest eater of grilled bangus.
Cash prizes during the Bangus Rodeo range from P5,000 to P15,000.
Himself a multi-awarded winner in these contests in previous years and owner of several fishponds in Dagupan, Fernandez said only one entry per fishpond operator will be allowed to level the playing field.
Last year’s heaviest bangus weighed 7.2 kilograms, a breeder locally known as sabalo.
Fernandez’s winning entry on the first year of the Bangus Festival only weighed 1.8 kilograms.
Unlike in previous years, the rodeo committee will inject a safe chemical to the sabalo entries to keep these alive and still viable for selling.
A 5-year old sabalo fetches P1,000 per piece.
The Bangus Festival starts on April 16 and ends on May 4.#
(Story from the Sunday Punch)
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