Igat (eel, palos) is unusually abundant these days in Cagayan Valley (Region
2, Philippines), what with a reported one ton daily export to countries who
relish this rather slimy but very tasty fish, especially the Japanese, Chinese,
Koreans. And these are eels gathered in the rice paddies in the region, mostly
growing wild. A kind of small eel called kiwet
is even considered now as a pest in the ricefields in the valley, especially in
Nueva Vizcaya...
