Manila, April 25 -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday confirmed that the majority of "payaos" (fish aggregating devices) installed near Rozul Reef are now missing.

During the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, BFAR spokesperson Nazario Briguera said they received verification on April 20 following a livelihood support mission of BFAR's BRP Datu Pagbuaya.

"We have found out na iyong mga ibang payao, pagdating doon. ay wala na. I think sampu iyong nailagay, pero dalawa na lang ngayon ang nakita doon (that some of the payaos are gone. I think 10 were installed there, but only two were found there when the ship arrived)," he said.

Briguera said there are only two possible reasons for the missing payaos - that ...