A fisherman's story: No 'tattoo' on fish caught in Misamis Occidental

Dynah Gay Diestro, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/08/fish1.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">The markings on the blue marlin&#x27;s body looked like a medieval coat of arms with leaf designs. <cite>Photo courtesy of Daryl Gutierrez</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOPEZ JAENA, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL – Photos of a fish that appears to have a tattoo became viral when a netizen posted them on social media Friday.</p><p>Beachgoers who saw the fish were amazed on the intricate designs on the fish&#x27;s body and took pictures.</p><p>The &quot;tattoo&quot; on its body looked like a medieval coat of arms with leaf designs.</p><p>However, 41-year-old fisherman Zosimo Tano who caught the fish, clarified on Monday the story behind the so-called “tattooed fish” after fellow fishermen told him it made in the news.</p><p>Tano said it was a 24-kilo blue marlin that he caught and it never had a tattoo. </p><p>He said the print on the fish&#x27;s body came from his shirt, which he used to cover the fish. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/08/fish2.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">The fisherman&#x27;s shirt.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>“It has no tattoo I never thought that the print of what I used to cover would embed on the fish skin,” Tano told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>He also showed his shirt which exactly has the same print embedded on the blue marlin’s skin.</p><p>Tano sold the blue marlin, his only catch for the day, for P180 per kilo.</p><p>The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) explained that there was a chemical reaction between the fish&#x27;s slimy skin and the print of the fabric. </p><p>“That chemical reaction should be subject for further studies,” said BFAR-IX Assistant Regional Director Engr. Joseph Florig.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/08/fish3.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Fisherman Zosimo Tano sold the blue marlin, his only catch for the day, for P180 per kilo.</div></figcaption></figure></div>

<p>LOPEZ JAENA, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL – Photos of a fish that appears to have a tattoo became viral when a netizen posted them on social media Friday.</p><p> </p>

LOPEZ JAENA, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL – Photos of a fish that appears to have a tattoo became viral when a netizen posted them on social media Friday.

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A fisherman's story: No 'tattoo' on fish caught in Misamis Occidental

Dynah Gay Diestro,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 09, 2017 12:09 AM PHT

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Updated May 10, 2017 05:28 AM PHT

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