English: According to the chair of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, the oil spill also threatens the marine biodiversity of the Verde Island Passage, considered by scientists as the center of the world's marine biodiversity.There were already findings of dead fishes, marine life and sea birds.
Filipino: Sinabi rin ng chairperson ng Senate committee on environment and natural resources, na banta ang oil spill sa marine biodiversity ng Verde Island Passage, ang sentro ng marine biodiversity sa mundo. May ulat din ng mga patay na isda, marine life and sea birds.