Alaminos City’s ‘talaba’ industry coming slowly out of its shell

ALAMINOS CITY, PANGASINAN, Philippines — There is nothing fancy about “talaba” (oysters) cultivated in this city as you can’t find any pearl inside their shells. But what’s special to these bivalves is that they give local fishermen an additional source of income. Four coastal villages in this city in western Pangasinan are engaged in oyster