Tag page - Commercial Fishing

BACOLOD CITY – The Diocese of Bacolod has appealed to lawmakers, local government officials, and the Judiciary to reexamine the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing commercial fishing vessels within municipal waters. In a pastoral statement released on May 27, Bishop Patricio Buzon stressed that...

BACOLOD CITY - Negros Occidental second district Rep. Alfredo Marañon III said they will file an appeal before the Supreme Court over the decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters. MARAÑON “That is a great disservice to the two million marginal...

ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo has joined the mounting opposition against the Supreme Court ruling that opened the 15-kilometer boundary of municipal waters to large-scale commercial fishing. FISHING  boats off the coast of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province....

QUEZON -- A commercial fishing vessel was caught in the act of using unauthorized methods by the joint government agencies at the municipal waters of Catanauan in this province. Photo from BFAR 4A - Quezon The Quezon-Bureau of Aquatic Resources-4A Fishery Law Enforcement Group (BFAR 4A-FPLEG)-Team...

The number of commercial vessels fishing in municipal waters across different parts of the Philippines has gone down, but only a mere decline of 4.7 percent despite the pandemic, international marine conservation group Oceana observed. Data released by Oceana showed commercial fishing in municipal...