Tag page - Illegal fishing

Five local fishermen were arrested by the personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for illegal fishing in Candijay, Bohol on Wednesday, June 9. Five local fishermen were arrested by the PhilippineCoast Guard (PCG) for illegal fishing in Candijay, Bohol on Wednesday, June 9. (Photo courtesy of...

The Philippine government was told for the nth time to step up its crackdown versus foreign poachers in the West Philippine Sea. Such a call was made in response to China’s annual three-and-a-half-month fishing ban in the South China Sea, which covers the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone...

Twenty local fishermen were apprehended by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing activities in Cuyo, Palawan, it said on Wednesday, May 12. Twenty local fishermen were apprehended by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for illegal fishing in Cuyo, Palawan. (Photo...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned 20 LGUs on Saturday, May 8, for inaction on the reported illegal fishing activities in their respective areas. Año said those he warned are the top 20 localities with the highest number of encroachment or...

The threat of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Philippines is estimated at P5 trillion annually, but there is just no exact way to measure how much the country is really losing from this. Rollan Geronimo, IUU Fishing Specialist for the United States Agency for International...