MANILA — Twenty local government units have been warned by the Department of the Interior and Local Government for their failure to regulate commercial fishing in their localities last year, the agency said Saturday.
The basis of the warning issued by the agency were the number of violations allegedly committed under the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, such as the commercial vessels' use of "super light" or artificial light to attract fish during nighttime and their "intrusion and encroachment" in municipal waters that remain unreported.
Año reiterated that monitoring these activities is "related and crucial" to the country's food security.
Nasa WPS yang sinasabi niyong 'illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing'. Higit 200 na barko ng Tsina na binuburike ang laman ng dagat na dapat ay mga mangingisdang Pilipino ang nakikinabang. Sila dapat ang sitahin at hulihin niyo.
Sana yung mga intsik pagbawalan. Di yung kababayan..
Isn't China the biggest violator?
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