Salmon heads are sold in a wet market. File photo
The bureau said imported pampano and pink salmon can only be sold to institutional buyers including hotels, restaurants, and companies in the canning and processing industries. “Ang tanong, sino ang magaling na nagdagdag nito sa FAO 195. Ang mayayaman na restaurant at hotel nakalusot sa pag-import ng isda pero ang maliliit na tindera sa palengke hindi pwede at bakit. [The question is, who added this to FAO 195. Rich restaurants and hotels may import fish but small vendors in wet markets may not.] This is a clear violation of equal protection.
“If they are the ones consulted regarding the importation of fish, why is there no representative from the fish market vendors and consumers? Fish vendors and consumers are affected by the issuance of these CNIs, why are they not consulted?” he said.“Bawal ang dagdag-bawas sa mga rules and regulations ninyo [You cannot add or remove from the rules and regulations]. And if the problem is importation, fix the importation. Catch the smugglers.
“Siguro one possible overhauling of the system pinagusapan namin ni Senator Risa [Hontiveros], our deputy minority leader, siguro yung BFAR ihiwalay na natin sa DA para maka-concentrate din tayo sa BFAR,” he said. “There should be an investigation to determine if the alleged prohibition applies to both local fish vendors and institutional buyers or to the former only and consequently, why a similar crackdown is not being done against institutional buyers thereby discriminating against local fish vendors,” he said.
Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)
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