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- Protect us from Chinese ships, fishers ask Navy, PCG(Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2023-10-02)Fishermen appealed to the government on Sunday to increase coast guard and naval patrols to protect them from the Chinese Coast Guard, which has stepped up their efforts in recent months to keep them from entering the Scarborough (Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag) Shoal lagoon, where fishes are abundant. In an interview on radio dzBB, the spokesman of the Bigkis ng Mangingisda Federation in Masinloc, Zambales said Chinese vessels and rubber boats continue to block Filipino fishermen from entering the lagoon. “Chinese fishing vessels are also outside, but they can fish more freely in our reef. When Filipino fishermen insist on entering, they are being blocked and chased by Chinese Coast Guard rubber boats,” said Henrelito Empoc, the group’s spokesperson, speaking in Filipino.
- BBM allots P11.2B to lift fishers' livesGuillang, Michelle (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2022-11-26)For the first time in recent history, the government is heavily infusing funds to uplift the lives of fishermen, are of the most impoverished sectors of Philippine society. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos is expecting to aid the "poorest of the poor" in the fishing sector through the P11.2-billion Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency project Malacañang announced on Saturday. The Office of the Press Secretary said the project is expected to benefit 354,905 fisherfolks in 24 provinces while creating at least 26,877 jobs.
- Philippine security council wants fishery report on cyanide use in S. China SeaAtienza, Kyle Aristophere; Ordoñez, John Victor (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2024-02-20)The Philippines is keen on coming up soon with its complete report on the alleged use of cyanide by Chinese fishermen encroaching Scarborough Shoal, locally known as Bajo de Masinloc. On Monday, National Security Council (NSC) Spokesman Jonathan Malaya told a news briefing that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has been ordered to finish its post-mission reports and submit all the evidence it has gathered to the country’s West Philippine Sea task force. “We at the National Security Council are alarmed by this development that is happening, but we have to be careful also, so we have to validate and investigate [the use of cyanide by Chinese fishermen].”
- WPS fishers to get P80-M assistanceVillamente, Jing (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2023-06-21)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will provide P80 million in livelihood assistance to Filipinos fishing in the West Philippine Sea. The amount will be spent on fishing equipment such as bancas, payao, lambaklad, fishing gears or paraphernalia, seaweeds propagation gears and post-harvest equipment, BFAR head of Information and Fisherfolk Coordination Unit and spokesperson Nazario Briguera said at the weekly Laging Handa press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday. Fuel subsidy for municipal and commercial fishing boats will also be provided.
- Law reviving salt industry to strengthen PHL food security - group(Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2024-03-28)The signing into law of a measure that aims to revitalize the salt industry will bolster the efforts of the country to achieve food security, according to nonprofit organization Philippine Chamber of Cooperatives Inc. (Coop Chamber). The group said salt is an important ingredient in food and is essential to certain industries.
- PCG removes floating barrier in Bajo de MasinlocSadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2023-09-27)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), on orders of President Mrcos, removed the floating barrier installed by China in Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, near Zambales. National Task Force for West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) Chairman and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año instructed the PCG to execute a "special operation" to remove the floating barrier which obstructed the southeast entrance of Bajo de Masinloc and prevented Filipino fishermen from entering the shoal.
- 84% of oil spill affected shoreline 'cleaned'(Sun • Star Publishing, 2023-05-14)Over 84 percent of the coastline affected by the oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro due to a sunken oil tanker has already been cleaned up. In a report to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said as of May 10, of the 74.71 kilometers of affected coastline, 62.95 kilometers, or 84.26 percent which covers the municipalities of Bongabong, Roxas, Mansalay, Bulalacao, San Teodoro, Baco, and Puerto Galera, has been cleaned.
- ‘More effective, defined’: BFAR consults fishing groups on fisheries code amendmentsCastor, Rjay (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2023-07-06)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said there are ongoing discussions with fishing communities and stakeholders in the fishing industry on the possible amendments to the country’s fisheries law. Rommel Adolf I. Diciano, head of BFAR’s conservation and environmental protection section, said the bureau is actively collaborating with lawmakers and stakeholders to strengthen its legal framework through the amendment of Republic Act (RA) No. 10654.
- Coast Guard: Capsized dredger sinks, spills oil off Bataan watersDantes, Charles (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2023-05-08)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday that the capsized MV Hong Hai 189 has sunk in waters off Mariveles, Bataan, and released about 30 to 50 liters of oil and other mixed substances. The MV Hong Hai, a Sierra Leone-registered dredger, sank 400 yards away from Sisiman Lighthouse in Mariveles at around 5:21 a.m. on Saturday, after colliding with the MT Petite Soeur, a a Marshall Island-flagged chemical and oil product tanker in the waters off Corregidor Island.
- Breeding zones off-limits to fishers-MarcosDela Cruz, Jovee Marie (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2023-09-24)The Palace has clarified that the government will only implement a fishing restriction in the breeding zones, not a fishing ban. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the government will not impose a fishing ban as it will affect the income of the country’s small-scale fishermen.