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Court of Appeals (File photo) MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the prison terms on two fisherfolk caught poaching off Placer, Masbate five years ago. Dante Mahilum, skipper of the commercial fishing vessel "F/B Mika", and the boat's chief mechanic Ramon Barrios, were convicted by the Cataingan, Masbate Regional Trial Court Branch 49 to up to four-year imprisonment each for unauthorized fishing, the use of illegal fine mesh nets, and the use of active gear in municipal waters under Republic Act No. 10654, a 2014 law which amended the Fisheries Code of 1998 covering the prevention of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Section 93 of the law states "it shall be unlawful to engage in fishing using nets with mesh smaller than that which may be determined by the Department, provided that the prohibition on the use of fine mesh net shall not apply to the gathering of fry, glass eels, elvers, tabios, and alamang and other species that by their nature are

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