Published June 14, 2021, 2:19 PM
The Philippine government is urged to invest further in municipal fisheries and improve the capabilities of small fishermen so they can help increase the country’s fisheries production.
During a food security forum organized by Tugon Kabuhayan, Pablo Rosales, president of PANGISDA Pilipinas, said the Philippines government should increase the capacities of the municipal fisherfolk through the provision of efficient and environmentally friendly technologies.
This, instead of considering the proposed House Bill 7853 authored by Deputy Speaker Pablo John F Garcia of 3rd District of Cebu, which would amend Section 18 of Philippine Fisheries Code or Republic Act (RA) 8550 that would allow commercial fishing inside municipal waters that has less than 10.1 kilometers of municipal water area.
(Photo from DOST Region X/ DOST Facebook Page)
Cesar Excelise, a member of the Dampias Fisherfolks Association (DAFIAS) in Binuangan, Misamis Oriental, shared how DOST Region X’s implementation of CEST empowered them as it increased their income by 100 percent.
“Before, we can only earn a little since we have no nets, and we cannot go fishing without them. Now, we can reach Php 1,500 sales a night with a net income of P1,200 to 1,300. Overall, we earn P12,000 to 15,000 a month. The project is a big help,” he said in his native dialect.
The DOST Region X said before its “intervention”, Excelise’s monthly income from squid catch ranged from only P6,000 to P7,000.
Published April 29, 2021, 7:47 PM
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is going after the owner of a vessel that had been pinpointed as the source of the untreated wastewater that was dumped in Manila Bay over the weekend.
DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) A notice of violation will be slapped against the owner of MV Sarangani, a statement from the DENR said Thursday, April 29.
It was only last Monday, April 26, when DENR Sec. Roy A. Cimatu visited the priority area of the Manila Bay rehabilitation and discussed the incident with representatives of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the local government of Manila, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Manila Bay Coordinating Office, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), and Environmental Management Bureau (EMB).
Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines
by Purple Romero on 28 April 2021
In 2010, the Philippines’ Supreme Court set the provisions for what it calls the “Writ of Kalikasan,” a landmark legal remedy that compels the government to act and halt environmental degradation that impacts more than one municipality.
More than a decade since it was first defined and used in court, the writ has been invoked for various cases, from closing open dumpsites and illegal landfills, to prompting the government to protect important bodies of water like the rehabilitation of Manila Bay.
While many petitions have been approved this way, the rulings haven’t always been implemented by local governments.
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