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Fresh catch: Commercially caught freshwater fish in the Philippines
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Published January 20, 2021, 1:49 PM
Overfishing, pollution, invasive species, and environmental degradation are some of the main factors that threaten the sustainability of freshwater fishes across the country, an academician from National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST) said.
(NAST PHL / MANILA BULLETIN)
Rafael D. Guerrero III of DOST-NAST’s Agricultural Sciences Division pointed out that this affects mainly indigenous species and those in upland and land-locked areas.
Sustainability of local freshwater fishing was tackled in the recent webinar organized by DOST-NAST titled “Commercially-caught Freshwater Fishes in the Philippines: Status, Issues, and Recommendations,” where aquaculture scientists discussed their take on the issue.