A new study found that small-scale fishing accounts for at least 40% of catch worldwide and provides employment for 60 million people, more than a third of whom are women. Small-scale fishing ...

Senatorial candidate and former Interior secretary Benhur Abalos on Tuesday made a commitment to push for legislative ...

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is severely impacting Philippine marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of ...

For more than 3 billion people worldwide, blue foods are the foundation of vital nutrients and protein in their diets.

But in coastal and inland communities around the world, relatively smaller-scale fishing is a major source of food, nutrition and income for a growing population. Despite the outsized role of these ...

SMALL-scale fishing communities are waiting for direct engagement with Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George, to address their concerns following his announcement of a 36 ...

Alarmed by a recent Supreme Court ruling allowing commercial fishing vessels to operate within municipal waters, senatorial ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has clarified the current status and future of the commercial ...

FILIPINO advocacy and Church groups appealed to the Supreme Court to reverse the decision allowing big commercial fishing boats to fish in waters in the 15-kilo ...

As the Philippines marked the 27th anniversary of Republic Act 8550, or the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, on February 17, 1998, municipal fishers are in a quandary about their future with the ...

The 15-kilometre fishing zone reserved for municipal fishers ... and the government to protect the livelihoods of small-scale and artisanal fisherfolk, ensure food security, and preserve ...