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

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 ...

The sun was scorching hot in the town of Robertsport as James Dayougar shook debris from his nets, which he’d just returned ...

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

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 Supreme Court decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters could impact the ...

We are being forced out of our traditional livelihood,” she says, posing a question to policy makers working on steering ...

02/19/2025 February 19, 2025 After a recent Supreme Court ruling allowed commercial fishing in municipal waters, experts warn of fish stock depletion. Small-scale fishermen fear their livelihoods ...