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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said fishing talks between the Philippines and China have progressed, despite recent reports of Filipino fishermen being blocked by Chinese vessels off Pag-asa Island, and the latest incident in which a Chinese military ship tailed a government patrol boat.
“’The latest report was the ship was just followed, it’s not blocked like before, so there’s a little progress there,” the President said. The President also said that when he met with President Xi last January, he focused on the issue of fisheries instead of the territorial dispute involving the West Philippine Sea.President Marcos also has directed the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to come up with comprehensive studies on the rehabilitation and maintenance of the country’s marine habitats to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing .
Earlier, the government said it would launch its “Layag WPS” project or the Livelihood Activities to Enhance Fisheries Yield and Economic Gains from the West Philippine Sea aimed at protecting Filipino fishermen as well as state floating assets amid continuing incursions of Chinese vessels in the area.
Briguera’s announcement came days after a Chinese Navy ship tailed a BFAR multi-mission vessel, BRP Francisco Dagohoy, in an area six nautical miles southwest of Pag-asa Island, which is well within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. Based on Philippine Statistics Authority data, production was down to 275,872 metric tons of fish in 2022, from 295,332 MT in the previous year.
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