Commercial fishing: A bane to small fishers

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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 recent Supreme Court (SC) order allowing commercial fishing vessels to operate within 15-kilometer (km) municipal fishing grounds, which have been known to be reserved for small-scale fishers.

The militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) was quick to register its strong opposition to allowing commercial fishing in municipal waters through a petition it filed before the Supreme Court.

Environmental advocate and underwater photography expert Danny Ocampo, also a scuba dive master, in a BusinessMirror interview via Messenger on February 11, joined in the position that commercial fishing is a no-no in municipal waters.“The places we go to dive in are important habitats and ecosystems like coral reefs.