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Fisher folk in the Philippines face massive challenges to their livelihoods. RLS and the NGO for Fisheries Reform (NFR) support projects and activities that articulate their interests and aspirations.

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Negros, WV small fishers buck anew illegal fishing, issue campaign plan

The Regional Council of Leaders (RCOL) of the PANAY-NEGROS-GUIMARAS Crab Fishers Alliance (PANEG-CA) has recently issued a new resolution opposing various forms of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the waters of Negros, Panay and Guimaras islands and urged the national and local governments to curb such malpractices.

The RCOL in its quarterly strategic meeting held in Bacolod City last week also approved a semestral campaign plan and called on coastal local government units thru their Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Councils (FARMCs) in the region to come up with IUU Fishing reduction plans.

The RCOL is the leadership body of PANEG-CA, partner of PRRM-Negros, and possibly the largest small fishers network in the Visayas.

The resolution will be furnished to government and civil society bodies including the DA-BFAR-6 and the Negros Island Region (NIR), DILG Regional Offices, and the provincial governments of Negros Occidental, Iloilo and Guimaras, the NGOs for Fisheries Reforms (NFR) and the PRRM national office.

NFR OCEAN project manager Jason Romero also gave during the meeting an orientation on the IUU Fishing Threat Reduction Assessment Tool or IFIT.

Some 15 leaders of PANEG-CA from 10 coastal LGUs in Negros and Guimaras participated in the strategic meeting and planning.

Gerry Bedoya, PANEG-CA chair, said the RCOL meeting identified the top illegal fishing practices in the region including trawl, Danish Seine (Hulbot - Hulbot), use of fine mesh nets, active gears in municipal waters, fishing without permits, compressors, and the taking, possessing and selling of berried and juvenile blue swimming crabs. Bedoya averred such illegal and unsustainable practices will lead to more resource depletion and biodiversity loss, then low catch and low incomes of small fishers and could lead to more poverty in coastal communities.

PANEG-CA leader Eduardo Espinosa of NOFSFA said aside from their destructive effects on the coastal and marine ecosystems, the continuing IUU Fishing in many coastal localities only shows the ineffective or inadequate law enforcement and the apparent breakdown of fisheries governance in such areas.● (EB)

05/07/2025

05/07/2025

NEWS | Nagprotesta sa harap ng tanggapan ng Korte Suprema (SC) ang tinatayang 300 mangingisda mula sa siyam na lungsod at lalawigan, kabilang ang Quezon, Cavite, Bataan, Zambales, at Navotas.

Dala ng mga mangingisda ang effigy ng barkong pangisda na sumisimbolo sa mga malalaking komersyal na bangkang nangingisda sa loob ng 15 kilometrong munisipal na katubigan.

Ayon sa Pangisda Pilipinas, dapat para sa maliliit at artisanal na mangingisda ang nasabing katubigan.

Ngunit pinayagan ito ng Korte Suprema matapos pagtibayin ang desisyon ng Malabon Regional Trial Court (RTC) noong Agosto 2024.

Matatandaang noong Agosto 19, 2024, kinatigan ng SC ang desisyon ng Malabon RTC na nagpapahintulot sa malalaking fishing vessels na mangisda sa municipal waters na dapat sana ay eksklusibo sa maliliit at artisanal na mangingisda.

Hiling ng mga mangingisda na agad na tugunan ng Korte ang kanilang Motion for Intervention, tatlong buwan na ang lumipas ngunit nananatiling tahimik ang hudikatura.

Ayon kay Pablo Rosales –pangulo ng grupo, dinggin ang panawagan ng mga maliliit na mangingisda at huwag hayaang dambungin ng mga kapitalista ang munisipal na katubigan. | via Gina Mape, DWWW News Team

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