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To sustain both the ocean and the people
Policy interventions to improve the environmental sustainability of the fisheries trade need to be matched by a commitment to improve the conditions of the most marginalized players. The trade in fishery products provides ...
- December 13, 2016
US to confront Chinese moves in disputed Sea
The United States is ready to confront China should it press ahead with its overreaching maritime claims in the South China Sea, adm. Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, said on Wednesday. The comments threaten ...
- December 16, 2016
China warships conduct drill; Taiwan on alert
Taiwan warned on Tuesday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day," as a group of Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier sailed toward the island province of Hainan through the South China ...
- December 28, 2016
No Asean consensus on sea row-for now
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed to reach a consensus on how to deal with China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea, intensifying a diplomatic stalemate that officials said they hoped ...
- July 25, 2016
Work with China but stick to our claims, envoy advises
Although neither China nor the Philippines may be ready to give up their respective claims, it may be possible to work out cooperative agreements on fishing, private oil and gas exploration, and avoiding conflict due to ...
- August 15, 2016
DU30: back to Panatag
President Duterte on Sunday raised the possibility of Filipino fishermen returning to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea after his three-day state visit to China. Speaking before residents of typhoon-hit ...
- October 24, 2016
PH, China restart talks on sea row
China and the Philippines agreed on Thursday that disputes in the South China Sea were not the sum total of their relations, and that the two countries would restore diplomatic and defense consultations, Chinese Vice Foreign ...
- October 21, 2016
Duterte to declare Panatag a marine Sanctuary
President Duterte plans to issue an executive order unilaterally declaring the lagoon of the disputed Panatag Shoal a marine sanctuary, where neither Filipinos nor Chinese may be allowed to fish. Mr. Duterte told Chinese ...
- November 22, 2016
PH decries China plans to fly planes from disputed islands
The Philippines on Saturday called for Chinese restraint in the South China Sea, describing as “provocative” China’s plan to start launching civilian flights to and from the contested Paracels within a year. “We reiterate ...
- March 13, 2016
US destroyers sail close to Sino-held reefs
US destroyers have sailed close to Chinese-held reefs and islands in the disputed South China Sea in recent weeks, US naval officials said on Thursday, patrols likely to fuel tensions ahead of an international court's ...
- July 8, 2016