Creation of fisheries dep't pushed

Miraflor, Madelaine B.

Date

December 8, 2020

Author

Miraflor, Madelaine B.

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MB20201208_B-5

Excerpt

A group of agricultural stakeholders has resurrected the call for the creation of a separate Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR), saying that Filipinos’ high protein requirement is already enough reason to justify it. Asis Perez, convenor of Tugon Kabuhayan, said the need to sustain and improve the supply of Filipino’s protein requirements is enough to justify the immediate need to create a separate agency for fisheries and aquatic resources. “We want to emphasize the fact that it is important to create a separate department for fisheries just from the viewpoint of our protein requirement,” Perez said in a briefing on Monday.

Citation

Miraflor, M. M. B. (2020, December 8). Creation of fisheries dep't pushed. Manila Bulletin, p. B-5.