Allowing aquaculture to flourish in dams and certain protected areas is expected to boost food security and stabilize prices amid rising prices of pork and chicken. In a virtual briefing, agricultural advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan said the government should review current regulations for investors to secure long term permits to make use of dams for aquaculture. Tugon Kabuhayan convenor Asis Perez said boosting aquaculture is important as this would serve as stabilizer of prices considering that about 66 percent of the total protein requirement of Filipinos comes from fish.

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