The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) released on March 9 the results of a study which quantified illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Philippines. The report (https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/publication.jsp?id=2379#post) identifies what more should be done to eradicate IUU fishing in Philippine waters. IUU fishing ranges from small-scale, unlawful domestic fishing to more complex operations carried out by industrial fishing fleets. It is by nature complex and clandestine, which means data are hard to come by and substantiate.

Angelo, F. A. L. (2021, March 11). Almost half of PHL fish catch in 2019 was illegally caught. Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 11.