A House committee recently approved on third and final reading a landmark legislation that seeks to provide permanent resettlement sites to tens of thousands of Filipino fisherfolk and their families. House Bill 6876, entitled, "An Act Mandating the Establishment of Fisherfolk Resettlement Areas by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, and the Local Government Units, Amending for the Purpose Section 108 of Republic Act. No. 8550, Otherwise Known as the "Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998," as Amended by the Republic Act No. 10654," hopes to alleviate the lives of thousands of fishermen in the country, Second District Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva, said.

House OKs bill providing settlement sites for fisherfolk. (2021, February 17). SunStar Bacolod, p. 2.