Environmental group Oceana is calling for the full implementation of the laws in sustainably managing the country's fisheries and marine resources, with high hopes small-scale fishers will get the abundant catch they deserve. In a statement, Oceana highlighted the need to forge stronger partnerships with government, civil society organizations, including the academe, and fisherfolk that came about in 2021. "We were united and we celebrate the determination to make things better for our people and stop the destructive projects that put us and the natural world more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. We resisted House Bill 7853, which would have allowed commercial fishing in our already over-exploited municipal waters," it said.

Gomez, E. J. (2022, January 3). Oceana calls for sustainable fisheries devt. The Manila Times, p. B2.