The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) fishers group has urged President Bongbong Marcos, who also heads the Department of Agriculture (DA) to stop the importation of fish in what it described as detrimental to the local fishing industry. “We expect that the new agriculture secretary will totally abandon the burdening import-liberalization schemes. Instead, he should pivot agricultural policies towards strengthening local production through sufficient government assistance to our fishers and farmers especially in critical times,” Pamalakaya spokesperson Ronnel Arambulo said.

Navales, R. G. (2022, July 9). Marcos urged to stop fish importation. SunStar Pampanga, p. 3.