Senator Cynthia A. Villar and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Monday, Jan. 24 questioned the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 60,000 metric tons of fish. During her hybrid hearing on issues surrounding the fish industry as chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform committee, Villar said the DA should have suspended the closed fishing season instead of deciding to import fish for the first quarter of 2022.

Casayuran, M. B. (2022, January 25). Villar, Legarda question DA's 60,000-ton fish import. Manila Bulletin, pp. 1, 8.