Filipino fishermen can still ply their trade in the South China Sea not covered by any restrictions in the area. In an online interview uploaded on social media on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Filipinos could fish in the Spratlys archipelago and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal because China’s fishing moratorium in the South China Sea did not cover Filipinos.

Andrade, J. I. (2019, May 30). Filipinos can still fish in disputed sea-Lorenzana. Philippine Daily inquirer, p. A3.