The Marcos administration must implement “sustainable and science-based plans” in Fisheries Management Areas to boost local production and eliminate the country’s fish import dependence, an advocacy group said. “We are already feeling the pinch of the global crisis on food including fish. The country’s marine resources should be prioritized as an integral source of nutrition for the Filipino people, but these continue to degrade because of a lack of political will to fully implement the fisheries laws and the reforms initiated by the decision-makers,” Gloria Estenzo Ramos, vice president at Oceana, said in a press statement on Wednesday.

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