The government needs to issue more long-term permits for aquaculture to meet growing demand and as the rest of the industry observes sustainable practices like closed fishing seasons, a fisheries advocate said. “One of the ways to boost fisheries production is to give permits to those who would like to raise fish long term,” Asis G. Perez, co-convenor of Tugon Kabuhayan said by telephone. Agriculture Secretary Francisco T. Laurel, Jr. said in a House committee earlier that the Philippines’ fish resources are depleted.

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