Legalizing the entry of commercial fishing vessels into municipal waters will worsen the decline in municipal fisheries catch, a fisheries expert warned. Dan Baliao, chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD), said the Supreme Court ruling on the 15-kilometer municipal waters does not directly affect aquaculture but poses a serious threat to small-scale fishers. “Aquaculture is going up,” he said.

Castor, R. Z. (2025, July 14). Catch collapse looms: Commercial fishing in municipal waters will worsen catch decline — expert. DailyGuardian, pp. 1, 11.