Washington is boosting Manila’s efforts to overhaul the Philippine food policy and veer away from its reliance on tariffs in stabilizing domestic prices by fortifying its defenses against illegal fishing, according to an official of the United States government. In a recent briefing, Jonathan Fritz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said the fight against illegal fishing is one of the priorities of Washington’s development assistance to the Philippines.

Ordinario, C. U. (2025, September 8). Backing fight vs illegal fishing a key plank of US aid to PHL. BusinessMirror, p. A14.