Nearly three months after signing Republic Act 12022, or the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that the law made its first catch which were literally big fish or mackerel worth an estimated P178.5 million that smugglers attempted to slip into the country. On Saturday, Marcos went to the Manila port in Tondo, Manila to inspect 21 container vans loaded with frozen mackerel.

Quevedo, R. (2024, December 15). Marcos posts ‘big fish’ catch - First under Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. Daily Tribune, pp. A1, A2.