Top performer fisheries play second fiddle
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Vietnam is looking forward to earning $12 billion from fisheries by 2020 while the Philippines currently earns just $500 million. “Something is wrong,” said marine scientist Rafael Guerrero at a regional scientific conference for Luzon convened by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). “It’s a shame if we keep on neglecting fisheries. We are answerable to the next generation.”
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Icamina, P. (2017, May 25). Top performer fisheries play second fiddle. Malaya Business Insight, p. A2.
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Fisheries; Fish culture; Fishery economics; Economics; Sex reversal; Agriculture; Trade; Territorial waters; Marine resources; National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST); Department of Agriculture (DA); University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB); Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR); Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries; Guerrero, Rafael; Alcala, Angel; Trono, Gavino; Davide, R. G.; Santos, M. D.; Pangilinan, Francis; Arroyo, Gloria
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