Local authorities in Cebu have scored victories in apprehending the transport and trade of fish illegally caught with dynamite. Marcelo Go, Cebu environmental operation officer and concurrent head of Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force, said from July to December this year, the task force made eight apprehensions of traders transporting dynamited fish, including stingray and dried star fish. Appropriate cases were filed against the offenders for violating Cebu provincial fishery ordinances and the amended Fisheries Code or Republic Act No. 10654.

Cebu task force scores victory against dynamite fishing. (2015, December 16). Manila Standard, p. B6.