Let us implement our environmental laws, plant mangroves or restore coral reefs, whichever is applicable. We should bring back the bounty and restore the ecological integrity of our threatened bodies of water. Moreover, there is a need to complete the mapping of coastal resources all over the country because we would not know what we will protect if we do not know what we actually have. DENR’s Biodiversity Management Bureau should coordinate closely with the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources so that where there are rich fishing grounds there should also be community fish landing centers, and that coastal protection and conservation programs are in place.

Coastal management. (2017, December 3). Panay News, p. 7.