Protect, conserve fishery resources

Date

October 19, 2018

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Classification code

PN20181019_7

Excerpt

Beginning next month until February 2019 the Visayan Sea would again be closed to fishing activities. The annual three-month "closed season" aims to replenish sardines herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea. catching, killing, selling or possessing these fish species would be prohibited. As an island nation, the Philippines necessarily depends on its fishery resources for its food. Fish used to be among the cheapest sources of protein for Filipinos but now, some fish products are even more expensive than pork or chicken.

Citation

Protect, conserve fishery resources. (2018, October 19). Panay News, p. 7.