There is a need to create a separate department for the fisheries sector, according to Vice Gov. Raul Tupas, Formerly a regional technical director of the Department of Agriculture (DA). "The Philippines is an archipelago. We have many fisherfolk but they are neglected," he said on radio program Reklamo Publiko recently.

Ereñeta, M. G. (2016, March 3). Separate dep't for fisheries pushed. Panay News, p. 4.