Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos crave. The dish, often made with sardines, anchovies, round scad or milkfish, uses dried seafood products that are a staple in the Philippines, where they are cheap, widely available and local. But a UN report released in March this year projected that in 30 years, all commercial fishing could cease in the Asia-Pacific region if existing threats to the region’s biodiversity would not be acted upon.

Favorite Pinoy breakfast at risk. (2018, November 30). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A10.