The Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force has urged all local government units (LGUs) to acquire a drone to prevent rampant illegal fishing by commercial vessels especially in the northern part of the province. Ret. Col. Lyndon Ruiz, task force head, said their team lacks the manpower and facilities to run after commercial vessels poaching in Cebu waters. “We have patrol boats to roam around the sea waters of the entire province of Cebu but it cannot survive or sustain the capability of those commercial vessels engaged in illegal fishing with their powerful engines and armed men,” Ruiz said.

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