A bill filed in the Senate seeks to create a Department of Fisheries aimed at conserving the country's fisheries and aquatic resources. In enhancing fish production, Sen. Loren Legarda's Senate Bill No. (SBN) 242 mandates the proposed departments to recommend measures for the enhancement of the fisheries industries and formulate a comprehensive fishery research and development program. The new fisheries department will also develop new and novel fishery products for domestic consumption and export in order to use marine resources sustainability, the bill said.

Golez, P. (2016, August 25). Loren mulls new fisheries agency. Panay News, pp. 7, 15.