Cebu's marine resources are dwindling, threatening food security for the province's growing population as incidence of illegal fishing continues to be a coastal issue. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) Aquaculturist II Nathaniel Lucero admitted that illegal fishing with the use of dynamites to catch fish still exists in Cebu and Central Visayas in general. "Using dynamites destroy the marine environment and kill other marine resources and, in the long run, this will threaten the food supply from the sea," Lucero said.

Illegal fishing threatens marine resources. (2010, September 14). Manila Bulletin, p. 8.