Fisherfolk groups and a non-profit organization have opposed what they described as “unwarranted haste and underhanded” process of presenting the proposed amendments to the Amended Fisheries Code or Republic Act (RA) 10654. ManilaBulletin
Department of Agriculture Sec. Domingo Panganiban, DA UndersecretaryDirector Demosthenes Escoto
Martha Cadano, fisherfolk leader from Region VIII who attended the consultation convened by BFAR in Manila recently, said she was not given a change to clarify matters as she was not allowed to ask a question. The signatories of the statement have expressed their “vehement objection concerning the ongoing consultations conducted in a hotel in Manila to amend the Amended Fisheries Code of the Philippines.
“It is more disconcerting to know that the direction of the changes that BFAR and the commercial fishing sector are pushing is to allow the unrestricted access of commercial fishing sector to catch fish within municipal waters, through an amendment to Section 18. Such a proposition blatantly contradicts the 1987 Constitution, which mandates the protection of the rights of subsistence fishermen to the preferential right to the use of local marine and fishing resources,” she explained.
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