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  • 7/18/2025
Data from an illegal fishing monitoring platform shows commercial fishing intrusions in the 15-kilometer municipal waters went up by 10.5% from 2023 to 2024.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/intrusions-big-fishers-municipal-waters-increased-2024/

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00:00data from an illegal fishing monitoring platform shows commercial fishing intrusions in the 15
00:06kilometer municipal waters went up by 10.5 percent from 2023 to 2024 there were 31 843
00:14intrusions in 2024 up from 28 822 in 2023 conservation group oceana philippines says
00:22most of these were seen in key areas like zamboanga city cuyo palawan san pasqual masbate
00:29tongkil sulu languyan tawi-tawi pagbilaw quezon and carles iloilo oceana vice president rose lisa
00:37eisma osorio says quote our fishing communities already among the country's poorest now face
00:42emptier seas and shrinking livelihoods due to rampant illegal commercial fishing a bigger concern is the
00:49five percent drop in the total fisheries output in 2024 the philippine statistics authority reports
00:54maritime municipal fisheries were hit hardest falling by 8.8 percent from 879 960 metric tons
01:02in 2023 to 802 770 metric tons in 2024 the psa adds that the 2024 fisheries output was the lowest since
01:112005 senator kiko pangilinan filed a resolution on july 8 urging the senate to investigate the impact of
01:19allowing commercial fishing companies to operate in municipal waters

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