Senators Raffy Tulfo and Cynthia Villar on Monday chided the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over its late action against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pampano to wet markets.
At a Senate hearing, BFAR officer-in-charge Demosthenes Escoto explained that the bureau had been implementing thesince 1999. But they were prompted to reinforce this due to the prevalence of illegally diverted pampano and pink salmon to markets.
"We have already been implementing that since its enactment in 1999. But recently, we received reports that there are a lot of illegally diverted fish and fishery products in the wet markets. And this has become prevalent, necessitating the bureau to expand its operation and adopt an end to end monitoring of imported products," Escoto told the senators.
"Saan niyo po ini-implement? Saang palengke dahil kung meron po kayong ginagawang implementation bakit nagkalat yung pagtitinda ng mga pampano at pink salmon sa mga palengke at wala po tayong nabalitaan since 1999 na mayroong pong ganong batas. In fact, nobody knows about this not even the fish vendors na nakausap ko," he said.
"Now, kung talagang bawal ito sana noon pa ginamit niyo ang media to disseminate the information na ito ang FAO 195 at ito ang nakasaad sa FAO 195. Noon pa sana naayos ang problema bakit too late na?" Tulfo continued.
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