“Foreign fishermen are taking all our fish, especially in areas like the West Philippine Sea. It is an insult that we have to import fish from abroad when it comes from our own waters,” PAMALAKAYA Vice Chair for Luzon Bobby C. Roldan said. READ:
“Foreign fishermen are taking all our fish, especially in areas like the West Philippine Sea. It is an insult that we have to import fish from abroad when it comes from our own waters,” PAMALAKAYA Vice Chair for Luzon Bobby C. Roldan said in a statement. and mackerel, were likely taken from Philippine waters. fish. We are fully aware that the countries where we are going to import fish from are the same countries that frequent our territorial waters in the West Philippine Sea.
“The unregulated middleman system in the fish trade results in manipulation of farmgate and market prices which are detrimental to small fishers and ordinary consumers,” he added. Mr. Hicap proposed that instead of imports, the Department of Agriculture should directly procure from fisherfolk and set a standard retail price.
“Instead of imports, which are harmful to the fishing industry, the government should intervene by imposing a price ceiling on fish that reasonable and beneficial to local producers, retailers, and consumers. This effort would preempt greedy wholesalers and traders from manipulating the price ofand other fishery products that serve as primary protein sources for many Filipinos,” Mr. Hicap said.
On Jan. 17, the DA said it had issued certificates of necessity to import 60,000 metric tons of small frozen pelagic fish, in order to ease rising prices and augment supply in typhoon-hit areas. —
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