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This isn’t your typical hole-in-the-ice fishing, it’s a large-scale operation that requires precision drilling, underwater net deployment, and team synchronization to trap entire schools of fish.
The minister has been meeting with fishing communities in a bid to explore solutions to the problems in the sector. Dr. Dion George says they need to make sure we don't pollute water supplies ...
Fisherfolk organization PAMALAKAYA warned that the Supreme Court's decision would essentially grant large-scale fishing corporations unrestricted access to coastal areas. They cautioned that these ...
Opening March 23 and titled “Director’s Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho,” the exhibition will comprise more than 100 original items, including storyboards, research materials, film posters ...
"Small-scale fishing has various advantages: as its productivity is low, it's possible to provide many jobs without overfishing; the small scale of the fishing gear has a low impact on the ...
If the ruling stands, commercial fleets will gain unprecedented access to coastal fishing grounds, further pushing thousands of small-scale fishers to the margins. If overturned, it would restore ...
The small-scale fishing sector has two primary demands: protecting its existing fishing quotas and maintaining the current ban on industrial trawling, which it argues depletes fish stocks and ...
A new study found that small-scale fishing accounts for at least 40% of catch worldwide and provides employment for 60 million people, more than a third of whom are women. Small-scale fishing ...
Mercidar Fishing Corp. had successfully challenged the Fisheries Code's ban on large-scale fishing operations within municipal waters. BFAR, represented by the Solicitor General, was even declared in ...
Over 60 local fishing co-operatives stand to benefit from the recent rights allocations. Small scale fishers who were previously disallowed from catching West Coast Rock Lobster, Bait, Abalone ...
Although definitions vary, small-scale fisheries generally comprise households or communities, mostly in lower- to middle-income countries, that use lower-tech, more labor-intensive fishing ...
Although definitions vary, small-scale fisheries generally comprise households or communities, mostly in lower- to middle-income countries, that use lower-tech, more labor-intensive fishing ...