Campaign against illegal fishers will be met with strong commitment by League of Municipalities Phils. – Bohol Chapter
The mayors of coastal towns here in Bohol will hold a meeting in regards to stopping illegal fishing in their vicinity. This meeting will be done to disprove the belief that mayors of coastal towns are not sincere in implementing the marine laws and are even in league with the big-time commercial fishers.
The President for League of Municipalities of the Philippines – Bohol Chapter, Jagna Mayor Exuperio C. Lloren, confirmed that there is a need for cooperation to stop illegal fishing. The organization aforementioned are alarmed that even though Bohol supplies 95 % of fish in the Central Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources and the Department of Agriculture, the price of fish still continue to increase.
The price increase is due to scarce supply here in the province since big-time commercial fishers sell their daily fish to our neighboring provinces, thus causing small time fishers for small catch.
Illegal fishing will be hard to stop since there are still other problems like lacking coastal law enforcers, no watchers, and lacking patrol boats.
