Planning and Zoning Commissioners plan to take action Wednesday on a Norwalk Industrial Waterfront Land Use Plan, after a public hearing. They’ll need a two .
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In the manifesto, the Alliance of Local Government Units Along Samar Bays and Channels (ALSBACH) Inc. said it “strongly opposed” the passing of HB 7853, which proposes to amend section 18 of Republic Act (RA) 8550 or the Fisheries Code of 1998.
Pending with the House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources since October last year, HB 7853 seeks to allow Commercial Fishing Boats to operate within the 10.1 to 15 kilometers distance from the shoreline of the City and Municipal Coastal Waters.
This is in violation of the current and amended version of RA 8550, which only allows marginal fisherfolk to fish in city and municipal coastal waters.