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P50M worth of endangered giant clam shells confiscated in Negros Oriental Published February 14, 2021 8:46am Police confiscated P50 million worth of endangered giant clam shells in Negros Oriental on Feb. 12, 2021. Photo courtesy: PNP Authorities confiscated P50 million worth of endangered giant clam shells in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Friday, the Philippine National Police said. The endangered items were found in Barangay Pagatban. A suspect identified as Ricarido Santiana Dela Cruz Jr. was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by personnel of the Crime Investigation an...

(Photo via Aaron Recuenco / MANILA BULLETIN) Gen. Debold Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the seized 11,000 kilos of giant clams, locally known as taklobo, is worth P918 million if sold in the international market. He identified the person arrested as Ricarido dela Cruz Jr. who was collared after selling some 1,000 kilograms of giant clams to a police poseur buyer in the amount of P5 million in Barangay Pagatban on February 12. “This accomplishment ensures that the sustainable conservation and protection of fishery and aquatic resources law is being implemented by ...

(FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN) Lawyer Gloria Estenzo Ramos, Oceana Vice President, said that the existing Fisheries Code implements the constitutional provision guaranteeing the preferential right of artisanal fisherfolk in municipal water by prohibiting commercial fishing operations within the 15-kilometer from the shoreline. Garcia, a Cebu congressman, authored and filed House Bill (HB) No.7853, which proposes to allow commercial fishing activities in the part of municipal waters, from 10.1 to 15 kilometers from the shoreline as an exception. It also seeks to allow commercial fishing for coasta...

SunStar + February 08, 2021 CALLING it anti-poor, anti-environment and anti-sustainable development, leaders of various small fisher groups in the province hit a proposed measure at the House of Representatives for allegedly favoring commercial fishers. Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM-Negros), in a statement Monday, February 8, 2021, said House Bill (HB) No. 7853 authored by Cebu Third District Representative Pablo John Garcia aims to amend the Fisheries Code of 1998 particularly Section 18 to expand the possible area of operations of small and medium commercial f...