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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Friday, February 10, 2017
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ILOILO City – A tourist boat captain was caught for illegal fishing in Carles, Iloilo.
The 40-year-old Dionisio Orbita of Barangay Tinigban, Carles was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday for violating the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998. He was taken to the Carles police station.
Upon verification of Orbita’s profile after the submission of his filled data sheet, the police found out that he also had a pending case at a Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City.
The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 aims to improve the productivity of the country’s fishery sector and provide conservation and protection to aquatic resources. Its main objectives include the following:
* conservation, protection and sustained management of the country’s fishery and aquatic resources
* poverty alleviation and the provision of supplementary livelihood among municipal fisherfolk
* improvement of productivity of aquaculture within ecological limits
* optimal utilization of off-shore and deep-sea resources; and
* upgrading of post-harvest technology./PN
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