Philippine Marines deployed two small boats last week to escort a Chinese fishing boat that Manila claimed was illegally fishing at Second Thomas Shoal. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stated that its troops “upheld environmental protection” at the disputed submerged reef Oct.

Simplicio Calicoy was celebrating his birthday outside his daughter’s home on Maliwaliw Island in the Philippines when strong winds started to whip around them. The fisherman and his family rushed inside but the gusts began to tear apart the house.

BOHOL, Philippines — Nothing beats dynamite fishing for sheer efficiency. A fisherman in this scattering of islands in the central Philippines balanced on a narrow outrigger boat and launched a bottle bomb into the sea with the ease of a quarterback.

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The Department of Agriculture has launched a nationwide modernization program for major fish ports under the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority to enhance competitiveness, strengthen local livelihoods and promote sustainable agri-fishery enterprises.

More than 150,000 people have evacuated to safer ground in eastern Philippine provinces as a typhoon approaches from the Pacific.

Philippines launches first national dialogue on decent work and sustainability in aquaculture. The country is one of the world's largest aquaculture producers, but a new report by the UN's International Labour Organisation highlights “significant decent work deficits” for those employed in the sector.