Fish traders vow to stop illegal fishing
November 14, 2003
Inquirer News Service - Philippines
Some of the country's biggest fish traders and exporters have banded as a group called Marine Resources Industry Organization (Marino) Inc. to stop illegal fishing. Marino registered itself with the SEC last week.
In a statement, Milagros Vy, head of Marino and owner of Kenneth Aquamarine Products Inc., said the demand for live fish from the Philippines is growing and tempting unscrupulous groups into financing illegal fishing methods.
Vy said Marino decided to closely coordinate with non-government organizations and government agencies to prevent the country's marine resources from illegal activities and stop its fast rate of depletion.
Marino, she said, is committed to promote traditional methods of fishing like hook-and-line and support campaigns to stop the use of dynamites or cyanide for fishing.
Vy said her group is also advocating transparency in tests for cyanide made on live fish. Her group, she said, also vowed to police its own ranks and impose a limit on its fish purchase subject to supervision by the Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development for fish caught in Palawan.
http://www.inq7.net/reg/2003/nov/14/reg_5-1.htm
November 14, 2003
Inquirer News Service - Philippines
Some of the country's biggest fish traders and exporters have banded as a group called Marine Resources Industry Organization (Marino) Inc. to stop illegal fishing. Marino registered itself with the SEC last week.
In a statement, Milagros Vy, head of Marino and owner of Kenneth Aquamarine Products Inc., said the demand for live fish from the Philippines is growing and tempting unscrupulous groups into financing illegal fishing methods.
Vy said Marino decided to closely coordinate with non-government organizations and government agencies to prevent the country's marine resources from illegal activities and stop its fast rate of depletion.
Marino, she said, is committed to promote traditional methods of fishing like hook-and-line and support campaigns to stop the use of dynamites or cyanide for fishing.
Vy said her group is also advocating transparency in tests for cyanide made on live fish. Her group, she said, also vowed to police its own ranks and impose a limit on its fish purchase subject to supervision by the Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development for fish caught in Palawan.
http://www.inq7.net/reg/2003/nov/14/reg_5-1.htm
