‘HB 5606 should balance fisherfolk’s livelihood, food security’

‘HB 5606 should balance fisherfolk’s livelihood, food security’

MANILA, Philippines – Proposals to ban commercial fishing vessels from operating within the 15-kilometer municipal waters should balance the livelihood of small-scale fishers with food security needs, a lawmaker said.Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Tsuyoshi Anthony Horibata, the chairman of the House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries, said during a hearing on the proposed Atin ang Kinse Kilometro Act that any policy change must be "evidence…