After a recent Supreme Court ruling allowed commercial fishing in municipal waters, experts warn of fish stock depletion and small-scale fishermen fear their livelihoods are at risk.
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00:00This is my tactic when I'm tired in a fall.
00:30The last tactic is to use commercial fishing.
00:37This is a big disaster.
00:40All the falls and corals will be destroyed.
00:47Unlike us, small fishermen,
00:52we will catch whatever is close to us.
00:57We will catch whatever is close to us.
01:02We will catch small fish within six months.
01:23This is called Sinigang.
01:30We are very happy.
01:33We are very happy because we caught a lot of fish.
01:37We caught a lot of fish.
01:39We caught a lot of fish.
01:45We caught a lot of fish.
01:52We caught a lot of fish.
01:55We caught a lot of fish.
01:58We caught a lot of fish.
02:01Our fishery stocks are already overfished.
02:04Our marine and coastal habitats are already degraded.
02:09If we allow illegal commercial fishing in our municipal waters,
02:14this will have more negative impacts on our fisheries.
02:18Fifteen kilometers.
02:23Fifteen kilometers.
02:28Fifteen kilometers.
02:41We're setting up harvest control rules and measures
02:46on how we can improve or rebuild our stocks.
02:51So we really have to lessen the pressure on our fisheries
02:55for it to recover.