MANILA, Philippines—On World Food Day, marine conservation group Oceana warned that the government’s push to open municipal waters to commercial fishing threatens to rob small-scale fishers of their livelihood, calling it nothing short of “stealing from the poorest.” In a statement on Thursday, Oceana decried the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to amend the Fisheries Code to allow commercial fishing vessels to operate in municipal waters deeper than 20 fathoms—areas that are currently reserved for artisanal or small-scale fishers under Republic Act No. 10654. “This runs contrary to the President’s latest pronouncements on food security and poverty alleviation,” said Oceana […]... Keep on reading: Oceana slams gov’t bid to open municipal waters to big fishing