THE fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya (Pamakaya-Pilipinas) on Saturday lauded the plan by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for a moratorium on the issuance of permits for fishpen operators in Laguna de Bay starting next year.

The group said the move will open the 90-thousand hectare brackish water to municipal and small-scale fishermen who have long been deprived of their traditional and communal fishing zones.

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