Waters off the coast of Batanes are still part of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), according to a ranking Philippine fisheries official.

Asis Perez, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), on Wednesday said there is an overlap between the country’s EEZ and that of Taiwan and such technicality caused a standoff between Coast Guard patrols of the neighbors last June 6.

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