Manila’s top hotels, restaurants advocate sustainable seafood

In a bid to help save overfished Philippine seas, Manila’s top hotels and restaurants came together with environmental groups and NGOs for fisheries to declare their support for the promotion of sustainable seafood.

The participants—that included the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Fairmont Hotel, Hyatt City of Dreams Manila, Marco Polo Ortigas, Marriott Manila Hotel, The Peninsula Manila, Shangri-La Hotels, Fairmont Raffles, New World Makati, Alab, Le Club, Lulu Hooch, Vask, Disciples Escoffier International Asia, Blueyou, Centre for Sustainability, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, PEMSEA and RARE Fish Forever—fully recognized that the marine environment has long been plagued by problems caused by decades of unsustainable fishing practices.