THE government needs to install tracking devices in commercial fishing vessels, that has been delayed for four years now.

The League of Municipalities of the Philippines in Romblon (LMP-Romblon), Pangisda Natin Gawin Tama  and environmental advocacy group Oceana Philippines have called on the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to fast-track the implementation of a vessel monitoring measure (VMM) to protect the country’s municipal waters.

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