OLONGAPO CITY: The country faces possible fish shortage as some “240,000 kilos of fish are illegally taken from Philippine waters every single day Chinese fishing vessels massed at the West Philippine Sea [South China Sea],” according to the National Task Force for West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS).
At sea, Philippines : This handout satellite imagery taken on March 23, 2021 and received on March 25 from Maxar Technologies shows Chinese vessels anchored at the Whitsun Reef, around 320 kilometres (175 nautical miles) west of Bataraza in Palawan in the South China Sea. Chinese vessels gathered near a disputed reef in the South China Sea are "fishing boats" sheltering from poor weather, the foreign ministry said March 22, a day after the Philippines described their presence as an incursion. AFP / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies