A new fisheries policy is expected to drive the growth and sustainability in the country’s fish sector in 2019 and beyond.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently issued the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 263, which paved the way for the declaration of major fishing grounds as fisheries management areas (FMAs) in the Philippines.

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