One Chinese vessel came within 16 yards of the Philippine ship BRP Datu Taradapit, about 18 miles southwest of Scarborough ...

Fishing employs over 1.6 million people, whose catch is the nation’s principal protein source, a daily bounty of some 12,000 ...

Fishing Communities in the Philippines Are Fighting for their Future as Waters Rise. ... the Philippines, March 8, 2025. The area is located in proximity of the Philippine Sea and the Labo River.

The Philippines on Sunday condemned the Chinese coast guard for installing what it called a “floating barrier” in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying that it prevented Filipino ...

Laguna Lake, by contrast, is the Philippines’ largest natural lake, with a catchment area of 90,000 hectares (222,000 acres) and serves as aquaculture and fishing grounds for the surrounding ...

The Philippines is accusing Chinese fishermen of poisoning fishing areas. A Chinese coast guard ship sailing past a Philippine fishing boat near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal on February ...

The Philippines is not the only country in the region that is tangling with China over fishing rights and territorial claims. Vietnam , Malaysia and Brunei have also had conflicts.

"We'll go back out to the West Philippines Sea next month," he said with a toothy grin, using the Philippines' name for the area. "Because it's our fishing ground." ...

Under a new agreement, the Philippines will be able to track unregulated fishing by accessing Canada’s satellite surveillance system called the “Dark Vessel Detection System." ...

The Philippines' fishing bureau has accused Chinese fishing vessels of using cyanide to destroy Scarborough Shoal, a fish-rich atoll in the South China Sea contested by both Manila and Beijing.

Apo Reef, the Philippines - A massive shipping vessel — capable of removing 10–20 per cent of an area's fish standing stock — was found pa-aling in a protected marine park in the western part of the ...