The Supreme Court directs the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to immediately ‘rectify deficiencies’ in Fisheries Administrative Order No. 266
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. says the vessel monitoring system is the ‘most effective way’ to deal with illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
The government is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision, emphasizing the need for regulation amid illegal fishing
The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional, 13-2, a government policy that mandated vessel monitoring systems in commercial vessels, citing due process, equal protection of the law, and violations of rights against unreasonable searches
Municipal fisherfolk say that while the SC decided to protect the rights of commercial fishers from vessel monitoring, it failed to consider theirs