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March 19, 2018

Villar checks implementation of Law vs IUUF: Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, called a public hearing to assess the implementation of Republic Act 10654 or the act against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUUF) in the country. Villar inquired from Usec. Eduardo Gongona, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the amount collected from violators since the law took effect in 2015. Under the law principally-authored by Villar, the penalties and fines will be collected to form the Fisheries Management Fund where 65% will be allocated to provide assistance to small fisherfolks in the form of shared facilities, scholarship and livelihood programs.

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