Areas for small fishermen will likely be reduced if the proposal of BFAR to use the coast of the mainland as reference point in the delineation of municipal waters instead of the farthest offshore island of a town is approved.
MORE than 30 mayors from different coastal towns in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are opposing a proposal from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to use the coast of the mainland as reference point in the delineation of municipal waters instead of the farthest offshore island of a town.