Officer in charge Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) answers questions from the media on the agency's plan to crack down on sellers of imported fish in wet markets on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Later in the day, BFAR announced that it would impose a moratorium on the crackdown amid appeals to allow the sale of imported fish pending a review of an order that banned it in local markets. PHOTOS BY: JOHN ORVEN VERDOTEOfficer in charge Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) answers questions from the media on the agency's plan to crack down on sellers of imported fish in wet markets on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Later in the day, BFAR announced that it would impose a moratorium on the crackdown amid appeals to allow the sale of imported fish pending a review of an order that banned it in local markets. PHOTOS BY: JOHN ORVEN VERDOTEOfficer in charge Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) answers questions from the media on the agency's plan to crack down on sellers of imported fish in wet markets on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Later in the day, BFAR announced that it would impose a moratorium on the crackdown amid appeals to allow the sale of imported fish pending a review of an order that banned it in local markets. PHOTOS BY: JOHN ORVEN VERDOTEOfficer in charge Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) answers questions from the media on the agency's plan to crack down on sellers of imported fish in wet markets on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Later in the day, BFAR announced that it would impose a moratorium on the crackdown amid appeals to allow the sale of imported fish pending a review of an order that banned it in local markets. PHOTOS BY: JOHN ORVEN VERDOTEOfficer in charge Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) answers questions from the media on the agency's plan to crack down on sellers of imported fish in wet markets on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Later in the day, BFAR announced that it would impose a moratorium on the crackdown amid appeals to allow the sale of imported fish pending a review of an order that banned it in local markets. PHOTOS BY: JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE