The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect the country’s fisheries, an official said onMonday.

The BFAR, an agency under the Department of Agriculture, currently has a fleet of 20 patrol boats that are manned by Coast Guard personnel. A BFAR patrol boat was recently involved in a standoff with a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel off the waters of Batanes.

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