BACOLOD City – About 610 kilos of fish valued at P33,000 were recovered from illegal fishers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, a police report showed.
The 38-year-old Reynald Franco and 58-year-old Sammy Munez were arrested off the coast of Sagay – particularly in a marine protected area – on May 21.
Officers of the Sagay City police station confiscated their fishing boats and fishing gears.
Franco and Munez were detained. They were facing charges for violation of Republic Act 10654, or the act to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Republic Act 8550 (The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998)./PN
