{"id":221511,"date":"2019-07-04T19:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T23:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221511"},"modified":"2019-07-04T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T23:49:57","slug":"ph-to-validate-damaged-reef-ecosystems-in-spratly-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/04\/ph-to-validate-damaged-reef-ecosystems-in-spratly-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"PH to validate damaged reef ecosystems in Spratly Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_221512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221512\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scarborough_SW_12_7_boats-MAXAR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221512\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scarborough_SW_12_7_boats-MAXAR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scarborough_SW_12_7_boats-MAXAR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scarborough_SW_12_7_boats-MAXAR-768x618.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Motherships and clam harvesting boats off the southwest side of Scarborough Shoal, December 7, 2018 (Photo: Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative\/Website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) should validate a reported destruction of reef ecosystems in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and Spratly Islands due to China\u2019s reclamation and illegal fishing activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is under Department of Agriculture,\u00a0<em>kasi iyong<\/em>Fisheries (BFAR)\u00a0<em>sa kanya<\/em>\u00a0(because BFAR is under DA) \u2013 they should conduct a study on that, to validate that particular finding of one particular group,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The University of the Philippines\u2019 Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) reportedly said the Philippines loses about PHP33.1 billion every year due to the damaged coral reefs in the disputed area of the West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said the Philippine government will undertake measures based on its own investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have to make our own study. The specific department concerned with that should conduct an inquiry on that matter and then the government will undertake measures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if government is alarmed by the UP marine scientists\u2019 findings, Panelo replied: \u201cWe will always be concerned if it affects the security of the state and it affects the general welfare of the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said the Philippine Coast Guard should also enforce the country laws to prevent poaching activities within the country\u2019s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should know what to do, because they know their duty. We will leave it to them. The Coast Guards have their own specific duty in accordance with law,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) should validate a reported destruction of reef &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":221512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221513,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221511\/revisions\/221513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}