China cannot demand traditional fishing rights in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Tuesday in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel. Read:
According to Caprio, however, traditional fishing rights are longer applicable to the EEZ.
“However, of course, a sovereign state being sovereign can allow — out of the goodness of their own heart — other countries to fish. But we are 105 million people. There’s not enough fish for us in the West Philippine Sea,” he added.In June, President Duterte bared a verbal agreement he struck with Chinese President Xi Jinping allowing China to fish in the Philippines’ EEZ after Beijing granted Filipino fishermen access to Scarborough Shoal.
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