Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio disagreed with President Duterte’s explanation on why China was allowed to fish in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and said that the arbitral ruling in favor of the Philippines does not allow traditional fishing in the Reed Bank (Recto Bank).
“There is no traditional fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone . This is very clear in the arbitral award of 12 July 2016. Reed Bank is part of Philippine EEZ. There can be no traditional fishing in Reed Bank,” Carpio said in an interview over ANC.
“Traditional fishing is artisanal fishing using small, simple fishing boats like the wooden boats, with outriggers, of Filipino fishermen. The Chinese steel-hulled trawlers cannot qualify for traditional fishing,” Carpio explained. The President explained that China and the Philippines are both claimants to the WPS but that the former is “in control” of the area.
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