The Department of Foreign Affairs has protested China's unilateral fishing ban in the disputed South China Sea, where the Philippines and other neighboring Asian states have overlapping claims. READ:
This picture taken on April 21, 2017 shows an aerial view of reefs in the disputed Spratly islands in the West Philippine Sea. The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest against China's unilateral fishing ban in the South China Sea, which covers areas in the West Philippine Sea. Ted Aljibe/AFP/File photo
Manila said it does not recognize China’s fishing moratorium from May 1 to August 16 as it covers waters in areas where the Philippines exercises "sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction.” "In a diplomatic note dated 30 May 2022, the DFA conveyed its protest to the moratorium, which covers areas in the West Philippine Sea over which the Philippines has sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction," the department said in aParagraph 716 of the Award of the South China Sea Arbitration rendered on July 12, 2016 by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands states that any Chinese fishing moratorium in the South China Sea that includes the Philippines’...
The Netherlands-based tribunal, which ruled in favor of the Philippines, also affirmed the traditional and legitimate fishing rights of Filipino fishermen.
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