A municipality in Bantayan island in Cebu, along with environmental groups, asked the Supreme Court to take a second look at its decision that favored a
commercial fishing corporation seeking to fish in municipal waters meant for fisherfolk.
Among the portions of the Fisheries Code invalidated by the Malabon court was Sec. 16 on the jurisdiction of the municipal government to regulate commercial fishing in municipal waters of up to 15 km. from the shoreline. “Judicial restraint, caution, and forbearance are entirely absent from the decision of the RTC of Malabon. Setting aside the breakneck speed of the proceedings, the RTC provided absolutely no amount of deference that demands an interpretation of the Constitution that would give life to the law instead of destroying it,” the petitioners said.
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