Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan of Bicol Saro is seeking the passage of a bill that would protect the country’s marine
Yamsuan filed the proposed Blue Economy Act which provides for a whole-of-nation approach in achieving these twin goals at a time when climate change and man-made activities continue to threaten the country’s coastal and marine ecosystems.
The proposed Blue Economy Act as outlined under House Bill 8708 was filed by Yamsuan along with Camarines Sur Representatives LRay Villafuerte, Miguel Luis Villafuerte, and Tsuyoshi Anthony Horibata. Under the still unnumbered substitute bill consolidating the six Blue Economy measures, the National Coast Watch Council will be reconstituted as the National Maritime Council.
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