Filipino fishermen catch fishes at a river covered with water lilies in the outskirts of Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines on 08 November 2010. With 7,100 islands, the Philippines has the world's longest discontinuous coastline. The government plans to start imposing a moratorium on new commercial fishing licenses by 2011 to protect the remaining fish stocks in its waters, the Fisheries Bureau said. The measure aims to protect the country's remaining fish stocks especially as climate change is expected to affect fish production.
A Filipino fisherman catches fishes at a river covered with water lilies on the outskirts of Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines on 08 November 2010. With 7,100 islands, the Philippines has the world's longest discontinuous coastline. The government plans to start imposing a moratorium on new commercial fishing licenses by 2011 to protect the remaining fish stocks in its waters, the Fisheries Bureau said. The measure aims to protect the country's remaining fish stocks especially as climate change is expected to affect fish production.
