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Table 1. Municipal Water Delineation Data from DILG
In relation to allowing Commercial Vessel Fishing (CVF) operations, there were 182 LGUs (19.22%)
who passed ordinances allowing commercial fishing in municipal waters (Table 2). Region IV-B has the
greatest number of LGUs with ordinance to allow entry of CFV at 38 municipalities, followed by Region
VI and VIII at 32 and 23, respectively. The data presented was still under review because it represents those
who allowed commercial fishing with the appropriate ordinances, and also those who allowed it without
the proper ordinance. 110 It is worthy to note that 429 (45.3%) are designated as non-compliant LGUs.
Table 2. CVF Operations per region from DILG
In their efforts to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, the DILG, together with
OCEANA Philippines, reached out to LGUs with high light detection based on Visible Infrared Imaging
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Consultations with NGAs, supra note 40