25 Marine Protected Area Guards (MPA Guards) • Aims to intensify the campaign for effective law enforcement against illegal fishing, anti-pollution campaign and promote marine preservation to support the government’s mission to preserve the country’s natural well. 1,361 Coastal Barangay Information Network (CBIN) • Including those employed as crew of fishing vessels operating in our territory for gathering of reports if there are violations of maritime laws or if there are intrusion of foreign vessels in our territory. 1,058 Table 4. Force-multipliers recruited by the PNP-MG Police Colonel Atty. Oliver Sy Tanseco, Chief of the NCR Regional Maritime Unit of the PNP-MG also added to the presentation, saying that they “support the government’s efforts to provide the protection, preservation and sustainability of our fishery resources, particularly the protection of our marginalized fishermen.”139 One of their priorities is the implementation of RA No. 10654 which amended RA No. 8550, in particular, policing the intrusion of commercial fishing vessels in municipal waters. Being that the maritime group is the primary agency in charge of implementation of fishery laws, they are also prioritizing the training of Marine Protected Area (MPA) guards to compliment the manpower of the maritime group.140 Figure 8. PNP-MG Mission To highlight the importance of fishery conservation, protection, and sustainability to the PNP, he cites that in the Police Operational Guidelines of 2021, included the Visit, Board, and Seizure (VBSS) of marine vessels141 under activities tagged as ‘Special Operations.’ He also adds that the PNP-MG is guided by the SDGs, as one of the goals is Life Below Water142 that is why they are in tune with the objectives of BFAR 139 Consultations with NGAs, supra note 40 140 Ibid. 141 Ibid. 142 SDG 14, Life Below Water, supra note 21