A Closer Look At Blast Fishing In The Philippines

It may not be a major method of fishing like hook and line or the gill net, but explosive fishing is widespread in the Philippines. According to one estimate, about 70,000 fishers - that's 12% of the total number of capture fishers in the country - are suspected to engage in blast fishing. In every bay and in every gulf, there are always blast fishers; for every fishing ground, there is always a village known to be the residence of blast fishers; and in every village, there is always at least one tale of misfortune, of a blast fisher or another person maimed or killed because of the explosion.

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