Philippines Installs Tracking Systems on 90% of Commercial Fishing Vessels | Oceana

Victory | December 31, 2024

Philippines Installs Tracking Systems on 90% of Commercial Fishing Vessels

The Philippines’ Fisheries Bureau has installed vessel monitoring systems on 90% of the country’s commercial fishing vessels. This news follows significant campaigning by Oceana and our allies and a 2023 Presidential memorandum requiring the full implementation of the tracking systems to be installed in the commercial fishing fleet. These devices help prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by tracking the identity, location, and speed of fishing vessels. This decision is especially helpful in deterring commercial fishing vessels from encroaching in municipal waters that are reserved for artisanal fishers, which helps protect their livelihoods.