Philippines and China make headway on ‘fishing ban’: Marcos

In this November 2016 photo, a Filipino fisherman catches fish as the China Coast Guard patrols Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, a traditional fishing ground for Zambales and Pangasinan fishers. - PDI

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Manila and Beijing were “making some progress” toward a breakthrough in resolving their dispute over China’s annual fishing ban in the South China Sea that had been the bane of Filipino fisherfolk for over two decades, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told reporters in Quezon City on Tuesday (June 21).

The president said the two sides had reached the point of having “coordination” on fishing activities despite China’s unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in the resource-rich waterway.