In the archipelago of the Philippines, the marine source is abundant, and this becomes one of the source of livelihood of Filipinos, fishing. This abundance can also become extinct once there has been a high demand from the consumers. Moreover the Philippines is also lucky that we are blessed with a variety of marine species, but what is sad about this is that some were already endangered due to abuse and wrong practices when it comes to fishing.
But of course, there will also be people who wants to promote sustainable and responsible fishing as a way of showing respect to the environment who provides livelihood and food on their table. Just like this YouTube Vlogger Rommel Alibong.
Rommel posts videos of their group fishing, showing their methods and how they haunt for fishes. And just like this vlog, where they showed how they installed a manual fish trap set up at the bottom of the sea, and when they returned you would see lots of fishes trapped inside. When they have collected their catch, some of the fishes were used as bait to lure bigger fishes.
One of their goals in catching the fish is that they should remain to be alive, because it can be sold on a higher price. They also covered how they manually catch the fish by tracing the fishing cable until they will get the fish at the end of the cable with the hook, they need to carefully do this because they should make sure that it is alive, at the same time to ensure that they will not get any endangered species.
What is admirable about this group of fishermen is that they know the law and they are aware of the consequences if they caught endangered species and tried to sell it. This happened when they caught a mameng, or the maori or Humphead Wrasse, this is one of the world’s most valuable live food fish, this can be sold 6000 pesos per kilo in some of the Southeast Asian countries. That they opted and made sure that they returned the fish back to sea since they know the law.
That is why from Mr. Rommel’s post, you can see words of admiration from the viewers lauding their group for being responsible fishermen. What do you think?
Source: Online True Stories
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