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More Filipino fishermen now in Bajo de Masinloc: Coast Guard

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<div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=352363873595638&amp;set=pb.100064660843959.-2207520000..&amp;type=3" data-width="auto"> </div><p><br/>MANILA - More fishermen are now getting their catch from Bajo de Masinloc, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=352363933595632&amp;set=pb.100064660843959.-2207520000..&amp;type=3" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The Coast Guard said they monitored about 45 Filipino fishing boats off Bajo de Masinloc when they conducted intensified maritime operations there from February 28 to March 5. </p><p>&quot;As of yesterday we monitored 37 fishing boats sa Bajo de Masinloc. Madami pa din,&quot; Coast Guard Spokesperson Armand Balilo said in an interview.</p><p>PCG Commandant Admiral Artemio Abu described this as a significant milestone in the push for maritime safety and security in Philippine coastal waters off Zambales.</p><p>“Seeing more Filipino fishing boats in Bajo de Masinloc is a proof of our intensified efforts to safeguard Filipino fishermen who consider fishing as their primary source of livelihood,&quot; he said.</p><p>In 2021, the Department of Foreign Affairs protested the &quot;shadowing, blocking, dangerous maneuver and radio challenges&quot; by the Chinese Coast Guard to Philippine Coast Guard vessels conducting legitimate patrols and training exercises in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/03/21/dfa-blasts-chinese-coast-guard-for-shadowing-blocking-philippine-coast-guard">DFA blasts Chinese Coast Guard for &#x27;shadowing, blocking&#x27; Philippine Coast Guard</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/03/21/philippines-top-diplomat-tells-china-to-get-the-f-out">Philippines&#x27; top diplomat tells China to &#x27;get the f*** out&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Fishermen also complained that they were not able to fish in the area due to the harassment by the Chinese Coast Guard.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/07/14/21/hinaing-ng-pinoy-fishermen-sa-bajo-de-masinloc-ikinaila-ng-mayor">Hinaing ng Pinoy fishermen sa Bajo de Masinloc ikinaila ng mayor</a></li></ul><p>China&#x27;s sweeping claims over almost the entire South China Sea have been adjudged to have no legal basis by a UN-backed arbitration court in The Hague last 2016.<br/> </p>

More fishermen are now getting their catch from the Bajo de Masinloc, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday.