Tag: FisherfolkRights

  • The 15-Kilometer Thin Blue Line: Are We Starving Our Own Fishermen?

    In the pitch-black waters of the Philippine archipelago, a silent war rages every night. On one side, we find the ‘small fry’—subsistence fishermen who navigate these shores with nothing but a handline and a prayer. Yet, just beyond the horizon, loom the commercial giants, whose massive nets can ‘vacuum’ an entire coral reef in a…