MANILA — The Philippines will spearhead the14th regular session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), which seeks to draft more effective measures to end and prevent overfishing in the Pacific Ocean.
The BFAR will be hosting the fisheries summit at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila on December 3-7, 2017.
According to Nazario Briguera, chief information officer at the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the WCPFC passes conservation and management measures (CMMs) aimed at curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.








