Manila – The Republic of The Philippines will Buy 100 Patrol Boat To Fullfill its Requirements and mission to Protect its Territory and Maritime Resources Philippine Amid the Tension in Batanes Waters which Taiwan Coast Guard Claimed the Area and in West Philippine Sea Which Chinese Coast Guard Sighted in the area
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources chief Asis Perez said that Bfar ordered 71 Medium Patrol boat for Coastal Patrol Missions and 27 More Patrol boat that will able to go further out to sea to chase Illegal Foreign Poachers in West Philippine Sea and Batanes Waters
Perez quoted “This is just fulfilling our mandate. Our country has eight times more sea area than land area. We have 36,000 kilometres (22,370 miles) of coastline and over 7,100 islands,”
Bfar Chief said that 20 new Boat is not Enough to Counter Chinese and Taiwanese Vessel but the agency is Seeking Fund to Buy 10 more Large Patrol Ship that Can Patrol Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Island Where the Chinese Coast Guard Large ship sighted
also Numerous Chinese fishermen have been arrested by Philippine authorities for allegedly poaching in the disputed waters
Last Week Philippine Coast Guard and Bfar Discovered Taiwanese fishermen practically turned Amianan Island in Batanes into a garbage dump
in 2012 Chinese Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard Ship had an standoff in Panatag shoal after Chinese claimed the Area
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