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It was made clear on Monday by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that the campaign against illegally imported frozen fish on wet markets is not new nor being implemented slowly.

According to BFAR spokesperson Nazario Briguera in an interview with Radyo Pilipinas, the raid was part of the bureau’s regulations on fish importation based on Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 195.

“Gusto lang po nating linawin, since there may be some input that asks, ‘What should we do next?'” It is our sincere desire that Fisheries Administrative Order 195 be implemented. In fact, this is the set of rules that we adhere to when dealing with institutional buyers, who are the intended recipients of our products. (We just want to be clear because we’re receiving questions about why only now.) We want to make it clear that the FAO 195 has already been put into effect. In fact, those are our import policies for fish intended for institutional purchasers, she added.

Briguera was alluding to responses when he questioned the timing of the campaign last week to stop wet market vendors from selling imported frozen fish.

Vendors at the Quezon City market were advised last week during an inspection not to sell illegally frozen fish including pink salmon and pompano.

“Dumaragsa ang mga imported frozen fish product that was redirected to the aforementioned mga palengke, itong mga nakaraang buwan. In light of this, minarapat ng ahensya na ipaalam sa ating mga fish merchants that pwede naman ang mga imported fish sa palengke kung ito ay otorisado at may kaukulang papeles (During the preceding months, the diverted foreign frozen fish items are taking up our marketplaces. We therefore decided to advise our fish dealers that imported fish is permitted but only if it is authorized and accompanied by sufficient documentation),” he said.

The BFAR claimed that because these imported goods are intended for use by hotels, restaurants, and the canning industry, such a diversion of destination is strictly unlawful.

Briguera underlined the agency’s request to vendors to assist by looking for imported fish in the supplier’s supporting documentation.

On December 4, the BFAR official announced that they would begin seizing illegally sold frozen fish from wet markets.

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