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Filipino fishers face income collapse amid South China Sea dispute

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Filipino fishers are experiencing a significant decline in their weekly incomes due to the ongoing South China Sea dispute. Restrictions preventing access to traditional fishing grounds like Scarborough Shoal, coupled with local dredging activities, have drastically reduced their earnings. Fishermen who once brought home approximately 15,000 pesos weekly are now struggling with incomes as low as 600-700 pesos, exacerbated by rising operational costs. AI

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Filipino fishers face income collapse amid South China Sea dispute

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Sam Beltran ·

    Filipino fishers count the cost of South China Sea dispute

    For fishermen like Joey Marabe in the Philippine province of Zambales, the geopolitical contest playing out in the South China Sea can be measured in dwindling catches and shrinking incomes, as the presence of Chinese vessels around a contested shoal increasingly limits where the…

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