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Fisheries Country Profile: Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago composed of 7,641 islands with a total land area of 301,000 km2 and surrounded by major bodies of water such as the Pacific Ocean in the east, South China Sea in the west, Luzon Strait in the North, and Celebes Sea in the south. The …

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Country Fisheries Trade: Philippines

By Jennifer Viron, 2019 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for Philippines INTRODUCTION The Philippines is located within the coral triangle, which dubbed the archipelagic country as the center of the center of marine biodiversity (Carpenter and Springer, 2005). The country has a total land area of 301,000 km2 and has a …

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Fisheries Country Profile: Philippines (2018)

by Mr. Napoleon Salvador J. Lamarca 2017 Regional Fisheries Policy Network (RFPN) Member for the Philippines INTRODUCTION The Philippines is an archipelago that consists of 7,641 islands with a total land area of 301,000 km2. The total area of marine waters including EEZ is 2,200,000 km2 and the total length …

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