date:Feb 20, 2014
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture has implemented new rules regarding conservation of blue swimming crab, becoming the first nation in Southeast Asia to do so.
The department issued the rules in a joint administrative order, which contains policies governing the capture and preservation of the crab.
The (American National Fisheries Institute) Crab Council has been working toward crab sustainability in the Philippines for the better part of five years, said Bobby Eduardo, treasurer of