http://thnlnk.com/com/Cebus.Commercial.Fishers/Iu9
The investigation into the killing of Cebu City Bantay Dagat chief Elpidio "Jojo" de la Victoria has focused so far on the suspected gunman, SPO1 Marcial Ocampo.
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The angle most prominently being pursued about his death was the fight of de la Victoria, aptly named by Inquirer columnist Ma. Ceres Doyo as an "Earth Day martyr," against illegal fishers. Published reports following his death showed how his advocacy, together with that of environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa, to close the Visayan sea triangle to commercial fishing vessels, had made some people unhappy.
Who are these people? Who are the commercial fishers known to go past the barriers on the Visayan sea?
Environment advocates have described these fishers as well-funded, equipped with adequate gears, sometimes armed, and usually from outside Cebu but with supporters from among town officials of Cebu.
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