The Philippine government told its fishermen that they should ignore China’s annual summer fishing ban in the South China Sea and continue their work in Philippine-claimed waters, Reuters reported May 4. China’s unilateral fishing moratorium, which it has imposed in the disputed waterway since 1999, runs from May 1 to Aug. 16.
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