Marcos accused of ignoring fisheries crisisof ignoring fisheries crisis Fisherfolk reject aid-focused responseaid-focused response Aquaculture push faces criticismThe country’s municipal fisherfolk delivered a counter-State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, a day after Marcos’ annual speech. “To President Marcos: we are not asking for aid. On July 23, the DA reported that the Marcos administration was accelerating the expansion of the PFDA-Bulan Fish Port Complex (BFPC). Most recently on July 30, Marcos and Tiu Laurel inspected the “modernised” PFDA-Sual Fish Port (PFDA-SFP). Tiu Laurel said the new and improved fish port was an investment in the country’s fishermen that would ultimately improve incomes for fisherfolk.