Later after intense pursue with
the government authority, PH police gunboat seize vessels illegally fishing on
Philippine territory. At first when they saw us coming “its first reaction done
is avoiding the authority thinking they can outrun against us”. - John Zumaraga
(Boat captain) stated at a training exercise.
“They overlooked us with our
naval capacity” Zumara said. Boat speeds up to 83km with 45 knots and equipped
with new radar system and composed of elite officers, this could be a bad news
for those who are illegally fishing on our territory.
The marine set-up was already
implemented a year ago with the aid of the United States government. Philippine
Navy received US made gunboats for the maritime operations and navy training;
the gunboat patrol has the capacity to look out 2,000 km on its designated
post. But due to the limited budget offer on fuel gunboats can only operate on
a certain location but still considered to be effective on combating maritime
actions.
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