This appeared in the VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) magazine and was brought to our attention by Nigel. It is easy for us, sitting here in relative luxury to be judgemental about people in far away places and say they ’shouldn’t’ be doing this or that, but these people believe that there are no alternatives but to carry on what they have been doing for hundreds if not thousands of years. Whilst the end result is not 100% veggie, it shows people that there are alternatives to fishing to the point of extinction without being dictated to.

In the small coastal town of Hernani on the island of Samar in the Philippines, seven VSO volunteers are working with the local government to find alternatives to over-fishing in Matarunao Bay. Continue Reading »