Harris: US aids Philippines against illegal fishing

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is flying to a western Philippines island province at the edge of the South China Sea on Tuesday.

Harris also announced an additional aid of 7.5 million USD to Philippine maritime law enforcement agencies to boost their capacity to counter illegal fishing.  Kamala Harris, U.S. Vice President said "And today I am pleased to announce additional areas of cooperation.

The United States will provide new funding to Philippine maritime law enforcement agencies to increase their capacity to counter IUU fishing, to enhance monitoring systems and to upgrade equipment."

The Philippine coast guard would also get additional U.S. help to upgrade its vessel traffic management system for better safety at sea. The Philippines is also now receiving real-time surveillance data to be able to detect and counter illicit activities at sea in a project by the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, an informal strategic bloc that involves the U.S., India, Japan and Australia.