Chinese Poachers Charged, Jailed For Wrasse Poaching In Marine Park

Rangers of a world-renowned marine park won a victory on Monday when 30 Chinese fishermen were apprehended for poaching protected fish species and were brought to the provincial jail in Puerto Princesa. Angelique Songco of the Tubbataha Park Management Office, a government agency handling the 33,000-hectare preserve, said the fishermen reached jail about 2:30 p.m. Monday, 10 days after their vessel, the Hoi Wan, tried to evade the rangers...