Fishers, seafarers urged to avoid Chinese rocket debris drop zones

Fishers, seafarers urged to avoid Chinese rocket debris drop zones

CALAPAN CITY — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Mimaropa has stopped fishermen and other seafarers from sailing and fishing in designated waters off Palawan and nearby areas on Wednesday night due to a scheduled Chinese rocket launch. In an advisory, the agency said sailing and fishing would be temporarily prohibited from 9:24 p.m. to 10 p.m. within waters identified as “drop zones” for debris from a Long March 8A rocket. The rocket is scheduled to launch a satellite into