How the Philippines' fishing communities are overcoming poverty

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Children wade out to fishing boats in Tacloban: what lies beneath is the desperate poverty. © Getty Images

Criselda Yabes is a journalist based in the Philippines. She is author of "The Battle of Marawi," her 10th book, which was published last year.

If there is one thing the Philippines can boast of, it is the marine biodiversity surrounding its thousands of islands, and the rich fishing grounds therein.

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