It's that way in most of the country. We have dying, bleached coral reefs, smaller fish, less money to buy food with, and people using more and more desperate means of catching something, anything, that will feed their families.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apo_Island
http://www.apoisland.com/apoisland-history
http://www.dumagueteinfo.com/apo-island-pictures.php
Aaanyway, where does a thread on this topic go? Is it the Culture and Food section? But that's mostly food. Is there even a place for this on the forum? I hope there is.