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*Source: http://www. | *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=408622 | ||
*February 27, 2012, 3:13 pm | |||
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) deployed four more patrol boats over the weekend along the critical Bay to reinforce its ongoing operations against illegal fishing activities in the area. | |||
Ambutong Pautong, assistant director of BFAR Region 12, said they assigned the new patrol boats to secure the seas off four coastal municipalities of Sarangani province against incursions from commercial fishing boats and other illegal fishing violations. | |||
“The patrol boats will be utilized for the enforcement of various fishery laws and other activities related to the protection and conservation of the bay’s biodiversity,” he said. | |||
The fishery official said the deployment of the patrol boats was based on a memorandum of agreement signed by BFAR with the local governments of Maasim, Glan, Kiamba and Maitum in Sarangani. | |||
Under the agreement, BFAR tapped the four local government units (LGUs) to assist its campaign against illegal fishing along the Sarangani Bay, which is a declared protected seascape. | |||
The LGUs were tasked to operate and maintain the four patrol boats, which were made of 135 horse power speed boats. | |||
A BFAR report said each patrol boat costs about P1.9 million. | |||
Pautong said they turned over the patrol boats following the completion last Friday of the three-day training on familiarization and maintenance of the units for selected employees of the recipient local governments. | |||
The training was facilitated by BFAR personnel led by its national marine fisheries head Alma Dickson. | |||
BFAR and the provincial government of Sarangani earlier intensified its monitoring against illegal fishing activities along the Sarangani Bay due to the reported operations of some commercial fishing boats in portion of its tuna-rich waters. | |||
In late November, around 20 tons of dead skipjack tuna were washed into the shores of Maasim town after they were dumped by small commercial fishing boats that utilize the likom method or net fishing. | |||
The likom fishing boats reportedly overfished and were forced to dump some of their catches along the bay due to their limited capacity. | |||
Under Republic Act 8550 or the Philippine Fisheries Code, commercial fishing boats were barred from operating within the 15-kilometer municipal waters. | |||
Last year, a significant portion of the critical Bacud Reef off Kiamba town was destroyed after a foreign cargo vessel ran aground in the area for about five weeks. | |||
The vessel’s owners agreed in November to a settlement of P20 million with the local government of Sarangani after it was found liable by the Philippine Coast Guard’s Special Board of Marine Inquiry for the damages on the reef. | |||
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==Four Sarangani towns get high-speed patrol boats from BFAR== | |||
*Source: http://www.sarangani.gov.ph/news.php?id=4875&title=Four_Sarangani_towns_get_high_speed_patrol_boats_from_BFAR | |||
02/25/2012 | |||
:by (Abner Arzaga/MAASIM NEWS CENTRAL) | |||
FOUR SARANGANI TOWNS GET HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM BFAR :: KIAMBA, Sarangani (February 25, 2012) - (L-R) Glan Senior Administrative Officer Patrick Yap, Kiamba Municipal Agriculturist Angeline Gulmatico, Maasim Mayor Jose Zamorro, National Marine Fisheries Chief Alma Dickson, Maitum Vice Mayor Tito Balazon and Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Assistant Regional Director Ambutong Pautong pose after signing the Memorandum of Agreement during the turnover ceremony and culmination of the three-day seminar on familiarization and maintenance of patrol boat at Woodbridge Beach Resort Friday, February 24. Funded by the Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, the four high-speed boats worth P1.9 million each were awarded to the coastal municipalities of Maitum, Kiamba, Maasim and Glan to enforce fishery laws and to protect the biodiversity of Sarangani waters. | |||
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