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==Leaders sign pact to protect marine resources== | |||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2012/03/23/leaders-sign-pact-protect-marine-resources-212711 | |||
*Friday, March 23, 2012 | |||
:by Bong Garcia | |||
THE mayors of the 42 municipalities in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces led by their governors and some congressional representatives signed Thursday a covenant to protect the seas. | |||
Also included in the covenant they signed is to provide fisheries-related livelihood project to their constituents. | |||
The covenant signing held in Zamboanga City jumpstarts the beginning of Mindanao-wide consultations for possible finalization of the "Fish for Peace in Mindanao" program. | |||
"The Fish for Peace program seeks to institute equity and sustainability in the use of the fisheries resources by local fisher folk residents," Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Asis Perez said. | |||
Perez noted that the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm), based on the data of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, has contributed in 2011 about eight percent of the country's 2.72 million metric tons production from capture fisheries and 37.3 percent of the total 1.84 million metric tons of seaweed. | |||
"Protecting what remained of our pristine waters from destructive fishing must be the first among the list of our priorities if we are serious in providing fish for all our people," Perez said. | |||
Perez said the program has three major components. These are: Bantay Dagat Pangkapayapaan that seeks to address habitat protection; Binhi Para Sa Kapayapaan; and KaPAYAOpaan for livelihood generation and resource rehabilitation. | |||
"Peace and poverty-related problems continue to plague Mindanao particularly Armm, despite the vastness of their seas and the variety of fish and other aquatic organisms that abound," Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Fisheries Salvador Salacup said. | |||
Salacup said the program is not the typical dole-out livelihood program of the government as this is firmly anchored on a strong partnership and collaboration between and among the stakeholders, each partner having to give something to ensure that the program will be implemented properly. | |||
"Even the fisherfolk-beneficiary, poor as they are, has to have a stake mostly in the form of labor to volunteerism in securing their own municipal waters from illegal fishing activities," Salacup added. | |||
"This is the first time that serious attention is now being provided by the government to Armm," Perez said, citing BFAR had initially earmarked a total of P30.37 million -- the highest so far provided for Armm in the agency's more than six decades of operation. | |||
Of the total allotment, Perez said P13.5 million will be used to purchase 1,000 units of 16-horse power engine that will be awarded as a counterpart to partner local government units (LGUs) which will construct patrol boats for Bantay Dagat operations. | |||
Perez said the P13.5 million will also cover the purchase of seaweed farm implements for 850 project beneficiaries and 50 units of payao, a fish aggregating device. | |||
He said the remaining P17.23 million is earmarked for the implementation of aquiasilviculture program in the five provinces of Armm. | |||
The amount covers the establishment of five multi-species hatcheries at P1.2 million each; development of 80 aquasilviculture demo farms at P68,250 for excavation and fencing materials; and for the planting of 915,000 mangrove propagules that will benefit 305 fishermen who can earn as much as P18,000 in planting a total of 3,000 mangrove trees. | |||
The initial project fund is expected to generate livelihood for 2,487 fisher folk families broken down as follows: 850 seaweed farms; 1,250 fishers for the payao; 305 for mangrove rehabilitation and 80 aquasilviculture farms. | |||
In addition, Perez said a total of 305 hectares of new mangrove areas will be established that would help in resource enhancement and coastal protection. | |||
"Our agency has yet to evaluate the significance of the multi-species hatcheries for resource generation and the protection of the fish habitat from destructive fishing as a result of strict law enforcement," Perez said. | |||
==PHL tourist arrivals up 17% to record high in Jan. – DOT== | ==PHL tourist arrivals up 17% to record high in Jan. – DOT== | ||
*Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/252343/economy/business/phl-tourist-arrivals-up-17-to-record-high-in-jan-ndash-dot | *Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/252343/economy/business/phl-tourist-arrivals-up-17-to-record-high-in-jan-ndash-dot | ||
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“More importantly, everybody’s support is critical in creating the fun and competitive image that we are selling to the world,” he added. | “More importantly, everybody’s support is critical in creating the fun and competitive image that we are selling to the world,” he added. | ||
==ARMM workers clamor for peace, efficiency== | ==ARMM workers clamor for peace, efficiency== | ||