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As clearly and explicitly defined in the Philippine Implementation Rules and Regulations
of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (DA DAO 6[1998] Republic Act 8435) as
follows:
Policy objective, plan and strategy of meeting the food requirements of the present and future
generations of Filipinos in substantial quantity, safety, and nutritional quality that meets
desirable dietary requirements, ensuring the availability and affordability of food to all, either
through local production or importation, or both, based on the country’s existing and
potential resource endowment and related production advantages, and consistent with overall
national development objectives and policies. However, sufficiency in rice and white corn
should be pursued. --Rule 4.1.11DA DAO 6s/ 1998
Food security programs are often viewed as emergency measures, quick fixes to maintain
one type of food source, grains. But, while emergency measures may be essential in some
localities, more often, food security programs need short-, medium-, and long-term plans that
integrate a variety of strategies to ensure a nutritionally-balanced food supply for all people, all
the time. In order to achieve food security, a stable, sustainable, and predictable supply of
nutritionally-balanced food must be available through equitable access over a time horizon
that extends essentially forever. After all, one cannot live on rice or grains alone!
Fish and other aquatic resources should factor significantly in the food security equation. Fish
provide approximately 25percent of the animal protein in Asia. Indeed in the Philippines, the
importance of fisheries to food security cannot be overstated. Fish provide approximately 50
percent of animal protein in the country. In rural communities, up to 80
Coastal resources, such as fish and shellfish, and the habitats that nurture
them—coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests—are among the most
fundamental elements of Philippine marine environment. Overfishing, habitat
destruction, and land-based pollution have resulted in the alarming degradation
of the coastal environment and the deepening poverty in coastal areas
throughout the country. Food security and poverty alleviation in coastal areas
will only be achieved when fisheries and coastal habitats are efficiently and
effectively managed for sustainable use.
The prevailing monsoon winds are southwest monsoon (habagat) and northeastern
monsoon (amihan), western monsoon (salatan), southern monsoon (batangan), and
northwestern monsoon (sabalas). Habagat occurs in the months of May to October while
amihan occurss on the months of December to March. Salatan, occurs in April to May while
Batangan, occurs once to twice a year, and Sabalas sometime in February.
Climate
Balayan falls under the first type of climate as distinguished by Philippine Atmospheric
Geophysical and Astronomic Services Administration (PAG-ASA). It is characterized by two
pronounced seasons: Dry- from November to April and Wet during the rest of the year.
Atmospheric temperature varies from 28.5 inches to 29.8 inches in the English Mercurial
Barometer Scale. Average annual rainfall is 73.39 inches.
The land area is 10,873 hectares (about 83.5%) while water area is 2,200 hectares
(16.5%) or a total area of 13,073 has. The shoreline length is about 10.5 kilometers. The 15
meters depth starts at 1.5 to 2.75 kilometers away from shoreline. The maximum water depth of
180 meters starts from a distance of 3.5 to 4.5 kms. from shoreline. This relatively shallow
municipal water and the presence of several rivers and creeks indicate a higher primary
productivity and therefore higher potential fish production or maximum sustainable yield (MSY).
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Balayan has wider shallow near shore and deep-sea water area being so have higher
primary (algal production) thus therefore higher maximum sustainable yield. The deep water
characteristics in the municipal water being circulated in a clockwise and counter-clockwise
direction within the bay brought about by tidal fluctuations and the prevailing monsoon winds
makes discharge of pollutants and nutrients from watershed to the bay easily diffused and
assimilated. During ebb tide, the currents at depths of 2, 5, and 10 meters have different
directions. During flood tide, there is an apparent uniformity in the direction of water currents at
depths of 2, 50 and even 70 meters. There seem to clockwise direction of water current.
Existing Fishery and Fishery Use
Map 7 shows the existing water and fishery use. Two (2) big rivers serve as dumping area of
industrial effluents coming from sugar mill plant (BSCI) and the PhilSteel. Portions of the
municipal water within the jurisdiction of Barangays Palikpikan, 10, 9, 8, San Juan and
Carenahan have fishery management projects (rehabilitation projects) like artificial reef and
“payao”.
A declared protected area (Fish Sanctuary and Fish Reserve) located in Barangay
Carenahan and Municipal Seaweeds Nursery located in Barangay Palikpikan serve as impetus
for resource improvement and fishery supplemental livelihood. The whole municipal waters is
used by municipal fishers and other fishers from other communities in fishing activities to
generate income and routes for marketing catch as well as other purposes. Since municipal
fishers are allowed by law to catch fish in other municipalities, both Balayan fishers and other
fishers in other municipalities venture to catch fish reciprocally at times when these fishers
experience lesser catch in their respective municipal waters.
Ang Nagkakaisang Mamamayang Kostal ng Balayan [ANAKBALAYAN], Inc.
Map 2. Bathymetric map showing the depth Map 3 . Water Current During Ebb Tide
pattern of Balayan Bay Seabed
* Balayan * Balayan
* Calaca
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Map 4 . Water Current During Flood Tide. Map 5 . Levels of Nitrate in Municipal Water
San Piro
3 1
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Palikpikan
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Navotas
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Legend:
Seaweeds nursery
Rehabilitation area (AR)
Rehabilitation area (payao)
Fish Sanctuary and Reserves
Mngroves/Nipa /swamps and
marshes
Palikpikan
Fishpond
Sakag fishing grounds
Bayakos/Timbog grounds
Tidal flats/seagrasses
All gear type fishing grounds
Within the municipality, Barangay San Piro has the biggest fishpond area cover.
Owned by Alpina, Inc., the fishpond is cultures plapla (large tilapia) and for some
time sugpo and bangus. A parcel of fishpond can be found in Barangay Navotas with
bangus and tilapia as products. The two fishponds sums up to 4.0 hectares.
Patches of nipa vegetation are found in Barangay Palikpikan, San Piro, Navotas,
Carenahan and Baclaran while mangroves grows in river banks particularly in
Barangay Palikpikan, San Piro, and Navotas with a total area cover of 5.75 has.
including a secondary growth in abandoned fishpond in Navotas. This does not
include undefined nipa/mangrove areas throughout the Poblacion specifically in
Barangay 4 and along Binambang River.
Tidal reef flat of 2 kilometers long and 150 meters wide are found in Barangay
Carenahan up to Baclaran constituting about 30 has. Seagrasses are found growing
in dead rocks particularly native gulaman and lato which can also be found in the
tidal areas of Barangays 10, 9, and portions of 8. Strapped-shape specie of seagrass
are found in tidal areas of Barangay Palikpikan and San Piro.
CERD appraisal report in 1998 reveals that around 1,678 household members were
engaged in direct fishing activities. The decrease in the number, from 1998 to 2005, may be
due to the unstable and/or decreasing catch that forced these fishers to seek other sources
of income.
Ang Nagkakaisang Mamamayang Kostal ng Balayan [ANAKBALAYAN], Inc.
However, there is an increase in the number of fishers using motorized bancas
( from 199 in 1998 to 299 in 2005) with corresponding decrease in the number of fishers
using non-motorized bancas ( from 299 in 1998 to 93 in 2005). Despite the fact that there is
decrease in the number of fishers, household members engaged indirectly in fishing activity
(fish-related) activities increase by 4.25% . This may be due to the increase in total
households in 11 coastal communities (from 2,830 in 1998 to 3,526 in 2005).
Catch Composition
1998 catch data showed that for the period of July to December, the catch
composition (Balayan Bay) in the order of dominance were as follows: roundscad
(galunggong), frigate tuna (tulingan), spanish mackerel (tanigue), indo-mackerel (hasa-
hasa), swordfish, moonfish (chabita), cavalla (manitis/talakitok), hairtail (balila), sardines
(tamban), etc. For Balayan Bay and the whole of Batangas Coast, the general catch
composition is classified as demersal fish catch with only 6% as compared with 37% for
small pelagic fish and 55% for tuna/tuna-like fish. For Balayan water, the catch composition
is more of demersal and small pelagic species. Seldom that ht tuna and tuna-like species
are caught in Balayan water. With the operation of commercial fishing boats in the offshore
water, the small pelagic fish becoming scarce in the municipal water.
Bayakos and gillnet being operated in the nearshore water are catching the same species of fish notably
manitis and sapsap but bayakos catch more species of fish than gillnet since the former is non-selective.
While competition exists between the two gears, their fishing time is different hence there is no conflict in
terms of time. The negative effect of bayakos on the gillnet, fishing is when the bulk or dominant catch of
bayakos are the juveniles of manitis and sapsap leading to a situation of growth over-fishing. The gill-
netters are the least to contribute to growth overfishing since they are using nets with mesh size more than
the minimum size of 3 cm (stretched length).
Comparing fishers using bayakos, gill nets, and multiple handline, those using multiple handline are
catching more fish in terms of daily catch and number of days or frequency. The reason is that multiple
handline are operated almost everyday in different parts of Balayan Bay and outside the bay whose
condition is favorable for fishing and where there is school of fish of species that are not overfished. In most
cases, multiple handline are not catching the juveniles hence there is no growth overfishing.
On the other hand, bayakos fishers (majority of who are not members of the fisherfolk organization) do not
practice the precautionary approach. This means that they operate the bayakos as long as the sea
condition will allow them. There are more than 10-15 units of bayakos being operated in Balayan. This gear
may still be allowed considering that several fishers are depending on this gear to catch fish (and in the
absence of the alternatives) but its operation should be limited to species of fish (juveniles or matured size)
that are not yet overfished or in danger of being overfished. There is a need therefore to determine the
status of the fishery species that reside in and frequent in the nearshore water.
Some rehabilitation projects such as fish aggregating devices or fish-attraction devices (payao or
boya) posed as inconvenience to some fishing gears like gillnets and multiple handlines. Nets and lines
most of the times were being trapped to the marker bouys of the projects resulting to the cutting of the latter
or dumping of solid waste materials (nets, lines and hooks) to the area. The cutting or loss of the marker
bouys significantly marked the gaps among the managers of the fishery.
Local initiatives on fishery management were significantly sprouted in the early 90s. With the conduct
of national and regional researches on fishery by NGOs and academe, the declining productivity of the
seas in the country were highlighted that started the concerns for an effective and participatory fishery
management in the municipality. The enactment of Local Government Code and the RA 8550 have pushed
this endeavor. The municipal fishery management then was laid in the hands of the fisherfolk and the
concerned NGO. Later, co-management has been the focal points to consider in the effectiveness of a
fishery management. In an effort to increase the productivity of the municipal water, both the People’s
organizations and its municipal federation, ANAK-BALAYAN, NGOs, DA/BFAR and the Municipal
government of Balayan pooled their resources covering skills, efforts, time, human, intellect and finance
Through CERD Fishery Integrated Resource Management for Economic Development (FIRMED)
program, DA, BFAR projects, and LGU/LGA assistance, several coastal barangays have engaged in fishery
management projects like the establishment of artificial reef projects, fish shelter (payao) projects, fishery
law enforcement project and declaration of protected areas (Barangay Carenahan Fish Sanctuary and Fish
Reserves).
In the case of payao project by the fishers in Barangay 8 (SAMALAKAB), the management is by
banning fishing with the use of gill net (large size mesh size) within 20 meters from the payao marker and
allowing fishing within the 20 meter radius using hook and line. By monitoring the fisher catch, the fisher
folk organization committee on protection and rehabilitation will know the change in the volume and size of
catch. If the pattern in catch is decreasing in volume as well as in fish size, the gill net fishers will decide to
ban fishing in the area and move to fishing grounds within the municipal water where there is relatively
large school of fish. The organize fisher folk is practicing the precautionary approach in fishing.
The declaration of parts of municipal waters in Barangay Carenahan as fish sanctuary and fish
reserves by the municipality is a farther move to regulate overfishing at the same time ensuring the
enhancement of fishery yields and rehabilitating the marine ecosystem and habitat.
Rejuvenation of municipal waters for marine life improvements is another thing. People’s
organization and the Municipal Agriculture Office-fishery section with the help of BFAR have launched
seaweeds farming in areas such as Barangay Palikpikan, San Piro and Gimalas. Natural seaweeds and
seagrasses like corals in some part of the municipality have been destroyed in the past. All plants whether
growing in land or in water exhales oxygen and inhales carbon dioxide. Oxygen are needed by fishes,
animals and humans.
In connection with improving the environment of marine life, People’s organizations, the local
government units and the municipality hand and hand promote cleanliness, coastal clean-up and solid
waste management to prevent polluting the municipal waters.
Protection must be sustained hence the municipality of Balayan recognizing the vital role of law enforcers
(Bantay-Dagat and FARMCs) includes protection and apprehension to its annual development programs.
Multiple-use of municipal waters in terms of fishing gears has gradually resulted to overfishing.
Growth overfishing is a result of using bayakos, sakag and other fine mesh nets. Multi-hooklines and active
gears brought about fish stock overfishing. In the equation of fish existence where small species are serving
as food to big ones that are nourishment to bigger ones and so on, is a system. Once being intervened,
these relationships, the entire system diffuses thus losing the fish stock.
Yet the municipal fishers need economic returns from the municipal waters. Considering the fact that
their gears are not suited to deep-sea fishing and there exist increases in the cost of gasoline and baits,
these fishers cannot be barred from using the municipal waters as their fishing ground.
The direction now is toward the gradual reversal in the trend of overfishing. But much has to be done.
In fact, the present (299 with motors + 93 using non-motorized) fishers that continue to catch in Balayan
municipal water could be able to catch fish at an average of 2.0-3.0 kgs. per day. This means the annual
fish catch could be 392 fishers x 2.5 kgs. per day x 240 days per year = 235,200 kgs. per year valued at
P9.41 million at P40.00 per kilogram. On the other hand the potential fish catch could be 2,200 has. x 200
kgs./ha/year valued at P16.6 million at P40.00 per kilogram.
Chapter II
Co-managers and stakeholders in the fishery management recognizes the complexity and hardship of
the problems, issues and concerns confronting the effectiveness and efficiency of its implementation.
These serves as the main reason barring the elicit participation of different stakeholders and the fisher folk
themselves. Series of consultations and workshops were conducted in the past by CERD, DA/BFAR, the
municipality through MAO and even ANAK-BALAYAN. Problem focused group discussions (PFGDs) or
even simple day-to-day conversation with a group of or individual fishers have contributed to the
identification of problems, issues and concerns related to fishery management. Validation of these
identified problems, issues and concerns were discussed in frequent visits to coastal communities,
meetings with people’s organizations, ANAK-BALAYAN, the municipality through its fishery technician and
the MFARMC.
Among the identified problems and issues are classified into: (i) decreasing marine productivity, (ii)
resource-use conflict, (iii) dislocation to fishing grounds (iv) fishery laws enforcement, (v) participation, (vi)
pollution and solid waste (vii) resource conservation (viii) information and awareness, (ix) appropriate
feasible livelihood, and (x) funding.
Due to the fact that habitats in the municipality were gradually deteriorating complemented by
pollution either caused by industrial effluents or domestic wastes contributed to the cause of decreasing
municipal water productivity. To fisherfolk and coastal communities of Balayan, this situation has been co-
related with the increasing poverty in the municipality.
Resource-use conflicts
Resource-use conflicts are common between municipal small-scale and commercial fishers, resort
owners and fishing communities, fishing grounds, and other user of municipal waters. Resource-use
conflicts may be defined as the problems arising in the actual multiple-use of a certain municipal fishery
resources such as grounds, salvage and coastal zones, habitats and others.
Meanwhile, with the advent of RA 8550 in 1998, known as the National Fisheries Code, another
fishery sub-sector in the area is also becoming disadvantage- the municipal small commercials- and its
subsequent sub-sector- the fish workers. These sub-sectors used to fish within the municipal waters prior to
the implementation of the law who cannot safely and productively venture to open seas. The sub-sectors
cannot compete with the deep-sea commercial fishers with their highly advance technologies and
equipment in lieu of less capital. In addition hereto, are small-scale fishers who were displaced upon the
implementation of declared protected areas.
The intensification of the marine laws within the municipality through patrolling of the Bantay-Dagat
characterized by its voluntarism has created a cat-and-mouse chase between the marine law enforcers and
violators.
Participation
An efficient and effective participation in fishery management is best described in the actual
engagement and large quantifiable number of stakeholders as implied by various private/public sectors
support and cooperation. For the past decade, this can be hardly recognized in the municipality thus
fishery management efforts even in the coastal areas has been less effective.
On an account with an unusual encounter with a five-year-old kid during one of an area visit (in the
shoreline), the child was asked whether he has seen any fish swimming near the shore and without
hesitation has replied “ ‘la na po, nipalit na marami damo (dumi) [wastes].” Community officials admittance
of domestic wastes contributing to the less productivity of municipal waters validated the kid’s remarks. It
is also noted that from time to time there exist water discoloration and bad odor in Binambang River.
Rivers are the passage of some specific fish specie to their spawning ground.
Resource Conservation
Funding
Lastly, no matter how essential, effective and efficient a fishery management efforts
are or other activities that leads to such, the financial aspect is the last decisive factor for
its materialization. Supplemental livelihood needs to be funded considering the fact that the
clienteles are mostly marginalized fisherfolk without capital, equipments and the likes.
Theirs are purely time, efforts, skills and willingness.
VMGO
Vision Statement
A municipality where it is better to live.
Where resources and environmental improvements are attained, the resources are
sustainable source of income despising poverty, the municipality of Balayan will be
conducive for living.
Mission
Establishment of Balayan sustainable fishery management, productivity, and industry.
Goal/s
Goals are categorized into:
People’s empowerment and participation.
Poverty alleviation .
Fishery resources and environmental improvement, and
Institutionalization of local initiatives
Objective 3. To protect the remaining critical and important coastal and marine habitats,
flora and fauna (if applicable) of the municipality, rehabilitate degraded habitats and
ensure rationale use of resources such as fishing grounds, coastlines, rivers and creeks.
Objective 4. To generate fishery data and information from time to time for policy makers,
project implementers, and concerned stakeholders to formulate and implement informed
decisions and actions in pursuing sustainable, efficient and effective fishery management.
Development of Fishery-
Related Supplemental Development of Fishery
POVERTY Livelihood Projects; Eco-Tourism
Assist-ance; Market
INDUSTRY
FISHERY
Establishment of Massive Fish Habitat and
RESOURCES AND Information/ Education Stock Management
ENVIRONMENTAL
Campaign on Fishery Mgt,
IMPROVEMENT
Resource Conservation and Establishment of Municipal
Environmental Improvement Pollution Research and Control
& Prevention System
Catch Regulatory
INSTITUTIONALIZATION Implementation of Fishery Measures
and Environmental Laws
and Ordinances
Enactment of
Municipal Water and
Fishery Use Plan
The municipal development framework as shown in the illustration (1) starts from a long-term desire of
better living in the municipality (Vision). This is achievable through sustainable, effective and efficient
fishery management, fishing ground productivity and fishing industry (Mission).
Strategic Plan:
Development Plan should evolve people’s empowerment and participation, poverty alleviation, fishery
resources and environmental improvements, and institutionalization (Goals).
People’s empowerment and participation is achievable through organizing and consolidation of Fisher
folk sector, the private and public sectors, and other Stakeholders in coastal communities. It is known that
the municipality has various organizations in coastal communities and there exist a municipal federation of
these organizations. This is an opportunity in mentoring other sectors both in municipal and barangay level.
The very essence of co-management lies in multi-cooperation of principal and secondary actors in
management. The pride in owning a fishery program will boast the morale of the community and its
citizenry. This situation proved to result to a meaningful participation, decisions, and actions.
Poverty alleviation can come up with the development of fishery-related appropriate supplemental
livelihood projects, environmentally-friendly aqua-culture projects, appropriate fishing gears development,
development of fishery assistance, market facilities and marketing system establishment, post-harvest
technologies and cold storage facilities; and eco-tourism development projects.
Yet, all efforts towards an effective, efficient and sustainable fishery management must have legal
basis. Nonetheless, concerned coastal communities must advocate their respective interest. Laws and
ordinances on resource and environment conservation and improvements must be enacted in barangay
and municipal level. These are catching regulatory measures, municipal water and fishery use,
proclamation of protected areas, fishery budget allocations, etc. All these would become useless if not
implemented.
What have been discussed sum up to institutionalizing a sustainable fishery management in the
municipality of Balayan.
Critical Results
To achieve critical results, local government units and other organizations must implement specific
interventions. The interventions provided below represent sound and precautionary fishery management
practices. A sustainable food supply from municipal waters will only be realized when three critical results
are achieved:
Overfishing inside and to a lesser extent outside municipal waters is the primary cause of the
serious decline in the municipal fishery. Strategic interventions to reduce overfishing efforts include:
•Improve license, permit, fee, and regulation system for fishing and fishery use.
Implement sound fishing regulations and prohibitions in municipal waters.
Enforce fishing and fishery use licensing.
Monitor changes in fish catch per unit efforts through fish stock assessment to determine sustainable
catch levels.
Enforce sustainable maximum catch per fishers.
•Limit fish-aggregating devices.
Limit through local ordinance the deployment of fish aggregating devices that have exacerbated the
overfishing problem.
Meaningful enforcement of the fishery laws.
-Sustain law enforcement efforts of volunteer citizens.
-Designate barangay units as overseer, implementer, and authority to fishery management of their
specific areas.
The quality of critical coastal habitats, in particular, coral reefs, seagrass, and mangrove habitats,
must be maintained and improved for sustainable fishery use. Rivers and creeks, which form part of the
system in some fish specie life cycle, should be protected.
-Monitor all coastal development activities that may have direct or indirect impacts on
coastal habitats through extraction or water pollution and enforce heavy penalties to such
violators. These includes all activities that occurs in coastal areas such as harbor
development, land reclamation, housing, sand and gravel extraction, and industrial
discharges through rivers and creeks.
Increase rehabilitation habitats to increase fisheries production.
-Install concrete artificial reefs to critical areas highly potential for fish reserves to allow
recruitment and to increase fishery productive potential.
-Declare highly potential fish reserves areas as protected areas with regulatory measures
for fishing activity, catch and fishing gears use.
-Stop illegal developments on mangrove, swamps and marshes areas.
and conduct public awareness meetings to deputized Bantay-Dagat at least five (5) each in 11
explain the importance of the critical results, coastal barangays.
planned interventions and sustainable fishery
management.
♦ Develop medium- and long-term MFM
and PAM plan through municipal and
communityconsultation andplanning.
Ang Nagkakaisang Mamamayang Kostal ng Balayan [ANAKBALAYAN], Inc.
II- Poverty alleviation • Appropriate fishing gears development particularly
♦ Identify sustainableeconomicincentives that passivegearsfor deep-sea fishing.
target reducingthenumbers of municipal fishers • Full implementation of seaweed farming and inland
fishingefforts. aqua-cultureprojectswith viableandestablishedmarket.
♦ Conduct of Skills Training Needs • Identified skills trainingthat best suit theinterest and
Short-termI year
penalization of anti-pollution violators, enforce- fishery resources and environment improvements, and
ment of solid waste management in coastal sustainable financial mechanisms for fishery management
communities, establishment of fishery resources both at municipal andcoastal communitylevel.
and environment improvements, and sustainable • Support whether financial or in-kind of private/ public
financial mechanisms for fishery management sectors, institutions, agencies, donors and stakeholders
both at municipal andcoastal communitylevel. accountedanddocumented.
♦ Complete approved Protected Area Mgt
(PAM) and plans for each fish sanctuary and
fish reservesareas, andMFM plan.
Medium-term
• Partnershipsandmulti-sectoral collabora- policy-making, planning and implementing a sustainable
5 years
tion andparticipation for actionsandresults. fisherymanagement frompartnersandmulti-sector.
• Coastal community women’s improved • Fisherymanagement investmentsinventories.
participation in planning, decision and policy- • Application of gender parityprogramcomponent in the
making, and implementation of a sound fishery execution of a fisherymanagement.
management. • Laws declaring foreshore areas as settlement of
• Permanent settlement of fishers in foreshore disadvantagemunicipal fishers.
areas.
II- Poverty alleviation • Develop fishery financial assistance through short-,
♦ Implementation of special skills training medium- andlong-termcredits, lowinterest loansandgrant
programs for municipal fishers with job incentivestospecial projectsthat reducesfishingefforts.
placement in local industries. • Post-harvest technologiesapplications
♦ Introduce and implement small-scale-low- • Establishment of coldstoragefacilities.
impact mariculture developments/ projects in • V ital numbersof fishersdivertedskilledworks.
municipal waters regulated by local government • Established small-scale-low-impact mari-culture
through a zoning permit, and fee system development projects.
designatingspecificareasfor theseactivitiesaway
• Increaseproduction in existingfishponds and number
from critical habitats and limiting the scale of
of fishpondworkers.
development to avoid pollution nearshore
spawninggrounds and endangeringnatural fish • Fish reserves and Carenahan fish sanctuary
Medium-term
complimentedbyan implementedeco-tourismproject.
5 years
stocks.
♦ Implementation of sustainable aquaculture • Functional market facilities for fish and seaweed
practices in existing, operating fishponds with processing.
support from the municipality to improve • Develop marketing system for mar-culture, aqua-
production, reduce impacts to the coastal culture and fishpond productions, processed fish and
environment, and increase employment seaweedsandcoastal communityproducts.
opportunitiesfor municipal fishers. • Enterprisesservicesfor eco-tourismprojectsestablished.
♦ Development of fish sanctuary and fish
reservestoeco-tourismsites.
♦ Provision and development for a financial
and technical assistance systems to
entrepreneurial endeavor relatedtoeco-tourism.
♦ Development and establishment of market
facilitiesandmarketingsystems.
Ang Nagkakaisang Mamamayang Kostal ng Balayan [ANAKBALAYAN], Inc.
III- Fishery Resources and • Monitored and assessed changes in fish catch per unit
Environmental Improvement, efforts(FSA).
♦ Sustainablemaximumcatch per fishers • Engagement of academic institution in fishery
♦ Wider scope information dissemination of management and biodiversity conservation awareness and
Medium-term
♦ Partnerships
-term
Long
and multi-sectoral
collaboration and participation for actions and
results.
♦ Co-management resulting to sustainable,
effectiveandefficient fisherymanagement.
II- Poverty alleviation • Significant number of fishers diverted sourceof income
-term
Long
years
established. waters.
III Fishery Resources and • Municipal marine productivity nearly reached
Environmental Improvement maximum sustainable yield as denoted by data and
10 years
-term
Long
Key Items
Components
Local Government Units Municipal Fishery Management Multi-sectoral Partnerships-
and
Office Collaborating Group /
Action Program
People’s Organization/NGOs
Legislation bythe Executiveorder implementing theFishery Management Facilitation on thedraftingof proposed Co- facilitation on the drafting of
municipalityand Office. legal basis for a sustainable, effective and proposed legal basis for a sustainable,
communitylevel Enactment of a municipal ordinance adopting this efficient fisherymanagement. effectiveandefficient fisherymanagement.
MFM Plan. Lead facilitator on public information Collaborative efforts in public
Executive order implementing the adopted MFM dissemination awarenessandconsultation. awareness and information through public
Plan. dissemination andconsultation.
Enactment of ordinances on foreshoreusethat requires a Policyadvocacyon thelegislation of
minimumshorelinesetbacks for any development activity and legal basisof a sustainable, effective, and
protection of coastal habitats. efficient fisherymanagement.
Enactment of municipal ordinance allowing coastal Support andassistance
communities to impose high penalties to fishery management
offenders and fishery laws violators within their respective
jurisdiction.
Delineate municipal waters to coastal communities for
responsible appropriate management and steward-ships.
Stewardships involve taking care of the coastal environment
and resources upon which all people ultimately depend. It
entails a strong political will, as some actions to achieve
critical results may, in the short term, be unpopular and
perceivedtobeanti-poor.
Declaration of highly potential fish reserves areas as
protected areas with regulatory measures for fishing activity,
catchandfishinggearsuse.
Enactment of laws protecting coastal habitats and
critical fishspecies.
Enactment of local ordinancelimitingthedeployment of
fish aggregating devices (payao) that have exacerbated the
overfishingproblem.
and the