Training Course
Issues, Constraints and their Causes Affecting The Fisheries Sector
Introduction The Philippines is very dependent on its coastal resources with about 70% of its population residing 50 km. from the coast. The coastal waters of the Philippines are endowed with some of the world’s richest ecosystem such as extensive coral reefs and dense mangrove forests. Thirty percent of the coral reefs of the world [...]
Coverage of the Course
COVERAGE The Program is developing and implementing coastal resources management plans for 12 priority bays of which the first three are in the initial pilot sites: 1. Calauag Bay Quezon Province 2. Caigaa Bay Leyte 3. Panguil Bay Misamiz Occidental, Lanao del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur 4. Manila Bay Bataan, Bulacan, Cavite, and Pampanga [...]
Components of the Course
COMPONENTS 1. Fishery Resources and Ecological Assessment To provide scientific foundation for rational management, resource and ecological assessments are being undertaken in priority fishing areas. These studies will form part of the National Fisheries Information System which will continually monitor fish stocks, habitats, ecological parameters and socio economic indicators. Aquaculture areas are also being surveyed [...]
Objective Of The Program
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM 1. On coastal Fisheries, the program addressed (i) regeneration, conservation and sustained management of aquatic resources with emphasis on balancing fishing effort to maximum sustainable yield; (ii) rehabilitation and protection of the coastal environment, and (iii) alleviation of poverty among municipal fishermen particularly through diversification of their sources of livelihood. 2. [...]
Orientation Course On Fisheries Sector Program And Coastal Resource Management Planning
Fisheries Sector Program (FSP) Orientation Course On Fisheries Sector Program And Coastal Resource Management Planning Conducted by: FSP – Progam Management Office and Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources A PRIME ON FISHERIES SECTOR PROGRAM BACKGROUND In May 1988, a comprehensive study of the Fisheries Sector was undertaken. This study highlighted issues which have also [...]
