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BFAR Regional Office 02mission has also apprehended one local commercialfishing boat (a Danish seiner locally known as bulibuli)for fishing within municipal waters. The ownerand crew admitted violation and paid fine amountingto ten thousand pesos as out-of-court settlement andas provided for under Sec. 86 of RA 8550.In line with the campaign against localviolators, BFAR RO2 has also rendered technicalsupport leading to the filing of charges against fourdynamite fishers and owners and crew of three (3)buli-buli vessels.The dynamite fishers were nabbed by deputyenvironment and natural resources officers (DENRO)in Palanan, Isabela. The environmental protectorswere led by parish priest Fr. Samuel Salazar of saidlocality.BFAR RO2 Fisheries Resources ManagementDivision Chief Cornelio Sebastian analyzed the fishsamples submitted by Fr. Salazar and found theseto be positively caught thru explosives. The findingsof Mr. Sebastian serves as basis in filing complaintagainst the suspects for violation of Section 88 ofRA 8550. The law stipulates penalty of 5 to 10 yearsimprisonment.Fr. Samuel Salazar (at left) confers with BFAR RO2FRMD Chief Cornelio Sebastian relative to thefiling of criminal charge against dynamite fishers,May 29 at BFAR RO2, Tuguegarao City. Note fishsamples in jars.Resource Management and Regulatory activitiesUnder resource management and regulatory, theBureau has:· Assisted in the review of the draft MunicipalFishery Ordinance of LGU Sta. Teresita, Cagayanand in the conduct of CRM planning. The draftMFO is an output of the recently conductedParticipatory Coastal Resource Assessment underthe Integrated Coastal Resource ManagementProject implemented in the municipality.· Conducted 9 Rapid Resource Assessment (RRA)on Fish Sanctuaries/Fish habitat in Sta. Teresita(3), Gonzaga (3) and Lal-lo (3), Cagayan;· Deputized 383 Fish Warden after the successfulconduct of training in Dupax Del Norte andBayombong Nueva Vizcaya and Lal-lo andAbulug, Cagayan; and on-going training of FishExaminers Regionwide.· Awarded outstanding fishery law enforcersduring the annual Fish Conservation Weekactivity.For 2009, BFAR RO2 commended 11 deputyfish wardens and 43 uniformed men for theiroutstanding contributions to the implementationof fishery laws within their respective areas ofjurisdiction. The awardees were as follows:Most Outstanding Deputy Fish Warden:· Julcardo Bangalisan, a regional Gawad Sakaawardee from Palanan town in Isabela, forhis exemplary leadership in the protectionand management of fish sanctuaries in theirarea.· Juanito Celeste of Maconacon, Isabela forhis contributions in the apprehension andfiling of case against one Taiwanese fishingvessel caught for poaching off Sta. Ana,Cagayan last May.Outstanding DFWs:· Vivencio Agcaoili, Dante Tabieros, JoelIranga and Benedicto dela Cruz, all MarineProtected Area beneficiaries and managersfrom Gonzaga, Cagayan;· Elizar Gonzales, Jeffrey Avila and Magno Bataof Itbayat, Batanes for their participation inthe apprehension of foreign fishing vesselsin their area;· Magdaleno Astrero of San Mateo, Isabelaand Job Lapitan of Solano, Nueva Vizcayafor successful anti-illegal fishing operationsin their area.Outstanding Fishery Law Enforcement Officer:· PO1 Engracio Aqui, PO1 Aurelio Agustin,PO2 Salvador Joves, PO3 Manuel Boado andPO2 Marco Oribello, all from the PhilippineCoast Guard, for their participation in theapprehension of one Taiwanese fishingvessel off Calayan Island in northern Cagayan.· Certificate of Commendation went to20
ANNUAL REPORT 2009Awarding of outstandingfishery law enforcersduring the 46thFish ConservationWeek last October.DA RFU2 RED AndrewVillacorta actedas Guest Speaker.officers from police stations in the townsof Gonzaga, Abulug, Claveria, in Cagayan,and Itbayat and Sabtang in the province ofBatanes. Also commended were officersfrom the PNP 2 nd Regional Maritime Officeand Maritime Police Precinct in Aparri,Cagayan; 201 st Maritime Police Station in Sta.Ana; and officers from the Batanes ProvincialPolice Office.· Certificate of Recognition were given toelements of the 2 nd Regional MaritimeOffice and barangay officials of Victoria andGaddanan in San Mateo, Isabela.Inland Resource ManagementIn order to increase capacity of inland bodiesof water to produce fish and at the same timeincrease the quantity of parent stocks to facilitatespecies regeneration, the bureau has assessed542.942 hectares of communal bodies of waterincluding small farm reservoirs (SFRs) and smallwater impounding projects (SWIPs) regionwide, anddispersed 2,974,860 tilapia and carp fingerlings tothe same. The dispersal of fingerlings in irrigationfacilities (such SFRs and SWIPs) are entrusted to thecare of irrigators association or barangay officialssuch that the dispersed fingerlings will be allowedto grow to harvestable size, before the area will bedeclared open for fishing.On its second year now, the bureau hasalso dispersed 5 kilograms or 25,000 pieces elvers(young eel) for each province in order to increasepopulation of this native fish species and thusfacilitate regeneration. The stocked areas, were asfollows:· Nueva Vizcaya – Bugnay Creek, Decabacancreek and Duruarog creek, Diadi ; Dumayopcreek, Villaros creek and Lanog river,Bagabag; Sawmill creek and Nagbitin creek,Villaverde; Boliwao and Andadanan river,Quezon; Ipil Cuneg creek, Bansing creek, LaTorre creek and Paitan creek, Bayombong;Matuno river, Ambaguio; Mabuslo creek andAbian creek, Bambang; Bitnong river, DupaxNorte; Benay river, Dupax Sur; Antototcreek, Tubo river and Edralin creek, Kasibu;Canabuan creek and Sta. Clara creek, Aritao;Imugan river, Sta. Fe;· Quirino – Addalem river, Cabarroguis andEden creek, Aglipay,· Isabela – San Pablo, Ilagan, Gamu, Cauayan,Alicia, Roxas, Reina Mercedes, Naguilian,Aurora, San Manuel, Delfin Albano, Jonesand Echague; and· CBWs of Cagayan Province.The elvers were purchased from private supplierin the town of Aparri, Cagayan where elver gatheringis an industry particularly in barangays along andnear the mouth of the Cagayan river.21
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