2009 Annual Reports - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

BFAR Regional Office 02MESSAGEMay I express my profuse gratitude and commendation to the entire BFARRO2 family – from the rank and file to our officers, for the hard work anddedication, enabling us to once again fulfill our mandate and render the serviceexpected from us.I would also like to thank our LGU, NGA, Media, NGOs and POs partners forhelping us perform our common objectives and goals.With the assistance of everyone, we were able to raise our fisheries productionby 3.52% versus that of last year’s figure, with highest percentage gain posted byaquaculture with expansion of 17.8%. With current production of 63,482 MT,we are now 61% fish sufficient with annual average increase of 5.17% since 2001.For 2009, we have successfully introduced a number of aquaculture technologiesto enhance productivity and at the same time reduce production cost. Detailedinformation on these technologies, namely polyculture, rice-fish and rice-ulang culture,use of duckweeds as supplemental feed and 45-day delayed feeding strategy, can befound on the succeeding pages of this report.It has been a vigorous year, likewise, for fishery law enforcement, with theapprehension of six foreign fishing vessels, both by BFAR and other fishery lawenforcement agencies. One vessel paid a compromise fine amounting to 25 thousandUS dollars, thus adding to state coffers.For the coming year, we shall continue to disseminate updated technologies inorder to sustain the momentum of our aquaculture sector and at the same maintainvigilance not only against foreign but also local violators such that we can maintainthe condition of our fishery resources.Again, thank you and Mabuhay to all!JOVITA P. AYSON, CESO III, DrFTRegional Directori