date:Jul 18, 2012
gill nets, totaling P1M.
The DA-BFAR will also identify other potential marine sanctuaries, explore expansion areas for seaweed production, and conduct training for fisherfolk-leaders and barangay officials and deputise them as fish wardens who will apprehend illegal fishermen and poachers.
Siargao has a 5,000-hectare mangrove area, considered as the largest in the country. Hence, it is a rich fishing ground and a major source of tuna, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, lobsters, and seaweeds, among ot