Mindanaotoday.com | BFAR-10 holds refresher course for LDN town’s DFW
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – To strengthen the fishery law enforcement efforts in Northern Mindanao especially in Iligan Bay, the Local Government Unit of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte tapped the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-10 (BFAR-10) through the Provincial Fisheries Office – Lanao del Norte’s Fisheries Law Enforcement Group (PFO-LDN, FLEG) to conduct refresher training course on the basic fishery law enforcement operation for its Deputy Fish Wardens (DFW) in Multi-Purpose Hall, Longest Boardwalk, Poblacion on October 3-4, 11-14, 2022.
Led by Provincial Fisheries Officer for Lanao del Norte, Senior Fishing Regulations Officer (SFRO) Noel M. Saldajeno, DM and assisted by PFO-LDN FLEG Team Leader FRO1 Cheryl B. Magante in collaboration with Municipal Agriculture Office of Kauswagan, and Philippine National Police (PNP), the activity is composed of 2-day lectures and 4-day actual operations of the DFWs.
The 2-day lectures covered the following topics:
Lecture on RA8550 as amended by RA10654;
Presentation on Kauswagan Municipal Fisheries Ordinance;
Agencies involved in the fishery law enforcement operations;
Boarding Procedures;
Roles of Deputized Fish Wardens;
Arrest, Search, and Seizure;
Operational Planning and Basic Intelligence;
Filing of Cases and Stages of Court Hearings;
Moreover, the DFWs underwent actual fishery law enforcement operations which included seaborne operation, foot patrol, landing and market denial, and observation of court hearings (AJBM | PFO-LDN).
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