Mindanaotoday.com | BFAR-10 wraps up 3-day EAFM planning workshop
By: J.O. Tadena
MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-10 recently concluded the three-day Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Planning Workshop Phase II at Department of Agriculture-Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex (DA-NMACLARC), in Dalwangan, this town, Thursday.
In continuation to the plan’s development for implementation as well as the efficient execution of key management measures, the planning workshop for the Fisheries Management Area 9 (FMA-9) was participated by representatives from the local government units, national government agencies, academe, non-government organization, fisherfolk, and private sectors.
The workshop’s main purpose was to develop management actions and identify institutional arrangements and sustainable financing.
As mandated by Fisheries Administrative Order 263, to establish FMAs and provide a science-based, participatory and transparent governance framework and mechanism to sustainably manage fisheries, EAFM entails balance between ecological well-being and human well-being through good governance.
Present to facilitate the workshop was Majen M. Casinillo, head secretariat of FMA-9; Vierni Albert S. Calingasan II, alternate OIC PFO Mis. Or; Princess Mae T. Cena, FMA-9 SAG coordinator; Karen D. Piñero, FMA-9 secretariat; and Cheery B. Licera, NSAP data analyst. (JOTadena | PFOMis.Or)
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