SAGA OF LEARNING: THE BOLINAO MARICULTURE …

SAGA OF LEARNING:

THE BOLINAO MARICULTURE EXPERIENCE

LAURA T. DAVID. PH.D.

Laura T. Davida, Davelyn Pastor-Rengelb,

Liana T. McManusc, Evangeline Magdaongd,

Rose Salila, Helen Bangi, Cesar Villanoy,

Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlonea

Kristina Cordero-Bailey

Marine resources

contribute a

significant portion

to the food supply

of the Philippines

30kg/yr versus

global average of 16kg/yr

The burgeoning

population poses a

grave threat to food

security of the country

• SEAWiFs and MODIS

• LANDSAT

NATIONAL POLICY

Republic Act 8550

(The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998)

is a legal instrument that encourages

and supports the establishment of

mariculture facilities in waters of all

coastal municipalities .

Mariculture offers a pragmatic solution.

There is however, no established protocol on how

and where these parks will be established

Since it gained

popularity in the 70’s,

episodic fish kills

have plagued this

industry.

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Bolinao

Municipal

Fisheries

Ordinanc

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Water

Quality

Monitoring

Teams

training

MERSys

Php 500M loss

>1600 structures

P. minimum bloom

Oxygen depletion

Php 100M loss

Increase in SST Boom of

mariculture

Clear Caquiputan Advocacy

Php 50M loss

Low D.O. ,

Neap tide

THE BOLINAO TIMELINE

2002 Fishkill

In Bolinao

500million PhP

loss

[Response to EXTERNAL STRESS]

•AVHRR •TIMELY HARVEST

Potential for Fish Kills exacerbated by too many structures in the water

[Response to EXTERNAL STRESS]

clear Caquiputan channel

Compliance

2006 2010

Excessive Fish Feed compromise nearby

habitats and associated productivity

POTENTIAL IMPACT

[Response to POTENTIAL IMPACT]

Mode of fish feeding

IMPACT to NATIONAL ISSUES

Contributing factors to FISH KILLS include

warming waters, harmful algal blooms,

hypoxia, eutrophication, reduced flushing

rates [EXTERNAL STRESS]

Moreover, each action leading to a fish kill

not only affects the mariculture industry

but also compromises the ability of the

surrounding benthic and pelagic habitat

to be resilient to any additional

pressures [POTENTIAL IMPACT]

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/26539/unlicensed-fish-

cage-owners-given-until-march-29-to-harvest-their-products

POTENTIAL IMPACT

BENEFITS

Pat Hocchuan; Printed on Manila Bulletin's Picture Perfect

March 11, 2008,

If the country is to make a

concerted effort to secure

our source of food, its

planning and management

of its mariculture needs to

be science-based.

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION