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Fisherfolk, conservation groups call on Duterte to end illegal fishing in 6 months
Quezon City, 21 June 2016. - A week before President-elect Rodrigo Duterte assumes office, leaders of fisherfolk and marine conservation groups bared their recommendations toward improving the lot of fishing communities and the healthof the country’s marine ecosystems...
DENR-LMB Announces Master Plan for Foreshore Use in the Philippines
In a recently concluded forum by the NGOs for Fisheries Reform, Inc. and the National Anti-Poverty Commission last April 26, 2016 at the PHILDHRRA Partnership Center in Quezon City, representatives from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Land...
Groups Review the Fisherfolk Shelter for Stewards Program of the National Anti-Poverty Commission
The NGOs for Fisheries Reform, Inc. (NFR), the Tacloban Fisherfolk Urban Association, women fisherfolk in Kankabato Bay and in northern barangays of Tacloban City, some members of the Artisanal Fisherfolk Sectoral Council of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)...
10-Point Philippine Blue Agenda for Sustainable Fisheries
Fishers remind Presidential candidates: Don’t forget about us
PRESS RELEASE 20 April 2016, Pangasinan–Fisherfolk leadersgatheredtoday in front of PHINMA University of Pangasinan, venue of the third and last PiliPinas Presidential Debates, to remind the five Presidential candidates not to forget about fisheries issues,...
Mangrove Regional Policy Forum
Up to present, the lack of a clear policy guideline governing the process of Fishpond Lease Agreement- cancellation and Abandoned, Underdeveloped and Underutilized (AUUs) fishpond reversion to mangroves still remain as a crucial issue. Despite a Joint Administrative...
Tacloban Electoral Forum on Fisherfolk Agenda
Almost seven hundred artisanal fisherfolk, fish and seafood processing fisherfolk, fish vendors, divers, seaweed farmers as well as coastal area settlers from all over Tacloban City have gathered at the RTR Plaza,Tacloban City last April 12 to come face to face with...
Press Release For Tacloban Electoral Forum
Fisherfolk continue to remain as the “poorest of the poor” It has been revealed by latest data on poverty that the fisherfolk continue to remain as the “poorest of the poor” among the basic sectors of the country. In the 2012 Philippine Statistical Authority report,...
Tacloban Fisherfolk Agenda
On February 15, 2016, fisherfolk organizations from coastal communities of Tacloban City gathered to tackle the platforms they would push through in the coming local elections. These fisherfolk mostly engage in capture fisheries, fish cage operation, fishing vending,...
CFARMC in Tacloban Conducts Assessment & Planning for 2016
As part of the its vision to empower fisherfolk and establish climate-resilient coastal communities with a policy environment that guarantees the utilization, management and development of resources in a manner that is sustainable, equitable and fair for all, the NGOs...