SoLeyte CFRMO conducts back-to-back conference highlighting Search for the Champions of the Seas 2012

SoLeyte CFRMO conducts back-to-back conference highlighting Search for the Champions of the Seas 2012
By R.G. Cadavos
PIA Region 6
September 16, 2011

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sep 16 (PIA) -– The Coastal Fisheries Resources and Management Office (CFRMO)based here conducted a joint meeting dubbed as Coastal Resource Management Network and Coastal Fisheries Resources Management Technical Working Group conference, September 14-15, 2011 at the SLEM Coop Function Hall, Maasin City.

Armando Gaviola from the CFRM Office disclosed that the two-day ativity tackled issues and updates of office’s related matters, while highlighting the Search for the Champions of the Seas in preparation for next year’s search.

“Southern Leyte had been preparing for a nominee for the said search, once every three years, it was last 2009, the province participated in the search,” Gaviola bared, adding that the meeting gathered datas relevant to the preparation for the said search from the municipalities and agencies concerned.

On the other hand, the conference raised also major issues and problems that were encountered in each area of concern such as commercial fishing, availability of fish in markets, recruitment overfishing, among other related issues, while strengthening also the FARM-Cs.

The activity gathered agencies concerning coastal management such as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), Municipal Fisheries Aquatic Resources Management Council (FARM-C), and some non-government organizations like the Diocesan Social Aciton Center (DSAC), Federation of Omega Benificiaries Inc. (FOBI) , Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), among other participants.