Capture Fisheries_Municipal Fisheries.pptx

Municipal and Commercial Fisheries Prepared by: Dante M. Mendoza Municipal Fisheries Municipal Fisheries • As defined under Republic Act (RA) 8550 otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 and as amended by RA 10654, municipal fisheries is traditional, artisanal, subsistence or s...

Municipal and Commercial Fisheries Prepared by: Dante M. Mendoza Municipal Fisheries Municipal Fisheries • As defined under Republic Act (RA) 8550 otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 and as amended by RA 10654, municipal fisheries is traditional, artisanal, subsistence or smallscale activities that involves the use of vessels with 3 gross tons (GT) or less as well as fishing operations that do not use fishing boats while commercial fisheries include all fishing operations that use vessels of over 3.1 GT. • Inland fishing activities are also considered as part of municipal fishing that operate in enclosed freshwater areas such as lakes and reservoirs using vessels of 3 GT or less. • Municipal Fishers • Municipal fishers are not only those who do actual fishing activities but often includes other sectors or groups that may or may not be directly dependent on fishing as their main livelihood (fish processors, fish vendors, and fish buyers). • There are also non-fishing livelihood activities that depend on fishing in a community such as boat building, net making and store vending. • The women in municipal fishing communities are often seen in the pre- and post-harvest activities. Municipal Waters • Include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal waters within the municipality which are not included within the protected areas as defined under Republic Act No. 7586 (The NIPAS Law), public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery reserves, but also marine waters included between two (2) lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline including offshore inlands and fifteen (15) kilometers from Municipal Waters • A 15-km expanse of waters has been classified as “municipal waters”, falling under the jurisdiction of local municipal and city governments. • Where two (2) municipalities are so situated on opposite shores that there is less than thirty (30) kilometers of marine waters between them, the third line shall be equally distant from opposite shore of the respective municipalities. • The guidelines for delineating municipal waters have been issued through DA Administrative Order 1, Series of 2004 to identify and define the territorial limits of municipalities and cities. Municipal Waters • The municipal/city government shall have jurisdiction over municipal waters as defined in the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998. • The municipal/city government, in consultation with the FARMC is responsible for the management, conservation, development, protection, utilization and disposition of all fish and fishery/aquatic resources within their respective municipal waters. • The municipal/city government may, in consultation with the FARMC, enact appropriate ordinances for this purpose and in accordance with the National Fisheries Policy. • The ordinances enacted by the municipality and component city were reviewed pursuant to Republic Act No. 7160 by the sanggunian of the province which has jurisdiction over the same. The LGUs also enforce all fishery laws, rules and regulations as well as valid fishery ordinances enacted by the municipal/city Municipal Waters • The management of contiguous fishery resources such as bays which straddle several municipalities, cities or provinces, shall be done in an integrated manner, and shall not be based on political subdivisions of municipal waters in order to facilitate their management as single resource systems. • The LGUs, which share or border such resources may group them and coordinate with each other to achieve the objectives of integrated fishery resource management. • The Integrated Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils (IFARMCs) established under Section 76 of Philippine Fisheries Code serve as the venues for close collaboration among LGUs in the management of contiguous resources. Municipal Fishing Boats • Typically, municipal fishers operate a small boat called a banca, that is usually made of marine plywood and relatively narrow and lightly constructed. Most are furnished with outriggers for stability. Bancas can be non-motorized or motorized type. • Non-Motorized Type • Length overall (LOA) ranges from 3-7 m and gross tonnage ranges from 0.1- 0.2. • Used either paddle or sail as means of propulsion. • Carry one to several people depending on the fishing gear used. • Generally, paddled boats have the fishers facing the front without oarlocks. • During favorable monsoon weather, popular fishing gears used by sail- powered craft include trolling, handlines and gill nets. • Motorized Type • Length overall (LOA) ranges from 5-18 m and gross tonnage ranges from 0.5- 2.9. • Boats with 3-16 HP gasoline or diesel engine are the most common motorized fishing craft. • The rudder is controlled by means of a long pole attached to the rudder arm. • Gill nets, handlines, traps, small ringnets, and other small gears are Number of Registered Municipal Fishing Boats • The total number of fishing vessels registered as of 2021 is 209,126. • 64% are motorized while 37%are motorized. •non>17% of which are from Region VI, contributing the largest municipal number fishing vessels of 35,995. of • This was followed by Region V 13.37% equivalent to, 27,966 with vessels, and Region IV-A with 12.49% or equivalent to 26,125 vessels. Allowed and Banned Fishing Gears in Municipal Waters • There are many types of fishing gears used in the municipal waters in the Philippines such as gill net, hook and line, fish traps, fish corral, baby trawl, spear, push net, crab lift net, lift net, lever net, and fyke net. • Gillnets and handlines were the most common gears utilized in catching fishes both in coastal and inland bodies of water. • In 2002, the most common fishing gear used by municipal fishers is the hook and line with 9.45 million units, followed by the gill net with 1.19 million units. • There are also fishing gears that are totally banned in municipal waters due to their destructive effects or fail to satisfy the requirement for sustainable fisheries, to wit (FAO 201 series of 200): • • • • • • • • Trawl (all kinds)- galadgad, Norway Purse seine- pangulong Danish seine- Hulbot-hulbot, liba-liba Ring net- kubkob, kalansisi Drive-in-net- pa-aling Round haul seine- sapyaw Motorized push net- sudsod Bag net- basnig Municipal Fishing Operation (Structure and Sharing system) • Primary and related activities are generallydone the whole year, but specific fishing gears are used dependingon the climatic conditions and target species. • Fishing is also characterized by lean and peak season. • Fishers may also use a variety of gears, often shifting dependent on the season. • Capitalization for fishing can be as low as PhP30 for those who use spears and as high as PhP150,000.00 for owners of fish corrals. • Women glean and fish using torches in the tidal flats. • In situations when some fishers do not have a boat, they often go with their relatives or friends when fishing. • In a boat with two fishers, the boat owner normally gets 1/3 of the catch and the remaining 2/3 are divided amongst the two fishers. • In areas where tourism abounds, some fishers also Municipal Fishing Operation (Registration and Licensing) • Under Sections 17 to 22 of RA 8550, the LGUs are mandated to maintain a registry of municipal fishing vessels by type of gear and other vessel particulars and require the annual updating of the registry of municipal • fishers The Executive Order no. 305 devolved to and municipal governments the registration of city fishing vessels three tonnage below. (3) grossand • LGUs, in consultation with the Municipal/City Fisheries Aquatic Resource Management Council (FARMC), shall enact ordinance prescribing the procedures of registration and imposing penalties for non-registration. Municipal Fisherfolk Organization/Cooperati ve • A duly registered association of fisherfolk with a common bond of interest, who have voluntarily joined together to achieve a lawful common social or economic end, making equitable contribution to the capital requirement and accepting a fair share of the risks and benefits of the undertakings in accordance with universally accepted cooperative. • Fisherfolk organization/cooperatives, whose members are listed in the registry of municipal fisherfolk, may be granted use of demarcated fishery areas to engage in fish capture, mariculture and/or fish farming. • Resident municipal fisherfolk of the municipality concerned and their organizations/cooperatives shall have priority Municipal Fishing Production • Of the 2.0 million MT capture fisheries production, marine municipal fisheries shared 26.6%. • Of this, 81.84% came from marine fisheries and the remaining 18.16% came from inland fisheries. • BARMM was the top producing region for municipal fisheries in 2021 in terms of volume and value of production. Marine Municipal Catch • In terms of share in the volume of production in 2021, the top five (5) major species in the Marine Municipal Fisheries sub-sector are tuna (11.70%), sardines (10.85%), Big-eyed scad (6.47%), mackerel (5.93%) and tilapia (5.21%) Inland Municipal Catch • Under Inland Municipal Fisheries sub-sector, the top produced species in 2021 are tilapia (28.68%), snail (12.30%), mudfish (11.55%) and catfish (7.98%). Incentives (Municipal) • At least ten percent (10%) of the credit and the guarantee funds of government financing institutions are made available for post-harvest and marketing projects for the purpose of enhancing our fisherfolk competitiveness by reducing post-harvest losses. • Qualified projects include, but limited to, ice plants, cold storage, canning, warehouse, transport and other related infrastructure projects and facilities; and • Capability-building programis developed by the government to promote greater bankability and credit worthiness of municipal and small-scale commercial fishers. • Such program includes organizing activities, technology transfer, and skills training related to commercial fishing as well as credit management. • Information campaigns are made to promote the capability-building and credit programs. The campaign ensure greater information dissemination and accessibility to targeted fisherfolk.