The Online Magazine for Sustainable Seas
March, 1999 Vol. 2 No. 3
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The Online Magazine for Sustainable Seas March, 1999 Vol. 2 No. 3 |
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The CRMP learning areas in Bohol covers five core learning areas municipalities (Buenavista, Inabanga, Clarin, Tubigon, Calape) of Northwest Bohol, a contiguous area facing Cebu. The Project has expanded sideways to secondary core municipalities in Loon and Jetafe, producing a straight seven municipality block, which all have pretty similar issues but are all various stages of CRM development, with Tubigon and Calape leading the way and the others at various other stages. Other areas including Dimiao, Candijay and Mabini are worked in on a much more technical demand driven' criteria. There are many issues within the learning areas and these range from the usual cocktail of illegal fishing methods to others such as illegal fishpond construction, etc. Local communities
have initiated some very good efforts. Several fish sanctuaries have
been established. Also, Jetafe has Asia's largest man-made mangrove
reforestation (Banacon island). The LGUs are not too far behind. They
have promulgated a number of appropriate laws which only need good implementation
and a few implementing rules and regulations. With the Calape Bay tri-partite
working committee leading the way in multi-sectoral planning and implementation
of CRM, it is hoped that these initiatives can be built upon by the
CRMP and hopefully with some well planned and executed facilitation
get CRM onto the agenda of all the local LGUs with full support of the
fisherfolk. § |
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| Palawan
| Negros | Northwest
Bohol | Cebu | Sarangani
| Davao del Sur |
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