Pescador Island takes a step backward

[chip104]

The Fisheries Code of 1998 (R.A. 8550) encourages LGUs to protect at least 15% of their total municipal coastal areas and to establish at least one MPA in every municipality.

The problem with time sharing (temporary closure to fisherman) is that usually the fishing pressure is still too heavy for fishes to recover during the closed season.

Establishing an MPA (or multiple MPAs) have shown to work in other parts of the Philippines (Bolinao, Bohol, Cebu, to name a few).

Some advantages of setting up an MPA over time sharing (Bohnsack, 1990):

* Protection of spawning mass biostock
* Provides a recruitment source for surrounding fishable areas
* Supplemental restocking of fishable areas through adult migration (as partridge said)
* Maintenance of areas of undisturbed habitat

The largest hurdle in establishing MPAs is the short-term loss - which is they remove the available fishing grounds. Educating the fisherman's council with successful models of other established MPAs may help them better understand the long-term benefits.

 

[paolov]

The problem with time sharing (temporary closure to fisherman) is that usually the fishing pressure is still too heavy for fishes to recover during the closed season.

The largest hurdle in establishing MPAs is the short-term loss - which is they remove the available fishing grounds.

There is a way for time sharing to work you know. . . we can work on a model barangay if you want to and i'll share how it may be done. a win win situation for all concerned.

 

[chip104]

There is a way for time sharing to work you know. . . we can work on a model barangay if you want to and i'll share how it may be done. a win win situation for all concerned.

ya, you're right. I'm thinking of when the fishermen >>>> than the resources. But time sharing can work on the small scale (micro level) which is how the PI government is trying to approach coastal managment.