This was the idea offered by San Sebastian Mayor and SMB chairman Arnold Abalos of the South Maqueda Bay Fisheries Network (SMB FishNet) during its consultative meeting with national government agencies today at the BFAR provincial office.
"The Philippines has a very vast coastline and it is but necessary that a department must manage this," Abalos said.
According to records, the Philippines ranks 4th in the world in the length of its coastal area, as Canada is first.
Similarly, BFAR allies said that fishery is one big income contributor to the economy although the group failed to quantify this contribution.
To become a department stemmed from the recent visit of director Asis Perez in the municipality of Daram where he met mayors of Samar municipalities absorbed in fishing and aqua marine resources.
According to Abalos, Perez said that BFAR will support projects related to fishery and the more it can support if it becomes a department with more funds to be able to help the fishery sector.
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