Fisheries Bureau to Tackle Ban on 'Hulbot-Hulbot'
16 February 2012PHILIPPINES - THE total ban on “hulbot-hulbot” (fishing vessel using Danish Seine fishing gear) is among the issues to be discussed by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director lawyer Asis G. Perez during the fourth Visayan Sea Summit to be held at Hotel del Rio in Iloilo City on Friday.
SunStar reports that the use of the “hulbot-hulbot” is prohibited within a certain area in the country as defined under Republic Act 8550 known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998.
Several coastal municipalities in Iloilo province have also passed ordinances prohibiting “hulbot-hulbot” in their municipal waters.
However, there is a plan to totally ban “hulbot-hulbot” considering that it is “detrimental to the habitat of fishes and other aquatic resources.”
Mr Perez is also expected to tackle the BFAR policies on fishery law enforcement.
The summit will be attended by the governors of the four provinces surrounding the Visayan sea, namely: Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. of Iloilo, Governor Alfredo Marañon of Negros Occidental, Governor Rizalina Seachon-Lañete of Masbate, and Governor Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu.
Aside from Asis, also invited as resource persons are Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department Director Dr Joebert Toledo who will tackle their research outputs, and environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa who will give updates on Livelihood cum Marine Protected Areas.
Meanwhile, there will also be a presentation of the different Coastal Resource Management initiatives by the participating provinces.
To note, Defensor pushed for Mr Iloilo to host the fourth leg of the Visayan Sea Summit as a proof of his commitment of support to the advocacy of saving the marine resources in the Visayas Marine Triangle.
The four governors jointly signed a covenant to rescue the alarming situation of the Visayas Marine Triangle during their earlier meetings.
The covenant is a commitment to protect, conserve and rehabilitate the coastal and marine resources of the Visayas Marine Triangle for the benefit of the future generations.
The million-hectare Visayan sea is a known sanctuary of 488 of the 500 endangered coral species and 12,000 species of seashells in the Philippines. It covers the territorial waters of northern Cebu, northeastern Iloilo, northern Negros and southern Masbate.
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