PANGASINAN - Provincial Action Plan

PANGASINAN

1. Provision by the province of the forum for all the fisheries and environmental problems; 

• Inter-agency planning and cascading of plans which includes ENRO, CENRO and MAO. 
• Conduction of provincial summit

2. Resolution of problems through the adoption of the integrated management approach; 

• Harmonize existing networks and identify the lead convenor for ABBAS 
• Provision of fingerlings for fishponds located in Sison 
• Memorandum on the declaration of the plaza as green belt area and it's subsequent development

3. Formalizing the resolutions with an agreement; 

• Identify existing status and issues for the formulation of resolutions

4. Prioritizing to address the following problems: 

4.1. Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; 

• Review and update of the ordinances, which includes issues on IUUF with all the stakeholders. 
• Conduct an exit conference for all the LGUs to review the findings to harmonize the law. 
• Translate into local language the national and local laws

4.2. Marine pollution; 

• Conduct of Water Quality Management Area (WQMA) 
• Review criteria and requirements on being a member of WQMA.

4.3. Encroachment of municipal fishers with the neighboring municipal waters; 

• Harmonize municipal water boundaries 
• Conduct consultation and dialogue leading to unified fishing ordinance 
• Cluster planning for BBBIDA

4.4. Unabated proliferation of illegal fishery structures along Tambak Bay and Caquiputan Channel; 

• Clarifications on the municipal water Inventory of fishery structure
• Inventory of fishery structure

4.5. Lack of data sharing from national government agencies and research institutions. 

• MOA with researchers and include data sharing.

5. Enhancement of fisheries livelihood program 

• Facilitate cold storage and post-harvest facilities 
• Provision of additional fish aggregating device (payao), fishing boat and patrol boat, gears, fish cages and hatchery 
• Policy on price control

6. Conduct of Coastal Resource Education to various schools in the province 

7. Tree planting of fruit bearing; forest seedlings in upland areas and tree planting of mangrove seedlings in various coastal and riverbank areas. 

8. Conduct of coastal /river clean-up activities

9. Health care program for fisherfolk and all stakeholders in the province of Pangasinan 

10. Implementation of Marine Protected Area Network (MPAN) in various coastal areas.

DAGUPAN CITY

1. Overall assessment of river systems 
2. Inventory assessment, zoning, and mapping of fisheries structures 
3. Registration of aquafarms
4. Enhancement of mangrove reforestation projects 
5. Capacity Development for operators of aquafarms and provision of necessary equipment for self regulation 
6. Conversion of existing fishery structures into climate-resilient fishery structures 
7. Fish landing areas/ports (sanitation permits/requirements compliant) 
8. Alternative livelihood for commercial fishing industry fisherfolks e.g., salt making 
9. Assistance for the fish processing facilities to be compliant to international food safety standards 
10. Market linkaging, e.g. Kadiwa, 
11. Consignation Market compliance with GMP/SSOP Standards 
12. Establishment of Dagupan Bangus Product Center 
13. Capacitate and deputize fish 
14. Organize and strengthen CFARMC 
15. Creation of City Agri-fishery Council 
16. Mechanical dryer for fisher folk
17. Delineation and delimitation of municipal waters