Fishing village survives 'pork' scam
Excerpt
With open arms, fisherman Alejo Gratico and his neighbors welcomed two men from a nongovernment organization (NGO) who arrived in Surigao City in 2008. At last, help finally came to the remote fishing community in Sitio Pag-ayawan in Day-asan village, Gratico thought. “They promised to give us 100 lobster fingerlings. That would fetch some P25,000. They said it was a grant from the BFAR (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources). All we had to do was to sign documents,” Gratico recalled. Orprecio said that apart from providing a sustainable source of income for fisherfolk, the long-term impact of the project was increasing the production and providing a steady supply of quality aquaculture products, such as lobsters, to the local and export markets.
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Rodriguez, M. C. (2015, June 21). Fishing village survives 'pork' scam. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A13.
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Fishing; Fishing communities; Fishers; Ecotourism; Lobster fisheries; Lobster culture; Trade; Marketing; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR); Department of Agriculture (DA); US-based Winrock International; Lobster Culture Association; First Community Cooperative; Securities and Exchange Commission; Gratico, Alejo; Napoles, Janet; Orprecio, Jim; Batulan, Nenita
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