Barely six months after opening the first ever mariculture park in Asia on Samal Island, the Department of Agriculture is putting up a second one, this time in Zambales province, closer to the populous market of Metro Manila. Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor signed recently with local officials of Zambales, led by (former Executive Secretary) Rep. Ruben Torres, a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of a 100-hectare mariculture park in the province. The MOA was signed at the DA by Montemayor along with Torres, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Director Malcolm Sarmiento Jr., Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Masinloc Mayor Jess Edora, Palauig Mayor Milagros Guatlo and was witnessed by nine other mayors of Zambales province.

De La Cruz, R. (2002, January 27). DA to put up 2nd mariculture park. The Philippine Star, p. 26.