DENR Sec. Regina Lopez Orders Dismantling of Big Fish Pens at Laguna de Bay
The Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Sec. Regina "Gina" Lopez said that she will issue a directive for the dismantling of big fish pens and revoke permits given to big corporations operating at the Laguna de Lake.
The statement and planned orders of the DENR secretary is in view of President Rody Duterte's promise to prioritize poor fishermen in the use of the Laguna de Bay or Laguna Lake.
DENR's plans to dismantles the fish pens at Laguna de Bay will continue according to Secretary Lopez. The move is to develop and manage huge portions of the Laguna Lake to give out new entitlements, with farmers having the priority.
Based upon the records of the Laguna de Bay, as of June 30, 2016, there are 357 registered and unregistered fishpen owners operating at the lake.
Former LLDA Chairman Edgardo Manda earlier said the entitlements currently held by big corporations may range from 50 to 1,000 hectares of the lake surface.
Manda noted that some 20 percent of the 90,000-hectare lake surface of the Laguna Lake is now covered by entitlements granted to private corporations or individuals to manage and develop fish pens.
The Laguna Lake is the largest lake in the Philippines and one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
The moves of DENR Sec. Gina Lopez was in accordance with the directives and statement released by Pres. Duterte during his first-ever SONA:
“Itong Laguna Lake, naubos na nga… wala na ang (para sa mga maliliit na) fishermen. ‘Yun na lang the difference between one big fishpen to the other… Makikita mo sa plane, every time I go to Davao and I pass by that place there, nakita ko talagang wala nang ano (para sa maliliit na mangingisda). And the fishermen are complaining about the loss. Talagang wala na sila. Kasi ang maliit na lugar, iyon lang ang kanila (Small fishermen making a living out of the Laguna Lake are left with very little area to ply their trade, with most areas allocated for private fish pens owned by big corporations. I can see it from the plane every time I go to Davao. Every time I can see that there’s really nothing left, and the fishermen are complaining about their loss, because they have very little left for them),” the President said in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
“This is what I’m telling you, the poor fishermen will have priority in its entitlements,” he stressed.
The statement and planned orders of the DENR secretary is in view of President Rody Duterte's promise to prioritize poor fishermen in the use of the Laguna de Bay or Laguna Lake.
DENR's plans to dismantles the fish pens at Laguna de Bay will continue according to Secretary Lopez. The move is to develop and manage huge portions of the Laguna Lake to give out new entitlements, with farmers having the priority.
Based upon the records of the Laguna de Bay, as of June 30, 2016, there are 357 registered and unregistered fishpen owners operating at the lake.
Former LLDA Chairman Edgardo Manda earlier said the entitlements currently held by big corporations may range from 50 to 1,000 hectares of the lake surface.
Manda noted that some 20 percent of the 90,000-hectare lake surface of the Laguna Lake is now covered by entitlements granted to private corporations or individuals to manage and develop fish pens.
The Laguna Lake is the largest lake in the Philippines and one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
The moves of DENR Sec. Gina Lopez was in accordance with the directives and statement released by Pres. Duterte during his first-ever SONA:
“Itong Laguna Lake, naubos na nga… wala na ang (para sa mga maliliit na) fishermen. ‘Yun na lang the difference between one big fishpen to the other… Makikita mo sa plane, every time I go to Davao and I pass by that place there, nakita ko talagang wala nang ano (para sa maliliit na mangingisda). And the fishermen are complaining about the loss. Talagang wala na sila. Kasi ang maliit na lugar, iyon lang ang kanila (Small fishermen making a living out of the Laguna Lake are left with very little area to ply their trade, with most areas allocated for private fish pens owned by big corporations. I can see it from the plane every time I go to Davao. Every time I can see that there’s really nothing left, and the fishermen are complaining about their loss, because they have very little left for them),” the President said in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
“This is what I’m telling you, the poor fishermen will have priority in its entitlements,” he stressed.
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DENR Sec. Regina Lopez Orders Dismantling of Big Fish Pens at Laguna de Bay
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