The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas, in partnership with the city government of Ormoc, will launch the PHP12-million Ormoc Mariculture (marine agriculture) Park in December 2025.<\/p>\n
Eight fisherfolk associations with more than 400 members are expected to benefit from the four units of circular HDPE (high-density polyethylene) fish cages and four units of HDPE modular fish cages, along with fingerlings and feeds for one cropping cycle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project aims to boost the production of milkfish (bangus) and other high-value fish species while empowering fisherfolk communities through sustainable mariculture practices,\u201d BFAR Eastern Visayas regional director Dominador Maputol said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The project\u2019s initial beneficiaries are expected to start operations next month, coinciding with the mariculture park\u2019s formal launching in Barangay San Juan.<\/p>\n
Maputol said the first harvest is projected for the second semester of 2026, contributing an estimated 38 metric tons to the region\u2019s annual milkfish production.<\/p>\n
Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez committed to contributing 20 units of 5×5 bamboo cages as counterpart support, extending the project\u2019s reach to individual fisherfolk households.<\/p>\n
BFAR, meanwhile, suggested the establishment of a local feed mill managed by the city government in the future, which could strengthen Ormoc\u2019s aquaculture industry and provide more livelihood opportunities for coastal communities<\/p>\n
The launching will also highlight the Ormoc Mariculture Forum, which will gather service providers, input suppliers, post-harvest processors, and cage fabricators engaged in aquaculture technologies and materials. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The mariculture park will also serve as a training and innovation hub for fisherfolk, advancing local aquaculture technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-advocacy"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"1289":"ang saya ng mga taga ormoc \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\udc4f\r","1290":"nice move bfar \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\udc99\r","1291":"parang ang saya nito \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\udc1f\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}