REP. REYNAN ARROGANCIA
Ikatlong Distrito, Lalawigan ng Quezon
(Composed of 12 towns in the Bondoc Peninsula, the southern part of Tayabas Isthmus, and the Southwest coast of Ragay Gulf)
www.facebook.com/RUA2022NOVEMBER 15 IS THE START OF THE ANNUAL CLOSED FISHING SEASON IN THE VISAYAN SEA
“Long-term, marine hatcheries would help reduce fish imports and provide jobs to fisherfolk especially during closed fishing season,” according to Quezon Province Congressman Reynante U. Arrogancia as the closed season starts November 15 and ends February 15 in the Visayan Sea, where sardines, mackerel, and herrings abound.
Marine Hatcheries
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1174596In the waters off Northern Palawan, the closed fishing season started November 1 and will last for three months. Off the Zamboanga Peninsula, the fishing season is closed from December 1 until March 1.
The Bureau of Fisheries schedules the closed fishing seasons to allow fish to spawn and repopulate the seas.
Rep. Arrogancia said having more freshwater and saltwater marine single-species and multi-species hatcheries is among the ways to assure consumer fish supply preparatory to the closed seasons.
He also said ensuring food security at the local level can be done by way of aggressively promoting and supporting indoor vertical farms for fruits, vegetables, and corn.
“Mass indoor farming of rice and wheat should also be explored. Prototype indoor vertical farms for rice and wheat would serve as proof of concept that large-scale versions of such farms can be done. If the Department of Agriculture budget cannot fund these, then the various modes of build-operate-and-transfer can be resorted to,” Arrogancia said.
“The Fiscal Incentives Review Board and the Board of Investments can also prioritize indoor vertical farms and marine hatcheries proposed by domestic and foreign investors. These agriculture sector investments would address the perennial and seasonal unemployment and underemployment in the farm and fisheries sectors,” the congressman suggested.
Arrogancia said: “Indoor farms and marine hatcheries can be located at the outer limits and just outside urban centers (where real property prices and rents are lower) so that harvests can be delivered fresh to the public markets and supermarkets.”
“Mobile or pop-up versions of some indoor farms and marine hatcheries can also be deployed to storm-affected areas so they can stabilize food supplies and prices there in a matter of several weeks,” he added.
“Properly scaled to barangay population levels, cities and municipalities can fund and operate indoor vertical farms to supply local public markets with readily-available harvests,” Arrogancia pointed out. (END)
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