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Mariculture
park project launched in Taluksangay
Zamboanga City — The Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in coordination with the city government of
Zamboanga recently launched the mariculture park project, an alternative
livelihood activity for marginal fisherfolks in Taluksangay.
Costing P1 million, the project will benefit coastal fishermen in
Taluksangay and the neighboring barangays.
Mayor Celso Lobregat and BFAR National Director Malcolm Sarmiento along with
Department of Agriculture Regional Director Oscar Parawan, City
Agriculturist Diosdado Palacat and Taluksangay barangay chair Councilor
Abdurahman Nuño led in the launching ceremony that was marked by the
ceremonial stocking and distribution of fingerlings and cutting of ribbon.
Mayor Lobregat said thanked the DA through the BFAR for choosing Zamboanga
specifically Taluksangay as the pilot area for its technology demonstration.
He challenged the farmers to sustain the project and not consider it as a
dole out from the government. To be cultivated in the Taluksangay
mariculture park are different fish species like bangus, lapu-lapu,
taraquito, maya-maya and several others including marine species like
abalone, crabs, oyster pearl, seaweed, mussels and others.(CIO/PIA9-zc)
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