• Support of the local government.

1. Ms. Sandra Victoria R. Arcamo, Resource Management Division of BFAR-DA
2. Mr. Cesar Galera of DFAR-DA
3. Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 (Republic Act 8550)
4. Guidelines of the Creation and Implementation of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils

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Bantay Dagat has been one of the major factors of the success of coastal management in some areas in the Philippines.  The strategy is known to be successfully implemented in the following areas:

1.  Calabanga, Camarines Sur
2.  Barangay Lapinig and Mantangale, Balingoan, Misamis Oriental
3.  Apo Island, Negros Oriental

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