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Venue:
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Santa Teresita Covered Court of the
Municipality of Santa Teresita, Batangas; and
Talisay Conference Room of the
Municipality of Talisay, Batangas |
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Date:
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25 January 2007 and 26 January 2007,
respectively |
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Partners: |
Pusod, Inc.
Tanggol Kalikasan
TVPL
Lakeshore municipalities
TVPL Protected Area Management Board
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR), Region 4A
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) Region 4A
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) |
The different stakeholders of the Taal Lake in Batangas met on January 25, 2007 at the Sta.Teresita Covered Court and on January 26, 2007 at the Talisay
Conference Hall for a public hearing/consultation to discuss the
Unified Rules
and Regulations (URR) for Fisheries of Taal Volcano Protected
Landscape (TVPL). The draft URR presented to a public hearing before
its approval to the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) had
already been subjected to four consultations.
Taal Lake is part of the TVPL proclaimed by the government as
protected area. As of late, it has been experiencing various
environmental pressures, notably from fisheries, among others. The
need for a unified rules and regulations in its management was seen
to address these concerns. Being a protected area, Taal Lake
has no municipal waters. A Technical Working Group, composed of
sectoral representatives from aquaculture, capture fisheries,
provincial environment and provincial planning representatives and
all municipal agriculturists, was formed to help formulate the draft
URR. |
The public hearing
aimed to harmonize the interests and priorities of the local people in the management
of fisheries of the lake to ensure the conservation of the Taal Lake resources.
Stakeholders from the municipalities of Agoncillo, San Nicolas, Taal, Lemery,
Sta.Teresita, Alitagtag, Cuenca, Laurel, Talisay, Balete, Mataas na
Kahoy and the cities of Lipa and Tanauan participated in the
discussions at the public hearing.
The adoption of the Unified Rules of and Regulation on Fisheries by
the PAMB will make it a landmark policy
that can be considered as best practice worthy of replication in
other similar lake settings.
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