BFAR, Cagayan fisheries office give assistance to Calayan fisherfolk

IN a move to implement various programs under the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), the BFAR Regional Fisheries Training and Fisherfolk Coordination Division, along with the Cagayan Provincial Fishery Office, conducted a three-day validation and assessment activities in the third week of February.

BFAR Region 2 Director Angel Encarnacion said the event included the fuel discount program, registration of fisherfolk and fishing boats, Typhoon "Egay" fishing boats rehabilitation program, aquaculture technology demonstration (pond-based culture of freshwater species) and development of a salt industry.