The vicious cycle of poverty, overfishing and resource degradation in coastal communities in the
Philippines calls for action that will address the problem of declining fish catch and degraded fish habitats.
The literature has shown that an efficient and effective coastal management program can be instrumental
in approaching this problem. In order to secure food and livelihood of fishers, the Southeast
Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department collaborated with the local government of
Anini-y, Antique to develop a sustainable utilization of natural marine resources through sea ranching of
abalone within the Nogas Island marine protected area. Establishing a marine protected area is a means
of conserving natural stocks while sea ranching is considered an effective strategy that can increase
fishery resources. The two management schemes are considered as effective coastal resources management
strategies. The success of a sea-ranching project is dependent not only on biophysical but also on
socioeconomic factors as determinants of community participation and cooperation. A social assessment
was conducted to determine the fishers’ socio-cultural characteristics, their perceptions of their coastal
resources and knowledge on how to effectively manage these coastal resources. The fishers’ awareness on
fishing regulations and the extent of their participation in community’s coastal resources management
activities were also determined. Data were collected from a household survey using a semi-structured
questionnaire, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with key informants. The fishers generally
scored low in almost all aspects of their socioeconomic wellbeing. Most fishers perceived that their
coastal resources were in a bad condition which they attributed to illegal and commercial fishing, increasing
number of fishers and the poor enforcement of fishery regulations. However, the weighted mean
scores of their knowledge on coastal resources management, awareness to fishery regulations and participation
in community coastal resource management activities were average. This implied that fishers
when trained and developed can become potential partners for effective coastal resources management
programs.
The vicious cycle of poverty, overfishing and resource degradation in coastal communities in thePhilippines calls for action that will address the problem of declining fish catch and degraded fish habitats.The literature has shown that an efficient and effective coastal management program can be instrumentalin approaching this problem. In order to secure food and livelihood of fishers, the SoutheastAsian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department collaborated with the local government ofAnini-y, Antique to develop a sustainable utilization of natural marine resources through sea ranching ofabalone within the Nogas Island marine protected area. Establishing a marine protected area is a meansof conserving natural stocks while sea ranching is considered an effective strategy that can increasefishery resources. The two management schemes are considered as effective coastal resources managementstrategies. The success of a sea-ranching project is dependent not only on biophysical but also onsocioeconomic factors as determinants of community participation and cooperation. A social assessmentwas conducted to determine the fishers’ socio-cultural characteristics, their perceptions of their coastalresources and knowledge on how to effectively manage these coastal resources. The fishers’ awareness onfishing regulations and the extent of their participation in community’s coastal resources managementactivities were also determined. Data were collected from a household survey using a semi-structuredquestionnaire, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with key informants. The fishers generallyscored low in almost all aspects of their socioeconomic wellbeing. Most fishers perceived that theircoastal resources were in a bad condition which they attributed to illegal and commercial fishing, increasingnumber of fishers and the poor enforcement of fishery regulations. However, the weighted meanscores of their knowledge on coastal resources management, awareness to fishery regulations and participationin community coastal resource management activities were average. This implied that fisherswhen trained and developed can become potential partners for effective coastal resources managementprograms.
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