LMDA – FOCAS Lakbay Aral 2008

By: Gilbert P. Leopoldo

The FOCAS Management Committee (FMC) team and Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA) Project Management Office team have made a successful Lakbay Aral on Lake Management and Development at the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) in Manila last September 16-19, 2008. The said activity was facilitated and funded by Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP). (click here to continue)

Sustainable Fisheries Management Planning Workshop

By: Gilbert P. Leopoldo

The Lake Mainit Development Alliance successfully conducted a two-day Sustainable Fisheries Management (SFM) Planning Workshop on October 14-15, 2008. This was held at Agricultural Training Center, Mainit, Surigao del Norte. The participants of this training - workshop were the Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC) Officers, Local Research Person’s (LRP), Municipal Agriculturist (MA), Agricultural Technologist (AT), Academe, LMDA PMO staff and selected Line Agency like NEDA, BFAR, and DA.

The programme was facilitated by the MSU-Naawan Team headed by their Team Leader Dr. Asuncion B. De Guzman. The purpose of the Planning- Workshop is the presentation of Progress Report of MSU-Naawan in their on-going study of the Lake and validation of data by the different stakeholders. The second day of the training was the actual planning-workshop for the formulation of Vision, Mission and Goals of SFM. (click here to continue)