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NOTRE DAME OF DADIANGAS UNIVERSITY

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GRADUATE SCHOOL

A PROPOSAL FOR
ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING TUNA SUSTAINABILITY

Presented to:

Ms. Riza Cuevas-Alac, Ed.D,

Prepared By:
Ma. Emely Brameda
Jose Oliver Garrido
Jovy Garrido
Kent Niño R. Paler

February 18, 2017

February 18, 2017

To: Ms. Riza Cuevas-Alac, Ed.D,

From: Ma. Emely Brameda

Jose Oliver Garrido
Jovy Garrido
Kent Niño R. Paler

Subject: Proposal to Assess Factors Affecting Tuna Sustainability

The Philippines is one of the top fish producing countries in the world. The

importance of fisheries in the country’s socio-economic development cannot be

understated. The fishing industry’s contribution to Gross Domestic product (GDP) was

2.3% at current prices and 4.3 at constant prices (Philippine Fisheries Profile, 2008).

Tuna fishing especially in General Santos City provides sources of livelihood for

hundreds and thousands of fishermen and in the downstream of fishing industry.

However, based on the statistical records of Philippine Fisheries Development

Authority-General Santos Fish Port Complex(PFDA-GSFPC) there is 25% decrease on

the fresh tuna unloading from 2014-2015. In this regard, we will assess factors

affecting tuna sustainability. We will survey, interview clients of PFDA-GSFPC and

fishermen regarding implementation of Tuna Management Plan, Implementation of

Government Fishing Laws/Regulations and Awareness of fishermen on Responsible

Fishing Practices and Observance of Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ) between the

Philippines and Indonesia.

Problem

Based on the statistical record of PFDA-GSFPC from the year 2010-2015, decrease in
the tuna unloadings from 2014-2015 marks the highest. The sudden decrease is so
alarming in a way that this will have an impact in the tuna industry of General Santos
City. Determining sustainability of Tuna industry will also be the basis for the expansion
of PFDA-GSFPC’s facilities.
.

Feasibility
Considering that tuna industry is one of the main income generation in General Santos
City and particularly the basis for expansion of PFDA-GSFPC as one of the Europian
Union(EU) recognized tuna landing sites, it is important to asses factors affecting
sustainability in order to determine the direction of the industry. Tuna industry players
(fishing company owners/tuna businessmen) and fishermen will be willing to respond to
interviews and surveys since the industry is their main source of income/livelihood. We
will present the output and our recommendations to improve tuna sustainability.

Audience

Our primary audience will be the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR), a
government agency responsible in the implementation of fishing rules/laws. They will
have the power to accept or reject our recommendations. We assume that our
recommendations somehow will be of great help to the bureau in their objectives.

Secondary audience will the PFDA-GSFPC management and its employees as

partners of BFAR to implement the recommendations and the tuna industry players and
fishermen who will follow the fishing rules/laws to be implemented.

You will be our initial audience, as our professor in this subject. We are hoping that you
will be interested to this proposal.
Topics to Investigate

We plan to answer these questions in detail:

1. How is the level of attainment of the objectives of the National Tuna Management

Plan?

a. Ensure that tuna stocks are maintained at sustainable levels by taking into
account best scientific data available and relevant environmental and socio-
economic factors.

b. Ensure effective data collection and analysis that would support management
decisions for the rational use and conservation of tuna fisheries.

c. Promote socio-economic development of the tuna industry not only by

encouraging responsible fishing practices but also by securing the trade of
and market for tuna products and upholding just share of fish workers in
utilizing tuna resources.

d. Exercise effective jurisdiction over Philippine-flagged vessels fishing for tuna

resources in areas under the jurisdiction of other states, and on high seas
areas managed by regional fisheries management organizations.

e. Prevent, deter and eliminate, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for
tuna stocks by adopting effective monitoring, control and surveillance
measures.

f. Support the use of environmentally sound technology and relevant research

on tuna fisheries.
 2. What is the extent of Philippine Government implementation of its fishing

laws/regulations?

a. Tuna Management Program by the Philippine Government

b. Philippine Government’s Plan of Action on tuna sustainability

c. Philippine Government’s regulation on by catch and juvenile tuna fishing

d. Philippine Government’s Implementation /enforcement on IUU fishing

e. Philippine Government’s overall support and program on sustainable hand-

line fishing

3. What is the level of awareness of Filipino fishermen of responsible fishing

practices and the significance of Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ)?

a. Use of fishing gears/net in terms of the size of its mesh

b. Juvenile Tuna Fishing

c. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between Philippines and Indonesia

Methods
Documentary analysis of the statistical records of PFDA-GSFPC from year 2010-2015
on the Matured Tuna Unloadings and Juvenile Tuna Unloadings

Conduct survey and interview 35 fishing company owners who are clients of PFDA-
GSFPC with Contract of Lease from year 2010-2015 who are engaged in tuna business
and 70 fishermen (2 fishermen from each of the client with Contract of Lease) who have
six years experienced in fishing by the year 2015.

A draft of our questionnaires are attached.

The following articles and web sites appear useful:

Vera, Cesar Allan and Hipolito Zaina. The Philippine Tuna Industry: A Profile.
International Collective in Support of Fish workers. 2006

BFAR Philippines. Philippine Tuna Fisheries Profile: Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Commission.December 13, 2012

Department of Agriculture, BFAR. National Tuna Management Plan of the Philippines.

2012

Philippine Fisheries Development Authority-General Santos Fish Port Complex.

Statistical Records on Tuna Fish Unloadings. 2010-2015

Philippine Tuna Fisheries Prolfile by Gensan Today.com-issu. June 24, 2012

http://issu.com/gensantoday.com/docs/Philippine-tunafisheries-profile

Philippines, Indonesia to revive bilateral accord amid concerns over illegal fishing by
Gilbert P. Felongco Published: 12:49 May 23, 2015
http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/philippines-indonesia-to-revive-bilateral-accord-
amid-concerns-over-illegal-fishing-1.1520094

dfa.gov.ph. Q & A on the Philippine and Indonesian agreement on the Exclusive

Economic Zone Boundary. May 23, 2014

Philippine fisheries director defends Indonesian crackdown on illegal fishing by Edwin

Espejo March 25, 2015
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2015/03/philippines-fisheries-director-defends-
indonesian-crackdown-on-illegal-fishing
52 Filipino fishermen imprisoned in Indonesia now home by Jonathan A. Santes.
Published June 3, 2016.
https://johnib.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/52-filipino-fishermen-imprisoned-in-
indonesia-now-home/

How PH's tuna industry thrives despite challenges by Ronron Calunsod, Kyodo Posted
Oct 21 2013 12:55 PM | Updated as of Oct 21 2013 10:28 PM
http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/21/13/look-philippines-thriving-tuna-industry

"The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998"

http://www.da.gov.ph/images/PDFFiles/LawsIssuances/RA/fishcode.pdf

http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/ph/PageFiles/645177/Greenpeace-briefing-paper-
00juvenile-tuna.pdf
Qualifications

We are MPA students at NDDU enrolled in Techniques in Executive Writing and

Reporting. We would like to assess factors affecting tuna sustainability in order to know
the direction of tuna industry of the city as one of its major income generation.

Work Schedule
The following schedule will enable us to finish this report by March 16, 2017.
ACTIVITY TOTAL TIME COMPLETION DATE
Gathering Information 16 hours March 10
Analyzing information 8 hours March 12
Organizing information 5 hours March 13
Preparing the progress report 3 hours March 13
Writing the draft/creating visuals 10 hours March 14
Revising the draft/visuals 4 hours March 15
Editing the draft 4 hours March 15
Proofreading the report 3 hours March 16
Preparing Power Point slides 4 hours March 16

Call to Action
We are submitting our proposal and questionnaires for your comments, suggestions
and approval. We would appreciate any comments/suggestions to substantiate our
ideas and making the report better. Please approve our proposal so we may continue
our research and begin the report.
DRAFT QUESTIONAIRES

SURVEY ON THE LEVEL OF ATTAINMENT OF OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL

TUNA MANAGEMENT PLAN

Client Name: (Optional)____________________________________________

Name of Fishing Company: (Optional)________________________________

No. of years in Tuna Business/Fishing Business: ______________________

Please rate level of attainment of the following objectives of the National Tuna
Management Plan. Please check the appropriate rating that corresponds to the
level of attainment as described below:

Never – none attainment Moderate – 50-79% attainment

Partial – 1- 49% attainment Full – 80-100% attainment

1. Ensure that tuna stocks are maintained at sustainable levels by taking into

account best scientific data available and relevant environmental and

socio-economic factors.

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

2. Ensure effective data collection and analysis that would support

management decisions for the rational use and conservation of tuna

fisheries.

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

3. Promote socio-economic development of the tuna industry not only by

encouraging responsible fishing practices but also by securing the trade of
and market for tuna products and upholding just share of fish workers in
utilizing tuna resources.
 _____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

4. Exercise effective jurisdiction over Philippine-flagged vessels fishing for

tuna resources in areas under the jurisdiction of other states, and on high
seas areas managed by regional fisheries management organizations.

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

5. Prevent, deter and eliminate, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for
tuna stocks by adopting effective monitoring, control and surveillance
measures.

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

6. Support the use of environmentally sound technology and relevant

research on tuna fisheries.

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

Remarks / Recommendations:____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
SURVEY ON THE EXTENT OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF
ITS FISHING LAWS/REGULATION

Client Name: (Optional)_________________________________________________

Company: (Optional)___________________________________________________
Number of Years in the Tuna/Fishing Business: ____________________________
Please rate the extent of implementation the following Philippine Government
Laws/regulation. Please check the appropriate rating that corresponds to the
extent of implementation

Poor – 1-24% implemented Very good – 50-79% implemented

Good – 25 - 49% implemented Excellent – 80-100% implemented
1. Tuna Management Program by the Philippine Government
_____1- Poor _____ 2- Good _____ 3- Very Good _____4- Excellent
2. Philippine Government’s Plan of Action on tuna sustainability
_____1- Poor _____ 2- Good _____ 3- Very Good _____ 4- Excellent
3. Philippine Government’s regulation on by catch and juvenile tuna fishing
_____1- Poor _____ 2- Good _____ 3- Very Good _____ 4- Excellent
4. Philippine Government’s Implementation / enforcement on IUU fishing
_____ 1- Poor _____ 2- Good _____ 3- Very Good _____ 4- Excellent
5. Philippine Government’s overall support and program on sustainable hand-line
fishing
_____ 1- Poor _____ 2- Good _____ 3- Very Good _____ 4- Excellent

Remarks / Recommendations:____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

SURVEY ON THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF FILIPINO FISHERMEN OF

RESPONSIBLE FISHING PRACTICES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EXCLUSIVE
ECONOMIC ZONE

Client Name: (Optional)__________________________________________________

Company: (Optional)____________________________________________________
Number of Years working as fisherman: ___________________________________
Please rate the following level of your awareness of the following fishing
practices. Please check the appropriate rating that corresponds to the level of
your awareness as described below:

Never – not aware Moderate – 50-79% aware

Partial – 1- 49% aware Full -- 80-100% aware
 1. Use of fishing gears/net in terms of the size of its mesh

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

2. Juvenile Tuna Fishing

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

3. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between Philippines and Indonesia

_____ 1-Never _____ 2-Partial _____3- Moderate _____ 4-Full

Remarks / Recommendations: ___________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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