Earning P3 Million From Bangus In 5 Months, 4 Fisher Coops In Lanao Did That!

 

With bangus fingerlings from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program, 4 Lanao del Sur fishers’ cooperatives harvested and sold a total of P3 Million after 5 months. Wow!

That is from the news “Four Fisherfolk Cooperatives In LDN Earn More Than Php 3M From Bangus Production[1]” written by Jennifer A Valcobero (07 June 2021, SAAD.da.gov.ph). The gross of P3,032,480 was from a total of 22.77 tons of bangus harvested.

SAAD is a national program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The Lanao Del Norte cooperatives & number of their members are the Baroy Stakeholders & Fishermen Cooperative with 62, Lala Fishermen’s Cooperative with 63, Simbuco Aqua Marine Multi-Purpose Cooperative with 207, and Tangueguiron Seaweed Grower & Fishermen Cooperative with 67 – for a total of 399 fisher beneficiaries of the DA program in that Northern Mindanao province.

The 4 fishers’ groups had held synchronous stockings in December 2020 and harvests in May 2021.

Teodolo Bueno Jr, Chair of the Lala fishers coop, happily shared:

Wala kaayo naapektohan ang kooperatiba sa pandemic tungod sa SAAD Project. Pagsulod sa Covid sa Pilipinas, nag lockdown man pud mi diri, pero mura mig wala ga lockdown kay busy kaayo mi sa among SAAD Project. Gitukod ang among fish pen, naglockdown diri dapita, pero nakakuha mi og mga permit, nakakuha mig mga travel pass kay naa man mi kaugalingon nga truck. Ang mga materyales gipalit namo sa Cagayan, naglahos lahos lang mi. Mura mig walay pandemic diri tungod sa SAAD.

(“Our cooperative was not affected by the pandemic because of the SAAD Project. When Covid-19 infiltrated the Philippines, this place was put on lockdown, but it seemed like we were not on lockdown because we were too busy with our SAAD Project like installing our fish pens. We got permits from the LGU and we even had our travel pass since we had our own truck. We travelled to and from Cagayan De Oro City to buy the materials for our fish pen. As if there was no pandemic because of SAAD.” – Translated by Ms Jennifer, with a little editing)

The bangus grower groups sold their fish harvests within their communities and outside the province like Iligan and Pagadian City.

Al Jun Barbon Magamano, Provincial Focal Person for the Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, said:

We acknowledge the responsiveness, efforts, and dedication of our project partners in the implementation of our SAAD Program in Lanao del Norte, which led to the successful production of more than 20 tons of milkfish, with income generated of more than (3) million pesos.

Noel Saldajeno, Provincial Fishery Officer in Lanao Del Norte, said:

Truly, the SAAD program is (more than) promising. It does not just give hope to the fisherfolk but it is the hope that we have been looking and longing for, for quite a long time. We have been looking forward to fulfilling the promise because we know that the Philippine Government is a Promise Keeper.

So, I’m happy to proclaim: “Long live SAAD!” Promise.@517


[1]http://saad.da.gov.ph/2021/06/four-fisherfolk-cooperatives-in-ldn-earn-more-than-php-3m-from-bangus-production/

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