FISHERFOLKS IN GUIMARAS AND ILOILO TOWNS RECEIVE FREE MOTOR BOAT ENGINES

FISHERFOLKS IN GUIMARAS AND 

ILOILO TOWNS RECEIVE FREE MOTOR BOAT ENGINES

Hundreds of fishermen from different towns of Guimaras and Iloilo provinces in Western Visayas benefited again from motor boat engine distribution program from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources initiated by AAMBIS-Owa Partylist.

Last April, 40 units of 10 horsepower motor boat engines were distributed to fisherfolks situated in the towns of Jordan, San Lorenzo, Buenavista, Sibunag, and Nueva Valencia in Guimaras in a ceremony held in San Lorenzo during the Manggahan sa Kabanwahanan festival.

The 40 units of motor boats shall be made available for use by all fisher folks to maximize the use of engines. The maintenance of units shall be under the care of the barangay government units.

The recipients were identified by the local government units and endorsed to the AAMBIS-Owa Party list which in turn processed all the necessary requirements to ensure that fishermen in those remote villages get access to motor boat engines.

“Ensuring that fishermen get all the help they need to provide food for their families and catch fishes for the consuming public is in consonance with the responsibility of AAMBIS-Owa to be the true voice of marginalized farmers and fisher folks in Congress,” AAMBIS-Owa Party list Representative Sharon S. Garin said.

For three (3) years now, AAMBIS-Owa Party list has facilitated the distribution of motorboat engines to the remote villages in Western Visayas.

In 2013, 40 units of boat engines were distributed to fishermen in Miagao and Tigbauan towns in Iloilo. In 2014, 50 additional units were distributed to fishermen in Guimbal, Oton, Tigbauan, and San Joaquin, and Miagao. 

BFAR defines small fisherfolks as those who use fishing boats weighing not more than three (3) gross tons. They are also known as municipal fisherfolks. /MP