Councilor Jay R. Pascual accepted the referral to his committee of the fisherfolk’s complaints as reported by Councilor James K. Judith II particularly the registration and yearly renewal of their fishing boat, business permit and other requirements.
On Monday’s regular session presided over by Vice Mayor Jocelyn B. Rodriguez, Pascual confirmed that the renewal of registration is done yearly but this may be adjusted, however, the recording of data (journal) should be done daily as practiced.
He said the daily data recording cannot be sacrificed as this will be submitted to the Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as reference and basis for future project proposals of the city.
If the fishermen themselves find it too tedious, they may somehow request other members of their family to do it instead, the councilor suggested.
“Usually ang atong mga isda man gud diri sa CDO di gyud na taga diri kay wala naman tay coral reef, gabisita ra na sila diri sa atong area. Kailangan man gyud na naay record para at least matabangan pud nato atong mga fisherfolks kung naay record nato. Kay mao man gud na atong i-submit sa BFAR so we really need the data,” Pascual further explained.
For his part, Judith reiterated the city may forego with the journal, citing that most of the data are irrelevant to be recorded on a daily basis.
“Naa man siguro tay pamaagi na maubus-ubosan or maminus-minusan ang mga pangutana didto sa ilang daily journal o ba kaha dili kinahanglan na daily kundili monthly siguro. Naay mga pangutana na pwede nato matuki sa tong komiteba na pwede ra man siguro nato ma-forego kay ang nag require ana ang City Agriculture Office. Naay mga datus didto na dili na kinahanglan kada adlaw (i-record) para dili pud mabuntosan ang atong mga mananagat,” Judith further manifested. (JAOclarit (CdeO City Council), photo courtesy by JRGalano/SP)