Police get two new boats for gulf patrol
LINGAYEN—Two motorized bancas to be used in the campaign against illegal fishing in the Lingayen Gulf were turned over to the Pangasinan police force on July 25 as part of the “Pulis Makakalikasan” program.
The boats were provided by the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations-Northern Luzon (DIPO-NL) headed by Police Director Leopoldo Bataoil, a native of this town.
At the same time, a troop carrier, valuable during relief and emergency response situations, was also handed over.
Bataoil said the proposal to procure new boats for the Pangasinan police was immediately approved by PNP Chief Director-General Jesus Verzosa, who hails from Dasol town, to strengthen measures in protecting the Lingayen Gulf against degradation caused by illegal fishing methods.
“He is very much concerned with the environment as I am,” Bataoil said.
The boats, to be manned by the province’s trained police officers, will regularly patrol the gulf to be on the look out for dynamite fishers.
P/Sr. Supt. Percival Barba, Pangasinan police director, said the new sea vehicles will help their operations as they intensify the campaign to save the Lingayen Gulf.
Barba said 180 police personnel from Dagupan City to Bolinao have been deployed to watch the long coastline of Pangasinan, to boost efforts of other coastal towns’ Bantay Dagat groups.
The DIPO-NL sponsored a seminar last week tackling ways to improve the implementation of fishery laws and also launched the “Volunteers for PNP Lingkod ng Bayan project, an anti-crime reporting system using an action cellular number, 0916-4611911, to enhance community par ticipation on crime monitoring, reporting, solution and prevention.
In a related development, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will turn over a 28-footer patrol boat will be turned over to the costal town of Sual next month as part of the Department of Agriculture-BFAR’s drive to strengthen patrolling of the Lingayen Gulf, an important source of aquaculture products.—CSR/#
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