100 Islands to regulate fishing
Alaminos City — Fishing will soon be regulated in the Hundred Islands as the city government proposed a ‘no fishing area’ in some parts, including the possibility of declaring an “open” and “close” seasons for fishing.
“We will declare half of the area of the Hundred Islands as a no fishing zone,” Mayor Hernani Braganza said when he met members of the city’s fisherfolk last Thursday at city hall who expressed support for the plan.
He said this is necessary in order to prevent over fishing in the Hundred Islands, which is now being experienced throughout the entire Lingayen Gulf.
The new regulations are in accordance with a city ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod headed by Vice Mayor Teofilo Humilde, Jr.
”Although we will close half of the Hundred Islands for fishing, the entire whole will still be for tourism purposes,” Braganza clarified.
He proposed that fishermen stop fishing from February to April because it is the spawning season for fin fishes like malaga (siganid), ‘barangen’ ‘sabalo’ (mother bangus) and lapu-lapu.
Meanwhile, more than 100 couples will say ‘I do’ in a mass civil wedding ceremony to be officiated by Mayor Hernani Braganza on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14).
The mass wedding will be held in barangay Pandan’s Bolo Beach, a cove here overlooking the majestic Hundred Islands National Park.
It will be Mayor Braganza’s second time to officiate over a mass civil wedding ceremony since he became city mayor of Alaminos. .
The first time was done last year as part of the city’s program to relaunch the Hundred Islands in order to symbolize the infusion of a sense of spirituality, joy and romance into the place.
Through the city’s civil registrar’s office, Braganza encouraged all unwed couples, including the aged, from all over the city to take part in the mass wedding ceremony.
Reginaldo Castro, head of the city’s civil registry, confirmed that the couples tying the knot or renewing their marriage vows will come from different barangays.
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