Dagupan named pilot area for JICA-BFAR fish project
DAGUPAN City has been chosen as one of the recipients of the comprehensive outreach and fish breeding project by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and the Dagupan-based National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center
The project, according to Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., aims to enhance the livelihood of fish farmers in the city and by providing them with better knowledge and skills on aquaculture production.
Other pilot areas in Pangasinan are the coastal municipalities of Binmaley and Lingayen.
Representatives from JICA, led by its team leader Tokio Kitamado, met with Fernandez and some barangay chairman on August 21 to discuss the significant benefits of the project to Dagupan’s aquaculture industry.
Also in attendance was Councilor Alfredo Quinto, the city council’s chairman on agriculture.
Activities under the project include the establishment of water quality monitoring system and determination of other parameters affecting aquaculture in the river system, intermediate aquaculture from fry to fingerling, establishment of sustainable polyculture system, effective usage of natural feed, series of trainings for Dagupan’s agriculture office, fish farmers and hatchery workers, conduct of technical assistance to the two selected pilot areas and technical support for brood stock management. #
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