BONTOC, Mountain Province – Thirty-five fisherfolks in this capital town received tilapia fingerlings recently at the Bontoc Municipal Capitol grounds.
According to Administrative Officer IV Ross Kiat-ong from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist (OMAg), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) provided 40,000 tilapia fingerlings to the Bontoc Local Government Unit (LGU) which the latter distributed to the recipients. As its counterpart, the Bontoc LGU shouldered the hauling of fingerlings from La Trinidad Fish Farm and its distribution to the beneficiaries in Bontoc.
Kiat-ong added that the fingerlings distribution aims to eradicate poverty in the communities by strengthening the livelihood activities of marginalized fisherfolks.
Bontoc Mayor Jerome “Chagsen” Tudlong, Jr., thanked the BFAR for its continuous assistance to the fisherfolks in the locality, and expressed high hopes that the tilapia fingerlings distribution will ensure a sufficient supply of fish in the market for public consumption
Likewise, he assured the recipients that the Bontoc LGU shall continue to strengthen its linkages and partnership with the BFAR to continue to support all the programs in the marine and fishery sectors by way of developing resources to sustain the aquaculture productivity and uplift the living standard of fisherfolks.