The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Caraga Region (BFAR 13) is pushing for the establishment of a sustainable and export-oriented lobster industry in the area.
BFAR 13 spearheaded Monday (January 27, 2020) the two-day second National Lobster Development Program Workshop attended by 55 participants from the different provinces in the region to assess the current situation of the lobster industry in Caraga.
The workshop also aims to impart to the participants the various opportunities in the lobster and aquaculture industries in the country, said Salve Mordeno-Dinolan, BFAR-13 information officer.
Dinolan, in an interview, said most of the participants are municipal agriculture personnel in the region, local officials and representatives from the private sector who are engaged in aquaculture and lobster farming.
Dinolan said the two-day workshop focused on challenges, new strategies, and inputs on new technologies on lobster farming and aquaculture.
Among the speakers include Dr. Clive Jones, an internationally recognized expert on research on aquaculture development, and Joseph Martin Borromeo, BFAR’s national lobster focal person who facilitated the value chain analysis workshop for the participants.
Merry Flor Lepio, a private-sector representative from Surigao City, also shared with the participants her success story on lobster farming and aquaculture.
Borromeo said lobster is among the priority commodities identified by BFAR and the Department of Agriculture (DA), noting that Caraga region is considered the source of lobster seeds and products in the eastern seaboard of the country.
Borromeo also noted trades that involved seeds and lobster products in the country, including in Mindanao, have not been prioritized in the past years.
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