Fish ACT research assistants, Melchor R. Jacinto and Al Jayson G. Songcuan, organized a meeting with NSAP coordinators, enumerators, and BFAR XII representatives at BFAR XII Satellite Office, General Santos City, last December 27, 2012. The purpose of the meeting was to revalidate the first draft of developed fisheries vulnerability tools before the conductance of workshop on mainstreaming of vulnerability assessment in their area this year. Fish ACT focal research assistant, Melchor R. Jacinto, presented the component 2 framework of the study and the results of the interviews conducted last November 7-13, 2012 at Tuna landing sites of General Santos. The researchers discussed the detailed background of the project; introduced the fisheries vulnerability assessment tool which includes the matrix (scoring system), percent weight based on the degree of importance, vulnerability category, and the questionnaire itself; and quantified the values in the matrix. Lastly, NSAP encoder Alex Lagmay Jr. said that the meeting was very interactive and the discussion was very good. Further, he suggested that there should also be a questionnaire for private sectors (stakeholders/businesses).
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Fish ACT researchers, Melchor Jacinto and Al Jayson Songcuan, went to General Santos City last November 7-13, 2012. The researchers conducted interviews on local fishermen and city agriculturists to test the efficiency of the developed fisheries vulnerability assessment tools.The interviews in General Santos fish Port Complex and other minor landing centers were conducted early in the morning based on the unloading schedules of the vessels. At November 7, the researchers collaborated with Mrs. Laila and Mrs. Miyong from BFAR XII Satellite office about the general itineraries of the whole travel and the conductance of interview among fishermen in landing centers of General Santos. At November 8, they went to General Santos Fish port complex and conducted an interview together with NSAP enumerator, Mr. Sammy. The coordinates of fish port complex were obtained using GPS. At November 9, the researchers went to BFAR XII satellite office to set an appointment with City Agriculturist Officer, Mrs. Donasco and on the same day, interviewed 2 fisheries coordinator in General Santos City Hall. At November 10, the researchers went to Minanga landing site with NSAP enumerator, Mr. Mangi and on the 11th, to Bawing and Sinalang landing site with NSAP enumerator, Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Dhally. However, few fishermen in the minor landing sites capture Tuna and on negligible amount. At November 12, the researchers followed up the regional fisheries profile of General Santos at the City Agriculturist Office. At the end of the travel, a total of 15 respondents were interviewed on which 13 of them were local fishermen and 2 were city agriculturists.
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