PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Around 50,000 of the 100,000 leopard trout (suno) fingerlings, which Palawan and Davao will share as donation from the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Agriculture, are expected to arrive on Friday in Taytay, northern Palawan.
Palawan’s share will be transported to Taytay via MV Good View 18 that will dock in the port of Sta. Cruz.
“Davao’s share, which is also 50,000 red grouper fingerlings, will also be transported there. I am just not aware when this will be,” Glenda Cadigal of the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) said Wednesday afternoon.
Palawan’s share will be distributed between the municipalities of Taytay that will receive 30,000 fingerlings, and San Vicente that will get 20,000.
To institutionalize the donation, a memorandum of agreement will be signed among the provincial government of Palawan headed by Governor Jose Alvarez, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Coron PH-CH Aquaculture Corporation and private sector representatives, she said.
“This is also an offshoot of President Rodrigo Duterte’s China visit, where various forms of bilateral agreements such as fisheries and marine resources cooperation were forged through a memorandum of understanding,” Cadigal added.
The move is an assistance to Filipino fishermen, which is expected to ease pressure on “suno” being caught from the wild. (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
