𝐏𝐂𝐒𝐃𝐒 𝐃𝐌𝐃-𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐢

On May 29, Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) District Management Division (DMD)-North participated in a consultative meeting on the initial draft of Memorandum Circular No. 2023-012, or the Guidelines in the Enactment and/or updating of the Municipal Fisheries Ordinance (MFO) of Coastal Local Government Unit of Araceli, Palawan.

Held at the municipality’s Sangguniang Barangay (SB) Committee Room, the meeting was held to deliberate on the proposed draft seeking to update the MFO of Araceli, with recommendatory provisions on allowable maritime activities to its fisher folks; penalties and sanctions for maritime violations; and adoption of new inputs to enhance the previous ordinance’s substance and merits.

Aside from PCSDS, it was also attended by members and representatives from Sangguniang Bayan (SB); Municipal Agriculture; Municipal Licensing Office; Bantay Dagat, Municipal Environment & Natural Resources Office (MENRO); Municipal Tourism, Culture and Arts Office (MTCAO); and Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council (MFARMC).

Further deliberation on the matter will take place after the Baragatan Festival 2023 in June.