The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff donates six (6) boxes of fish (approximately 600pcs) to different foster homes and rehabilitation centers in Puerto Princesa City last Sunday, February 11. The beneficiaries of the donation are Bahay ni Nanay Maddalena Starace in Brgy. Sicsican, Bahay Pag-Asa Youth Development Center in Brgy. Irawan, and Lualhati Women Center of Palawan.
The said donated fish were confiscated at the Puerto Princesa City International Airport in accordance with the PCSD Administrative Order No. 5 or the Guidelines for the Regulation and Monitoring of Catching, Culture, Trade, Transport and Export of Reef-Fish-for-Food in Palawan. The confiscated fishes are Red Coral Grouper (ππΆπ―π°) and Brown Marbled Grouper (ππ’π±πΆπ―π¨ ππ’π£π°πΊ).
The PCSD Administrative Order No. 5 regulates the catching and trading of RFFs in Palawan. It provides for the seizure of the said fish species during the closed season. RFF confiscations are donated to various rehabilitation centers and foster homes in Puerto Princesa once these have been documented and cleared for distribution by the PCSDS Evidence Custodian.