• 2 cities and 12 municipalities

Coastal Areas in

Pangasinan

Shoreline Length

• Coastal area - 1,142.64 hectares

• Total Population – 2,906,085 (2013)

• Coastal Population – 424,012 (2013)

Socio-Economic Status of Coastal Communities • Source of Income

• Fishing • Municipal/Commercial

• Gleaning/seaweeds gathering

• Fishfarming • Aquaculture (fishponds, cages and pens)

• Oyster/mussel culture

• Fish processing • Value adding

• Bangus deboning/smoking

• Drying

• Other products out of bangus

• Bagoong making

Socio-Economic Status of Coastal Communities • Source of Income

• Tourism (beach resort)

• Trading

• Farming (part-time)

• Others • Tour guiding

• Boat rental/ferry

• Shell craft

• Buri making

• Problems

• Poverty (declining fish catch)

• Unemployment

Threats to the Coasts

• Natural calamities (earthquake, storm surge, typhoons, coral bleaching, crown of thorns, ice-ice disease)

• Manmade distressors (cutting of mangroves, illegal fishing, domestic pollution)

• Sedimentation

• Pollution (fishkill, mine tailings)

• Informal settlers

• Coastal development

Mangrove Profile

Municipality/

City

Existing Area

(has/kms)

Potential Area

(has/kms)

Has Kms Has Kms 1. Agno 43.00 185.915 20.00 9.78

2. Alaminos City 36.63 18.50

3. Anda 85.50 25.50

4. Bani 50.76 3.00 16.20 17.50

5. Bolinao 61.00 39.00

6. Dasol 47.482 29.00

7. Infanta 20.00 14.00 2.00

8. Sual 10.00 14.00

9. Binmaley 11.30 13.65

10. Labrador 2.90 6.50

11. Lingayen 85.1 10.00 62.46

12. Dagupan City 11.50 3.22 6.00

13. San Fabian 4.50 3.00

14. Mangaldan 9.5 50.00

15. Bugallon 3.95 50.00

16. San Carlos City 3.5 63.00

17. Calasiao 1.2 35.00

TOTAL 469.672 217.065 202.57 295.74

Mangrove Profile

• Old stands (estimated)

• 383.0 hectares; 122.0 kms.

• Planted within the last 10 years

• 62.4 hectares ; 84.0 kms

• Mangrove sites

• 13 coastal LGUs

• 4 n0n-coastal LGUs

• Mangrove Protected Areas

• Bangrin MPA, Bani – 45.25 hectares

• Pilar MPA, Bolinao – 10.0 hectares

Serve as breeding/sanctuaries and nursery grounds

of fishes and crustaceans including migratory birds

(Bani and Alaminos City)

The specialized roots (pneumatophores and

adventitious) can trap sedimentation carried by

runoffs from the upstreams thus minimizing erosion

along riverbanks and preventing offshore

sedimentation in seagrass beds and coralline areas

(Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos City, Agno, Bani, Infanta,

Dasol, Sual)

Importance of Mangrove

Serve as barrier along the coastal residents during

storm surge and typhoons

Source of livelihood

Aquasilviculture (Bani, Anda, Alaminos City)

Nypa shingles, vinegar and wine making produced from

nypa (Bugallon)

Shell gathering (Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos City, Agno,

Dasol, Infanta)

Income (tourism – MPA Bani)

Importance of Mangrove

Help mitigate the effects of Climate Change

which is the most challenging problem of our

country today;

Economic Value of Mangrove

• Livelihood

• Nypa shingles making

• Vinegar making

• Shellfish gathering

• Fishing ground

Degradation of Mangrove Forest

• Cutting of mangroves

• Mangrove area – 990.0 hectares (1978)

- 469.0 hectares (2013)

• Natural degradation

• Typhoon Emong and Cosme

• Mortality (diseases, barnacle infestation, algal blooms, rapid currents, sedimentation, flooding)

Mangrove Protection and Management

• Mangrove Reforestation Program of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan

• Mangrove Nursery

• Mangrove Reforestation

• Networking

• IEC

Mangrove Nursery

Area : 2,000 sqm.

Location : Brgy. Arnedo, Bolinao

Structures :

•26 units hardening beds • 1 unit potting shed • 1 unit concrete water tank

Production Capacity :

• 80,000 to 100,000 pcs per annum

Mangrove Nursery Brgy. Arnedo, Bolinao, Pangasinan

Mangrove Nursery Brgy. Arnedo, Bolinao, Pangasinan

Kinds of mangrove produced: - Api-api, Bungalon, Piagan, Saging-saging, Pototan lalaki, Busain, Nipa, Malatangal, Dungon late, Pagatpat, Kulasi, Bakawan

PANGASINAN is the only province in Region I

that operates its own mangrove nursery.

Mangrove Nursery

Mangrove Species Common Name

Avicennia spp. Api-api/Bungalon Rhizophora mucronata Bakawan babae Rhizophora apiculata Bakawan lalaki Rhizophora styloza Bakawan bato Nypa fruticans Nipa Sonneratia alba Pagatpat Aegiceras spp. Saging-saging Brugueira cylindrica Pototan lalaki Brugueira spp. Busain Ceriops tagal Malatangal Heritiera littoralis Dungon late Lumnitzera racemosa Kulasi Xylocarpus molucensis Piagao

Species produced:

Distribution of Mangrove Seedlings Brgy. Arnedo, Bolinao, Pangasinan

Coastal Reforestation

Distribution of Mangrove Seedlings Brgy. Arnedo, Bolinao, Pangasinan

Mangrove Reforestation in Pangasinan •Provincial Government – CRM • DENR – National Greening Program • BFAR – Mangrove Refo

Mangrove Reforestation (2008 to 2013) Provincial Government

YEAR Seedlings Planted

Area Planted

Hectare (Coastal)

Kilometer (Riverbanks)

CY 2008 6,500 1.750

CY 2009 43,650 7.185 24.460

CY 2010 46,811 10.140 9.040

CY 2011 85,506 8.455 23.502

CY 2012 76,331 11.99 15.95 CY 2013 79,896 11.52 13.80

TOTAL 338,694 51.04 86.752

Mangrove Reforestation Mangrove Reforestation in coastal area

Mangrove Reforestation in Riverbank

PARTNER Government Institutions: • DOE

• DENR • BFAR • PNP • PCG • DepEd/CHEd • LGUs • FARMC

PARTNER NGOs/Civic Organizations: • Fisherfolk Associations

• Pangasinan Federation of NGO • Knights of Columbus • League of Planners • DECORP • Multi-purpose Cooperative • Pacific Farm

NETWORKING:

Partners in Mangrove Reforestation

MOA •Between the Provincial Government and DENR for the Mangrove Reforestation Project •Between Provincial Government, BFAR, LGUs and POs

IEC (Information, Education and Communication)

On-site lecture/orientation at the Mangrove Information Center Outreach program on CRM in elementary and secondary schools including barangay councils along the coastal areas CRM advocacies during Special Events Development and distribution of Mangrove Brochures

Mangrove Information Center in Bolinao - serve as venue in promoting advocacies pertaining to coastal/river resource management, preservation and conservation

IEC

Mangrove Information Center in Bolinao -

Outreach Program to elementary and secondary schools

Outreach Program to elementary and secondary schools

CRM Exhibits

Development and Distribution of Mangrove Brochure

Legislation

• Provincial Environment Code of Pangasinan

• Unified Municipal Fishery Ordinance

• Resolution Bannin g the Cutting of Bantigui

• Some valuable information gathered in Bolinao showed that fish/seashell catch in areas near mangrove sites reforested in 2008 has increased

• An indication that the habitat has been ecologically enhanced ending up to a higher income of fishermen in the locality.

• The continuous implementation of this reforestation project would definitely rehabilitate on a staggered basis the mangrove habitat as breeding and nursery of fishes.

Impacts of Mangrove Rehabilitation

Mangrove forest in Anda and

Bolinao had served as barrier

from storm surge brought by

typhoons Emong and Cosme in

Anda & Bolinao

Impacts of Mangrove Rehabilitation

• Most Outstanding LGU Coastal Resource

Management Program Implementer –

Provincial Government Category, Hall of

Fame 2011 – RDC

• Likas Yaman Award for Environmental

Excellence 2012 – DENR

• Gawad Pagkilala Award 2014 - BFAR

Awards – Mangrove Reforestation Program

Research/Study on the Impacts of

Migratory Birds as predators in the

production of bangus in fishponds

Capability building of LGUs in :

monitoring the growth and survival of

mangroves

Delineation of potential/planting

sites for mangrove planting

Resource mapping

Summary and Recommendation

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