MARICULTURE PARK IN BADOC

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all….the fish in the sea are valueless to the fisherman because there is no assurance tghat they will be there for him tomorrow if they are left behind today…

The development of Mariculture parks promises to be the answer to the continuing development of fish catch in our marine water that threaten the livelihood of fisherfolks in our coastal communities

That's why the BFAR-RFO1 is aggressively pursuing the project not only for the sake of providing livelihood to the small fisherfolks but also to provide investment opportunities to the small fisherfolks.

BFAR established the first (1st) mariculture parks in Ilocos Norte in 2008, thru the collaboration with the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte , Local Government of Badoc  Timmuyog ti Pagsanahan Multi-Purpose Cooperative consist of 45 small scale fisherfolks.

The Mariculture Park was located in the Poro Island of Badoc which covers 10 hectares.  BFAR started with only two(2)  10x10x7m rope framed caged  as techno-demo cage. This provided by the BFAR RFO1for the 1st culture of grouper and seabass, with the purpose of showcasing the feasibility of raising seabass and grouper in the mariculture zone to encourage investors to do the same however it were not succeed and experience 100% mortality due to low water temperature and adverse water current.

On April 13,2011,5000 pcs of pompano fry with ABW of 1.5 cm in rope framed cage with a survival rate of 50% with a total productionof 518.25kg the attained a weight of 260g that net profit of114,015.00 pesos for four (4) months.

Today the rope framed cage used for seabass and snapper techno-demo with total stock of 1225pcs snapper and 425 seabass ,priced at 250-300 per kilo in the market.

The BFAR-RFO1 provides various facilities such as, first-of-a-kind solar and wind powered system establish in this small island. The power provides light and security to a floating  house equipped with automatic sensor that triggers an alarm every time a treat on a person is detected near the area, an PMU office that serve as one stop information venue in the area of MZP and an outboard motorboat with 25hp engine was provided by the project and it was made feasible in cooperation with the LGU-BADOC as partner in the implementation of the Mariculture Project.

Conduct regular or periodic clearing of the bottom of fish cages, water quality monitoring (DO, pH, salinity, temperature, current velocity); and conduct of periodic inventory of marine organisms in the area.Through this technology, the BFAR and LGU-BADOC hopes to invite more investors to venture into mariculture projects.