Fisheries and aquaculture private stakeholders and government sector concerning the industry joined the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in a video conference to discuss issues confronting the fishery and aquaculture sector amid COVID-19.
Some of the topics discussed were:
1. Challenges of the sector amid the pandemic on:
> Municipal capture fisheries
> Commercial capture fisheries
> Aquaculture
> Processors
> Importers and Exporters
2. Government interventions during the ECQ discussed by DA-BFAR
3. Fisheries and Aquaculture recovery plan on:
> Strategies to be continued and changed under the “new normal”
> Recommendations for the recovery of the fisheries and aquaculture sector
4. Value creating opportunity of DA CSO accreditation
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