10th CFLC fish 'bagsakan' 

opens at Mercado de Loon

TAGBILARAN CITY, November 15, 2017 (PIA)--The tenth of the 14 Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLC) which the local officials think would help bring down the price of fish, opens behind the newly established Mercado de Loon, in Cogon Norte Loon, Bohol, November 14. 

A project of the national government through the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and presented as incentive to local governments which adopt better implementation of fishery resource management policies, the CFLC manifests the government's unwavering support to provide fishery-related facilities and services. 

In his message, Loon Mayor Elvi Peter Relampagos revealed that indeed, Loon was among the first 100 towns which first finished the Fish'r Survey which the national government mandated for LGUS. 

DA BFAR 7 Regional Director Allan L. Poquita pointed out that the facility, is envisioned to increase productivity for food security through self sufficiency, socio-economic uplift-ment and global competitiveness. 

Director Poquita in an interview said 14 of Bohol's coastal towns picked 8 CFLCs in 2016 and another 6 in 2017 and Loon's marine resource bagsakan hub is the third center opened this year, after Getafe and Talibon. 

The CFLC, he said may also be used as meeting venue, training center, social gathering hub, calamity and disaster evacuation center in an all in one two storey building with spacious roofdeck. 

Also included in the BFAR package for the town are three stainless steel display tables and a chest freezer, according to the BFAR regional director who claims he is also a son of Loon owing to his mother as a native of Cabilao Island.

He added that if the town coordinates well with the Department of Interior and local Government, the proposed fish processing facility could be built beside the new facility. 

Mayor Relampagos said fishers from the 32 barangays of the town's 67 barangays can bring in their catch to the CFLC, while using the facility to enrich their skills in fishery-related capacities. 

He also called his people to unite which can lead them to inclusive growth along with the provincial and national government's development goals. 

Earlier, Loon parish priest Ruel Tumangday lad the blessings of the facility. 

Governor Edgar Chatto, Representative Rene Relampagos, Board Member Ricky Masamayor, BFAR Poquita, Bohol Fishery Officer Leo Bongalos, town legislators and barangay chairmen also attended the blessing and turn-over of the facility. 

The blessing of the new fish landing facility came a little over two months after the town also opened the P78 million new Mercado de Loon. 

A string earthquake toppled the old town market and the government environment bureau did not clear the planned rebuilding of the facility on its previous site. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)

Bohol officials joined BFAR 7 RD Allan Poquita in turning over the P2.6 million Community Fish Landing Center in Loon as the facility opens to fishers from Loon's coastal barangays. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)