Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)

January 16, 2019 Dear Sir, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 16, 2018 12:05:09 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Daily Production Data of Fish and Aquatic Products for RIo Tuba, Palawan and Balut Island, Sarangani. Response to Request This is to formally acknowledge your request for information from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. We would like to apologize for not promptly responding to your request.. This is due to some technical gaps we have encountered in securing access to the FOI portal. It is only now that we have been able to access the pending requests sent through the portal. Please rest assured however that we have already initiated measures to address the cause of delay and improve further our services. With regards to your request, the daily production data for Rio Tuba, Palawan and Island Balut in Sarangani, Davao Occidental is not available in the official statistical sources of the Bureau i.e. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA’s data is only limited to the provincial level and only consolidate quarterly. We advise that you coordinate with the Local Government Units of the respective areas if they have a daily production data of fish and aquatic products. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Director of the Bureau. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer