Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)

August 18, 2023 Dear ROMMEL DELAPENA, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 18, 2023 11:25:31 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for oceanography research center or laboratory in MIMAROPA region. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. However, we regret to inform you that as of this time, we don't have any facility intended for the oceanography research activities. We only have laboratory for the detection of cyanide in fish shipments in major sea and air ports in Palawan. For further inquiries, please visit us in our Office located at Le Grace Building, Barangay Guinobatan, Calapan City from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Thank you! 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 Mr. Luisito M. Manes, DFT/[email protected]. 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. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Region 4b - EMMANUEL H. ASIS, DFT, CESE FOI Receiving Officer