Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)

May 23, 2023 Dear Mark Valles, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 13, 2023 07:41:01 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Permit to operate for fishpond. Response to Request This is to formally acknowledge your request for information from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. With regard to your request, please be informed that the permit to operate being issued by the DA-BFAR covers only public fishponds and/or Fishpond Lease Agreement (FLA). If this is applicable to you, you may check the following links: https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CC2022.pdf https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FAO-No.-197-1-s.-2012.pdf You may get in touch with the Fisheries Regulatory and Licensing Division at [email protected] for more information on this. Moreover, kindly coordinate with your LGU through their Municipal/City Agriculture Office for the requirements and procedure for securing a permit to operate private fishpond. 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's Office at [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, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer