Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)

April 12, 2023 Dear Janin Kathyrine Verame, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 06, 2023 10:18:39 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Planning and Design Guidelines of Fishports. 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, kindly note that the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Fisheries Development Authority is the government agency that manages the major fish ports in the Philippines. To contact the DA-PFDA, you may send a request through their eFOI portal or through the email address of their Public Information Division at [email protected]. As for the types of fishing boat/vessel in the Philippines, kindly see attached file from the DA-BFAR’s Capture Fisheries Division (CFD). For further information on this, you may contact the DA-BFAR CFD through their email address at [email protected]. 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