Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)

October 11, 2023 Dear Maria Doninique, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated October 8, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request 1. Distinct categories or List of marine animal and aquatic life species found within the CALABARZON Region 2. Most recent statistics regarding marine animals that have become stranded within the CALABARZON Region 3. Statistics about pollution in marine wildlife in CALABARZON Region Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance BFAR4A does not have the data/information on the no. 1. Furthermore, some of the data/information may be searched online from OpenStats of the Philippines need Statistics Authority at https://openstat.psa.gov.ph. 1. Go to Metadata 2. Click Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries 3. Click Fisheries 4. Search for the data you As for no. 2, you may avail the information from the recently published technical report of Lemnuel Aragones, Alesssandra Nicole Morado and Honey Leen Laggui entitled “Marine Mammal Stranding in the Philippines from 2019 to 2020. The information may be extracted on the pages 43-48 of the said publication which is available @ (PDF) Marine mammal strandings in the Philippines from 2019 to 2020 (researchgate.net) or https://www.researchgate.net. Regarding no 3, Statistics about pollution in marine wildlife in CALABARZON Region, we regret that this is not within our mandate. You may resubmit this particular request for pollution data to the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) on the eFOI portal www.foi.gov.ph. For further assistance, you may review the FAO section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help. 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 Atty. Demosthenes R. Escoto, BFAR National Director. 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 received 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, Juliet S. Bumanglag FOI Officer

October 11, 2023 Dear Maria Doninique, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated October 8, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request 1. Distinct categories or List of marine animal and aquatic life species found within the CALABARZON Region 2. Most recent statistics regarding marine animals that have become stranded within the CALABARZON Region 3. Statistics about pollution in marine wildlife in CALABARZON Region Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance BFAR4A does not have the data/information on the no. 1. Furthermore, some of the data/information may be searched online from OpenStats of the Philippines need Statistics Authority at https://openstat.psa.gov.ph. 1. Go to Metadata 2. Click Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries 3. Click Fisheries 4. Search for the data you As for no. 2, you may avail the information from the recently published technical report of Lemnuel Aragones, Alesssandra Nicole Morado and Honey Leen Laggui entitled “Marine Mammal Stranding in the Philippines from 2019 to 2020. The information may be extracted on the pages 43-48 of the said publication which is available @ (PDF) Marine mammal strandings in the Philippines from 2019 to 2020 (researchgate.net) or https://www.researchgate.net. Regarding no 3, Statistics about pollution in marine wildlife in CALABARZON Region, we regret that this is not within our mandate. You may resubmit this particular request for pollution data to the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) on the eFOI portal www.foi.gov.ph. For further assistance, you may review the FAO section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help. 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 Atty. Demosthenes R. Escoto, BFAR National Director. 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 received 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, Juliet S. Bumanglag FOI Officer

On October 11, 2023, the data requested was successfully accomplished. Thank you. Respectfully, JULIET S BUMANGLAG Region 4a - FOI Officer

On October 11, 2023, the data requested was successfully accomplished. Thank you. Respectfully, JULIET S BUMANGLAG Region 4a - FOI Officer