Challenge 06: Increase community resilience to ocean hazards
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Ocean Decade
Challenge 06:
Increase community resilience to ocean hazards
Enhance multi-hazard early warning services for all geophysical, ecological, biological, weather, climate and anthropogenic related ocean and coastal hazards, and mainstream community preparedness and resilience.
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- Status of maritime education in the PhilippinesAlcala, Angel C. (Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD), 2002)The problems and issues of maritime education in the Philippines and the responses of CHED to these problems and issues are discussed. It is important that the quality of the academic and skills training of our seafarers be improved to meet the world’s standards in order to maintain our competitive edge in the global market and to ensure that the Philippines is included in the International Maritime Organization’s "white list”. CHED has formulated strategies, policies and standards toward this end.
- Improvement and technology transfer of the Parañaque-type solar salt making technology for industrial salt productionDominguez, Leonora G. (Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, 2002)A study on the improvement of the Parahaque type solar salt making technology was undertaken to develop and establish a practical, inexpensive and effective method of producing high quality salt. As an initial step, a survey was conducted by the Chemical Research Department (now CMD) of NIST (now ITDI) on the prevailing practices and status of the existing solar salt making technology in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. Interviews with salt workers and salt work owners including local officials were conducted. Assessments of local saltworks and salt making practices were made; problems of the industry were identified and areas for technology innovation and/or improvement were determined. Samples of solar salt products were taken for analysis. Recommendations were made and subsequently appropriate actions were taken to help promote the improvement and development of the local solar salt making industry. For two successive salt making seasons, a team of NIST researchers introduced and applied the scientific method for solar salt making in a typical one-hectare saltwork located in Bacoor, Cavite. Appropriate brine management and process control measures were devised and eventually practical experience was acquired. Data were gathered for assessment. The salt products as analyzed meet the specifications for industrial grade salt. Encouraged by the results obtained from the two demonstration saltworks, the improved solar salt making technology was subsequently applied during three successive salt making seasons in five privately owned saltworks as a technology transfer and joint R&D undertaking. This application of the ITDI technology was done side by side with the traditional salt making process of the respective saltworks. Production data gathered from both technologies were compared; representative samples of both crude and ITDI salt products were analyzed and the quality compared. The Parañaque type solar salt making technology can be improved to produce industrial grade salt through the application of the ITDI improved method. As shown from the results of the experiments which were done in comparison with the traditional method on a one to one crystallizer basis, the salt yield can be more than doubled; and since the product is of high quality and meets the requirements for industrial salt, its selling price can be 3 to 4 times higher compared to the traditional crude solar salt product. Consequently, the income that can be derived using the ITDI improved technology can possibly be increased by 6 to 8 times.
- The Philippine shipbuilding and ship repair industry situation report 1997Maritime Industry Authority (Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, 2002)This report presents a comprehensive overview of the Philippine shipbuilding and ship repair (SBSR) industry as of 1997, prepared by the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). As an archipelagic nation dependent on maritime transport for 95% of its cargo and passenger movement, the Philippines requires a strong SBSR sector to support its domestic and international fleet. The report details the industry’s profile, including 253 licensed enterprises with facilities concentrated in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and a workforce of nearly 35,000 skilled and technical personnel. It highlights the dominance of foreign-assisted large shipyards, the rise of ship construction for both domestic use and export, and the central role of ship repair activities due to regulatory requirements and regional demand. Issues such as low local demand for newbuildings, reliance on imported secondhand ships, inadequate ancillary industries, outdated facilities, and manpower challenges are discussed. Government policies, investment incentives, and private sector initiatives are outlined to address these constraints. Finally, the report emphasizes growth prospects in shipbuilding, repair, and shipbreaking, underscoring the industry’s potential to achieve international competitiveness through modernization, foreign partnerships, and research and development.
- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 204: Series of 2000. Restricting the use of superlights in fishing.(Department of Agriculture, 2000-08-14)
- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 201: Series of 2000. Ban on fishing with active gear.(Department of Agriculture, 2000-08-14)