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Towards Sustainable Tuna
A child plays on the shores of Barangay Sugod in Tiwi, Albay, beside tuna fishing
                            boats docked for the low season. Though tuna season in Lagonoy Gulf lasts for
                            only a few months, mainly from September until about January, fishermen can
                            earn enough from tuna fishing to support themselves throughout the year.
                            Between seasons, they catch other fish or engage in work like construction to
                            earn extra money.




© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program




                                                 Sofronio “Jun” Kallos Jr., a tuna buyer and financier from
                                                 Barangay Sugod in Tiwi, Albay, shows off the scale with which
                                                 he weighs the fishermen’s catch at his ‘casa’ or landing station.
                                                 This ‘casa’ was built in 1998, and was originally just a
                                                 thatched-roof hut. Today, there is a styrofoam storage
                                                 container to keep the fish in ice before it is transported to
                                                 buyers. As a financier, Kallos lends money to fishermen who
                                                 need funds in the off-season—debts which are quickly repaid
                                                 once they begin catching tuna, Kallos assures.
A fish seller chops freshly
                                                 delivered tuna at the market in
                                                 Tabaco, Albay. Like in most
                                                 coastal communities in the
                                                 Coral Triangle, tuna is an
                                                 important and affordable
                                                 protein source and staple food
                                                 in Tiwi, and has been caught in
                                                 the waters of Lagonoy Gulf for
                                                 generations, fishermen recount.




© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program




Vendors arranging the produce at the public market in Tabaco, Albay. Tuna
caught in Lagonoy Gulf is brought to small fish landings in Tiwi and Tabaco
before it is taken to the market or transported to buyers elsewhere. A goal
of the fishery improvement project is to build infrastructure and establish
more efficient delivery systems so the supply can quickly reach exporters
and larger markets, as well.
© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program




Tiwi Municipal Agricultural Officer Leonila Coralde shows off a chart
of the species of tuna caught in Lagonoy Gulf, what she calls “a main
highway for migratory species, including tuna.”Coralde was an agri-
technologist with the local government in 1991, when fishermen
started complaining about dwindling catch. Information campaigns
and regular policing have since helped curb illegal fishing practices in
Tiwi.
© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program




                                                 Tiwi Mayor Jaime Villanueva
                                                 has earned the respect of WWF
                                                 and project partners for his
                                                 active protection of marine
                                                 resources—“even when that’s
                                                 not what politicians usually do
                                                 to win votes,” he says with a
                                                 laugh. Villanueva, who is on his
                                                 last term as Mayor, was a
                                                 municipal councilor when he
                                                 pushed for the establishment of
                                                 Tiwi’s first marine sanctuary.
                                                 Among his first moves after his
                                                 election was to empower the
                                                 sea patrols and get Tiwi’s
                                                 fishermen and their vessels
                                                 registered and licensed.
Jose Condat, “Manoy Joe” to all and sundry, a 64-year-old fisherman from Barangay Putsan
    in Tiwi and a volunteer member of the Bantay Dagat (sea patrol), tends to the patrol boat. A
    fisherman since 1963, he has headed several small fishermen’s associations. During high
    season, the team patrols five days a week, on 24-hour shifts. He sometimes lets first-time
    offenders get off with a warning when they are caught, Manoy Joe reveals, but repeat
    offenders bear the brunt of the law, and cases are filed against them.




© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
A fisherman holds up a juvenile yellow fin tuna
                                                 caught by a commercial fishing vessel. The
                                                 catching of juvenile tuna before they reach
                                                 reproductive age is one of the biggest threats
                                                 to tuna stocks and population health
                                                 worldwide, says Coral Triangle Programme
                                                 Tuna Strategy Leader Jose Ingles. Unrelenting
                                                 demand for tuna has led to such aggressive
                                                 and unsustainable practices that are leaving
                                                 tuna populations with little time to recover
                                                 from the massive fishing.

© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
Fishermen aboard a commercial vessel
          weigh fish caught during a fishing
           expedition to Tiwi, Albay. By law,
   commercial fishing boats have to keep a
 specified distance from the boundaries of
municipal waters, which are the domain of
registered local fishermen. Still, the impact
  of such large-scale fishing operations and
       their more efficient gear on artisanal
     handline fishermen cannot be ignored.




                                                © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
The crew of a commercial fishing boat
                                                 docked off Barangay San Roque in
                                                 Tabaco, Albay deliver their packed and
                                                 weighed catch to the market. Larger
                                                 boats head out to fishing grounds as far
                                                 as Rapu-Rapu Reef and Catanduanes, in
                                                 open sea, to catch tuna. Still, local
                                                 fishermen express concern that since
                                                 tuna are migratory, constantly moving
                                                 species, many fish are caught by the
                                                 bigger boats even before they get to the
                                                 community’s municipal waters.



© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
Fisherman Loreto Bollosa, a
fisherman in Barangay Fatima,
Tabaco, Albay, and his wife Leonilda
have reason to smile, as they built
this concrete house from his
earnings as a tuna fisherman.
Behind the house, the couple
maintains a small piggery to
augment their income off-season.
Bollosa’s earnings have been
enough to send most of their nine
children to school. Now, “It’s the
kids who send us money when we
need it,” Bollosa says. “That’s why I
never wanted any of them to follow
in my footsteps, because fishing is a
hard life.”
                                        © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
A handline fisherman does his solitary work under
the gaze of a lovely Mayon Volcano in Barangay
Sugod, Tiwi, Albay. Tiwi has over 60,000 hectares of
municipal waters and 17,000 kilometers of coastline.
Along with Occidental Mindoro, another Philippine
province, this area, which sits in the rich fishing
grounds of the Lagonoy Gulf, has been identified as a
fisheries development site, to support the work of
handline fishermen.




                                                        © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
© Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program




A fisherman prepares his handline fishing gear in Barangay Sugod, Tiwi,
Albay. Using only a bit of bait (chopped fish, usually smaller tuna) tied to a
weight and a nylon string, handline fishing is a traditional method that
involves catching only one fish at a time. It is widely used by small-scale
fishermen all over the Coral Triangle, as it is both low-impact and
inexpensive.

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Partnership Program Towards Sustainable Tuna

  • 2. A child plays on the shores of Barangay Sugod in Tiwi, Albay, beside tuna fishing boats docked for the low season. Though tuna season in Lagonoy Gulf lasts for only a few months, mainly from September until about January, fishermen can earn enough from tuna fishing to support themselves throughout the year. Between seasons, they catch other fish or engage in work like construction to earn extra money. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 3. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program Sofronio “Jun” Kallos Jr., a tuna buyer and financier from Barangay Sugod in Tiwi, Albay, shows off the scale with which he weighs the fishermen’s catch at his ‘casa’ or landing station. This ‘casa’ was built in 1998, and was originally just a thatched-roof hut. Today, there is a styrofoam storage container to keep the fish in ice before it is transported to buyers. As a financier, Kallos lends money to fishermen who need funds in the off-season—debts which are quickly repaid once they begin catching tuna, Kallos assures.
  • 4. A fish seller chops freshly delivered tuna at the market in Tabaco, Albay. Like in most coastal communities in the Coral Triangle, tuna is an important and affordable protein source and staple food in Tiwi, and has been caught in the waters of Lagonoy Gulf for generations, fishermen recount. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 5. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program Vendors arranging the produce at the public market in Tabaco, Albay. Tuna caught in Lagonoy Gulf is brought to small fish landings in Tiwi and Tabaco before it is taken to the market or transported to buyers elsewhere. A goal of the fishery improvement project is to build infrastructure and establish more efficient delivery systems so the supply can quickly reach exporters and larger markets, as well.
  • 6. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program Tiwi Municipal Agricultural Officer Leonila Coralde shows off a chart of the species of tuna caught in Lagonoy Gulf, what she calls “a main highway for migratory species, including tuna.”Coralde was an agri- technologist with the local government in 1991, when fishermen started complaining about dwindling catch. Information campaigns and regular policing have since helped curb illegal fishing practices in Tiwi.
  • 7. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program Tiwi Mayor Jaime Villanueva has earned the respect of WWF and project partners for his active protection of marine resources—“even when that’s not what politicians usually do to win votes,” he says with a laugh. Villanueva, who is on his last term as Mayor, was a municipal councilor when he pushed for the establishment of Tiwi’s first marine sanctuary. Among his first moves after his election was to empower the sea patrols and get Tiwi’s fishermen and their vessels registered and licensed.
  • 8. Jose Condat, “Manoy Joe” to all and sundry, a 64-year-old fisherman from Barangay Putsan in Tiwi and a volunteer member of the Bantay Dagat (sea patrol), tends to the patrol boat. A fisherman since 1963, he has headed several small fishermen’s associations. During high season, the team patrols five days a week, on 24-hour shifts. He sometimes lets first-time offenders get off with a warning when they are caught, Manoy Joe reveals, but repeat offenders bear the brunt of the law, and cases are filed against them. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 9. A fisherman holds up a juvenile yellow fin tuna caught by a commercial fishing vessel. The catching of juvenile tuna before they reach reproductive age is one of the biggest threats to tuna stocks and population health worldwide, says Coral Triangle Programme Tuna Strategy Leader Jose Ingles. Unrelenting demand for tuna has led to such aggressive and unsustainable practices that are leaving tuna populations with little time to recover from the massive fishing. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 10. Fishermen aboard a commercial vessel weigh fish caught during a fishing expedition to Tiwi, Albay. By law, commercial fishing boats have to keep a specified distance from the boundaries of municipal waters, which are the domain of registered local fishermen. Still, the impact of such large-scale fishing operations and their more efficient gear on artisanal handline fishermen cannot be ignored. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 11. The crew of a commercial fishing boat docked off Barangay San Roque in Tabaco, Albay deliver their packed and weighed catch to the market. Larger boats head out to fishing grounds as far as Rapu-Rapu Reef and Catanduanes, in open sea, to catch tuna. Still, local fishermen express concern that since tuna are migratory, constantly moving species, many fish are caught by the bigger boats even before they get to the community’s municipal waters. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 12. Fisherman Loreto Bollosa, a fisherman in Barangay Fatima, Tabaco, Albay, and his wife Leonilda have reason to smile, as they built this concrete house from his earnings as a tuna fisherman. Behind the house, the couple maintains a small piggery to augment their income off-season. Bollosa’s earnings have been enough to send most of their nine children to school. Now, “It’s the kids who send us money when we need it,” Bollosa says. “That’s why I never wanted any of them to follow in my footsteps, because fishing is a hard life.” © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 13. A handline fisherman does his solitary work under the gaze of a lovely Mayon Volcano in Barangay Sugod, Tiwi, Albay. Tiwi has over 60,000 hectares of municipal waters and 17,000 kilometers of coastline. Along with Occidental Mindoro, another Philippine province, this area, which sits in the rich fishing grounds of the Lagonoy Gulf, has been identified as a fisheries development site, to support the work of handline fishermen. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program
  • 14. © Alanah Torralba / WWF Coral Triangle Program A fisherman prepares his handline fishing gear in Barangay Sugod, Tiwi, Albay. Using only a bit of bait (chopped fish, usually smaller tuna) tied to a weight and a nylon string, handline fishing is a traditional method that involves catching only one fish at a time. It is widely used by small-scale fishermen all over the Coral Triangle, as it is both low-impact and inexpensive.