"Next week, representatives of national papers will be here to visit the area. The mariculture park in Panabo City is one of the fastest growing parks in the country today," Campeon said.
He said that there are already 60 to 70 local investors in the area since it started its operations two years ago.
"The park has a total area of 1,000 hectares with 20 units of fishcages stocked with fingerlings," Campeon said, adding that the mariculture park is the biggest in Davao Region. Bfar-11 also developed mariculture parks in Pantukan and the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos).
Campeon said that Bfar-11 will also launch the Mati Mariculture Park on October 16.
"We will launch two units of fishcages in Mati. Actually, there are eight, but we will initially launch two," he said.
From January to September this year, it was learned that a total of 197 metric tons of fish were harvested from the existing mariculture parks in the region.
He said the interest of the fisherfolk in producing more fish was revitalized since Bfar is providing and ensuring them the market.
"The area in Panabo where the mariculture park was established was really suitable for fishcages. Before we set up in the area, we had a technical evaluation with the local government and the result was very satisfactory," Campeon said.
The mariculture park is located in the municipal waters of Barangay Cagangohan, just a few meters away from the Panabo City public market. By bus, Panabo City is just 45 minutes away from Davao City. JGRS
