Talim Bay Coastal Resources Management Project

            The  Lian Fisherfolk Association, Inc.  (LFAI),  on behalf of the  Talim bay community spent most of the remaining quarter of 2016 on efforts that supported the livelihood of member fishers while remaining steadfast in helping conserve, protect and promote  the sustainable utilization of the bay’s resources.

            The fishing community sustains their mangrove reforestation project while observing their “marine protected area”  to preserve the coastal ecosystem.   LFAI reports an additional 4,050 Kalapinay-Avicena mangroves planted  in Lian,  Batangas for the period covering October 15, 2015 to October 15, 2016 through  private and public partner organizations  and / or  sponsors.

            The Talim bay conservation efforts provide people with opportunities to give their share to environmental protection and conservation.  The fishing community  of  Talim bay has  served  various public and  private institutions This improvement of  the  shower facility including  academes such as the  DLSU - Center for Social Concern and Action  in the  institutional  formation  of its students and faculty.  The  various  mangrove and  reef  appreciation   activities has, at the same  time been  recognized  to  have  provided supplemental and alternative  source of livelihood  for the local fishers.  After  the  conduct  of  mangrove and reef appreciation activities however, guests would raise concerns on   lack of  shower  facility, thus  the   construction  of  simple shower facilities.   

            Recognizing  both the  need  to improve  the  community’s  shower  facility  and  the  additional  income  that  these reef and mangrove appreciation  activities  provide  to  the  households  of  local fishers,  LFAI,  through its  member  fishers collaborated in the construction of  simple shower facilities in Sitio Kay Reyna, Lumaniag, Lian, Batangas.