“About 80% of aquaculture ditoy probinsiya, washout… totally” – BFAR- Kalinga Prov’l Director Docyugen

Tabuk City, Kalinga – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) - Kalinga, under Provincial Director Joyce Docyugen, reported that the Province of Kalinga incurred more than P9 million worth of damage to aquaculture, with 355 individuals affected as of November 19, 2025.

“Nu kitan tayo diay extent ti damage ket about 80 per cent of aquaculture ditoy probinsiya, washout. Ado dagiti totally damaged. Mano laeng dagiti nakapagharvest kadagiti fisherfolks tayo,” said Docyugen during an interview with Guru Press Cordillera on Wednesday.

According to the BFAR-Kalinga provincial Director, more than P6 million of losses came from damaged ponds and aquaculture facilities. While more than P3 million in losses were attributed to affected aquaculture stocks, including both juvenile and harvestable fish.

Said damage report covers both BFAR’s special and regular projects. Under the special projects are the SAAD program and the heirloom rice–loach production. For regular projects, losses were recorded in technology demonstration sites, including rice–fish culture and fishpond culture operations.

On the other hand, Docyugen said that fishponds not affected or washed out by the typhoon are ready for harvest, adding that they will provide supply of needed stocks for the next season to those who are ready to grow fish again.

Docyugen reminded fisher folks that in times of Typhoon or drought they should collect and harvest to sell or to store them before they happen, saying they should have learned by now what they ought to do.

“Kadakayu amin nga fisherfolk tayo, nag labasen ti manu nga bagyo kanyatayu and then we experience yung droughts at tsaka susunod na yung typhoon na ganito. These are the challenges in fish production, not only in fish production but also in farming activities. By this time, we already learn from past experiences we learn how to be resilient. When we say there is typhoon, we collect, we harvest what we could harvest and then sell them and store them, para sa pagkain natin,” said Docyugen.

In the latest report, as of November 20, 2025, the Municipality of Pasil recorded the highest aquaculture losses, with more than P2 million worth of damage.