COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT and FISH CATCH MONITORING SYSTEM﻿

This study designed and developed a Coastal Resource Management and Fish Catch Monitoring System for Northern Negros Aquatic Resources Management and Advisory Council (NNARMAC). It specifically examined the quality of the developed software based on McCall’s Software Quality Model. It also determined the level of system acceptability based on the required application functionality, provided a fast easy way to store raw fish catch data, and generated a report that shows statistics of fish catch data monthly and annually. The system is connected to the NNARMAC Website which enables the user to post updates and news about their Coastal Area. The research process from conducting a preliminary survey to initial design until the developed system underwent evaluations, reviews, and updates. Findings revealed that the developed system has passed all the criteria based on McCall’s software quality model. It is concluded that the system is highly acceptable by the end-users and provides a fast and easy way to monitor the fish catch data.

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The coastal resource management program: Its impact to the coastal municipalities of Davao Del SUR

UIC Research Journal ◽

10.17158/528 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dario N. Morastil

Keyword(s):

Resource Management ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Management Program ◽

Primary Data ◽

Coastal Resource Management ◽

Marine Habitat ◽

Annual Fish ◽

Coastal Resource ◽

Fish Catch ◽

The Impact

<p>Coastal Resource Management Program (CRMP), which has been created to teach people to rehabilitate and preserve coastal and marine resources, needs to be evaluated in terms of its stated and realized goals involving principal stakeholders. Thus, this study assessed the impact of CRMP on the selected coastal municipalities of Davao del Sur. For the primary data, the researcher used descriptive design utilizing 5-point Likert-scaled survey questionnaires distributed to 581 respondents chosen randomly. The sources of secondary data were the local offices of the municipalities covered in the study. Employing paired t-test as statistical measure, findings revealed an uneven impact of CRMP on the coastal municipalities. Although the program increased the level of awareness of fisher folks on conservation and rehabilitation of marine habitat increased the mangrove areas managed and planted, established fish sanctuaries, and increased annual fish catch. The program failed to increase budget allocation of Local Government Units (LGU) for coastal resource management. Also, the CRMP intervention had no favorable impact on average fish catch per day per fisherman, and did not improve coral reef cover in the selected municipalities. Lastly, the CRMP intervention was not able to establish a favorable impact on alternative livelihood. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Coastal resource management, coastal municipalities, survey, LGUs, impact, Davao del Sur, Philippines.</p><div> </div>

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