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G o v e r n a n c e Legislation 007 Administration and monitoring of compliance to legislation Description This indicator reports the various types and frequency of inspections conducted in the area to determine compliance with coastal policies and legislation. It further looks into the effectiveness of enforcement of legislation. Rationale The available capacity within government to enforce laws and ensure compliance with coastal policy and regulations is paramount to successful implementation of ICM programs. The effective management of illegal and uncontrolled activities taking place along the coast and in coastal waters is an important step in addressing and minimizing unsustainable practices. Data Requirements • Environmental compliance monitoring/inspection programs (e.g., market inspections for fishery violations; aquaculture; manufacturing, coastal polluting and coastal tourism establishments, ports and water transportation) • Frequency of environmental compliance monitoring/ inspection including coastal patrols Results The compliance monitoring, inspection and enforcement of coastal regulations and policy is neither systematic nor coordinated across the province. The frequency of inspection and/or monitoring varies from the type of activity being monitored and from one municipality to another. Fish market inspections are being conducted daily in Mabini, once a month in Lobo, and seasonally in Calatagan while no fish market inspections were reported in Calaca and Balayan. In 2006, 431 fish inspections were conducted in Batangas City. Most municipalities do not have regular aquaculture inspections but conduct such when the need arises (i.e., when there are complaints). Only six municipalities report that they conduct inspections of coastal tourism establishments on a monthly (Mabini, Calatagan), quarterly (Nasugbu, Bauan) and annual (Tingloy, Calaca) basis. Ports and water transportation inspections on the other hand are being conducted quarterly in Bauan, twice a year in Batangas City and annually in Calaca. Inspections of other coastal polluting establishments varies by 34 State of the Coasts of Batangas Province
G O V E R N A N C E Table 2. Coastal patrol status from April 2006 – February 2007. Municipality Number of Patrol Days Lobo 25 N/A Mabini 75 26 3 Tingloy 82 13 Out of court settlement 9 Balayan 40 6 0 Calatagan 845 12 3 N/A Nasugbu 42 22 8 N/A Total 1,109 79 14 9 Source: Trono and Gutierrez, 2007. municipality from monthly (Balayan), quarterly (Tingloy, Bauan), twice a year (Batangas City), annually (Nasugbu), or only when there are complaints (Mabini). Mabini reported daily coastal patrols for illegal activities, while other municipalities vary from twice a week (Batangas City), 12 times a month (Tingloy), twice a month (Lobo), to depending on availability of funds for fuel (Nasugbu). From April 2006 to February 2007, a total of 1,109 coastal patrols were reported for six municipalities (Table 2; Trono and Gutierrez, 2007). Compliance inspections of industries are being undertaken quarterly by the Multipartite Monitoring Teams (MMTs). Number of Illegal Fishers Apprehended Number of Cases Filed Number of Divers Apprehended N/A A total of 229 mining and quarrying permits were issued from 1996 to 2007 (Figure 5). In 2006, 232 manufacturing establishments were recorded in the province. No information was gathered with respect to the number of discharge permits issued in the province. For the regulation of the development of fishponds in the coastal environment, 16 fishpond lease agreements (FLAs) were duly issued by the Department of Agriculture since 1973 to present and covering about 161.64 ha. The highest number of FLAs were issued in 1995 (7 FLAs; 26 ha) but the largest area coverage were issued in 1987 (2 FLAs; 71 ha) (Figure 6; BFAR IV-A, 2007). Legislation Administration and monitoring of compliance to legislation Figure 5. Number of mining permits issued from 1996–2007. State of the Coasts of Batangas Province 35
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