EVALUATION

3.2 SITE SELECTION CRITERIA
Four MKBAs were pre-selected from among the eight ECOFISH Project sites based on the
criteria (i.e., former FISH Project sites vs. new sites, resource rent condition, and extent of the
project support on establishing social enterprises) stipulated in the SOW (Annex I):
Danajon Reef (DR) in Bohol province,
Verde Island Passage (VIP) in Batangas province,
South Negros (SN) in Negros Oriental province, and
Calamianes Group of Islands (CIG) in Palawan
In addition, the presence of operational marine protected area (MPA) with biophysical baseline
information generated by the project at the start of implementation in 2013 was considered as
a key criterion in site selection.
Based on these criteria, three municipalities with operational MPAs were selected per MKBA,
except in South Negros MKBA where only the municipality of Siaton was included in the MPE
due to the absence of extensive coral reefs in the region (Table 2). The geologic structure of
the region with a very steep slope prevents the development of a coral reef area. Only the
municipality of Siaton has a sloping bathymetry that allows reef development. Thus, the selected
three barangays with operational MPAs were all situated in the municipality of Siaton.
Table 2: Four MKBAs and the Municipalities and Barangays with MPAs Included in the MPE
MKBA Municipality Barangays with MPAs
Verde Island Passage (VIP) Calatagan 1. Bagong Silang
Mabini
2. San Teodoro-Twin Rocks
Tingloy
3. Sto. Tomas-Pulang Buli
Danajon Reef (DR) Getafe 4. Nasingan
Inabanga
5. Cuaming
Tubigon
6. Pangapasan
Calamianes Island Group (CIG) Coron 7. Siete Pecados
Culion
8. Bugor
Busuanga
9. Royukon-Sagrado
South Negros (SN) Siaton 10. Tambobo
11. Salag-Maloh
12. Andulay Siit
3.3 DATA COLLECTION METHODS
A review of documents gathered during the inception phase guided the MPE team in choosing
the most efficient and suitable methods of gathering information within the limited time allotted
for the evaluation. Four methods were agreed with USAID/Philippines for the data collection:
(1) key informant interview (KII), (2) focus group discussion (FGD), (3) secondary data review
(SDR), and (4) documents verification on site (DVS). A desk review of secondary data was
completed as an initial contractual deliverable (Annex II) which helped the team to identify
data gaps for collection during the MPE to achieve the three evaluation objectives.
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