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Rameshwaram - green waters - fishing communities - change under the surface
of sea - transformation in ecosystem, economics and food culture - cultivation of
sea weed by villagers - collection of natural, wild seaweed - traditional remedy in
Indian folk medicine - seaweed culture useful as sustainable food source-fights
climate change - India as a global model in seaweed culture
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It took fisherman Angelino Rebintinola at least two trips of cyanide fishing in the South China Sea to realize that what he had earned from this illegal activity was not worth the destruction it brought to the marine ecosystem.
“I joined illegal fishing activities back in the 1980s,” Rebintinola, 56, of Barangay (village) Tagburos in Puerto Princesa City, said in an interview with journalists in April.
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He said he was with a group of Chinese fishermen who were into cyanide fishing in the South China Sea. “But after two or three trips, I realized it’s not good for the environment,” he said.
In 2009, through a project that sought to remedy the depletion and destruction of marine resources in the country, Rebintinola discovered a more earth-friendly way to earn a living—cultivating seaweeds.
At present, Rebintinola is the project manager of the Pandan Island Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PIMPC), one of the top producers of seaweed in Puerto Princesa.
Income diversification
Seaweed farming is one of the “income diversification” components of the Fisheries Resource Management Project (FRMP) in the Philippines funded in part by Asian Development Bank (ADB), with the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources serving as executing and implementing agencies.
The project aims to lessen the coastal communities’ reliance on fishing by promoting alternative—and more profitable—livelihoods. Aside from promoting seaweed farming, the FRMP has established protected areas such as fish sanctuaries, which checked coral destruction and enhanced marine life.
It also helps communities to venture into other small businesses, such as crab fattening, fish-pen culture and piggeries.
Members of the PIMPC said cultivating seaweed was more profitable than fishing because of the big demand for this marine resource. Seaweed, a type of algae, is used in manufacturing a variety of food and nonfood products, including ice cream, noodles and vitamin capsules.
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