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BBBRMCI or Banate-Barotac Bay Resource Management Council, Inc. has been around for the last 14 years in Iloilo, Philippines promoting and implementing Coastal Resource Management among the four municipalities of Anilao, Banate, Barotac Nuevo and Barotac Viejo. contact us at bbbrmci@yahoo.com

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Yokohama National University Students Visited BBBRMCI area










Some 24 graduate students from Yokohama National University visited Tinori-an River and the Oyster Culture Project initiated by Tinorian Small Fishermen Association and BBBRMCI. This project was a recipient of the JICA assistance in 2008-2010. Together with their Professors and counterpart institution which is UST, they got to see how oysters were cultured and harvested.

The students from came from different countries namely; Myanmar, Zembabwe, Japan, China, Kyrgyz, Mongolia, Bangladesh Ethioppia and the Philippines.

On board the BBBRMCI Monitoring Boat, the group arrived in Banate early morning of February 27, 2012 and had a cruise along Tinori-an River. Of course, some have not resisted the taste of fresh oysters, freshly harvested from bamboo rafts and stakes. The tour was facilitated by BBBRMCI staff with the recommendation from JICA Philippines office.

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