Ayoke Island Marine Protected Area Sitio Ayoke, Brgy General Island, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

Geographical Location Para el MAR 2011  Cantilan is located in the northeastern part of Mindanao; bounded on the north by the Pacific Ocean; located on 9° 11’ - 9° 26’ latitudes and 125° 39’ - 126° 04’ longitudes.  Ayoke MPA will be reach in 45 min to 1 hr by boat.

Description Legal Basis: Municipal Ordinance No. 16 series of 2005 Size of MPA: Core Zone: 23 Hectares Buffer Zone 1: 9 Hectares Buffer Zone 2: 10 hectares Habitat: Coral reef area Management: Name of OrganizationFunctions LGU – CantilanFinancial; logistics and technical support General Island Barangay CouncilLogistic support Nagkahiusang Mananagat Alang sa Kalambuan Nan Ayoke “NAGMAKAAYO” Day to day management; logistic Para el MAR 2011

Noteworthy Flora and Fauna Para el MAR 2011 Chaetodon reticulatus Chaetodon reticulatus is only found in Ayoke MPA within the Lanuza Bay Area

Para el MAR 2011 Flora and Fauna

Management Practices  Governance  Management by Community/PO (MOA between LGU and PO)  Monthly meeting (PO)  Adopted Management Plan  Monthly coastal clean-up  2, monthly incentives (PO)  2 members responsible for the maintenance of marker post  Monthly due  Annual Budget for CFRM is 125,00.00  Enforcement  Guardhouse and maintenance  24/7 patrolling and guarding  MPA logistics (binoculars, life jackets, search lights,etc.)  Logbook of duty  10 DFW members of NAGMAKAAYO  4 members per group per duty (during night time whole family members participate)  Insurance  Established penalties (i.e. violating members are penalized by disqualifying them to be the member of the PO Para el MAR 2011

Management Practices  IEC  Billboard support by DED  Pulong pulong  Monitoring and Evaluation  Biophysical Surveys  10 members of Local MPA Monitoring Team (2 open water divers; 4PO members ; 1 Brgy Tanod; sitio sec; women and youth representative)  MEAT/ECOGOV CCEF rating  Socio-economic monitoring (baseline done by rare through KAP Survey) Para el MAR 2011

Benefits /Impacts Benefits:  Easy to catch fish compared before (FGD)  Presence of scad is most observed in front of ayoke island (FGD) Impacts:  Coral cover and fish abundance increases from , but decline in (fig. 1&2) by FISH Project  Increasing awareness building, institutionalization of the CRM Program in the LGU  Decrease in violations from 13 infringement in 2005 to 2 in 2010 (FGD & police blotters) Awards / Grants:  Special Access Fund from Fish Project – Establishment of Guardhouse  Due to the good implementation from the previous project a Solar Panel Light was awarded to Ayoke Residents – (71 households)  Gill net from BFAR – Caraga Para el MAR 2011

Other Details 1.Ayoke MPA is an active member to NAMANA KA MPA (MPA alliance in LBDA) 2.Researchers from UP – MSI 3.Social Marketing Program in partnership with Rare 4.Visitors from Club Penguin Para el MAR 2011

Partner Agencies / Organization Para el MAR 2011 Name of Organization / Agencies YearSupport / Activities LGU – CantilanLogistics; Financial; technical CBRMP1998 – 2000Logistics; tree planting at General Island LGSP Trainings FISH Project2004 – 2010Financial, training; logistics, technical LBDA – DED (Lanuza Bay Development Alliance) Training, logistic, technical APREDEC (Advocates for Policy Reform and Development in Caraga, Inc) 2007 – presentLegal assistance BFAR – Caraga Region 2007Fishing gear; Marker buoys PFARO – Tandag2008Marker Buoys Tambuyog, Inc.2009 – presentTraining, logistics

Issues and Concerns / Threats 1.Intrusion of compressor fishing with cyanide from neighboring barangay and municipalities especially during northeast monsoon 2.Siltation from unsustainable forest, upland and agricultural areas including mining 3.Encroachment of commercial fishing within the municipal water 4.Occasional encroachment to the MPAs by fishers from neighboring LGUs 5.Access to guardhouse during northeast monsoon Para el MAR 2011

Recommendations Livelihood development both alternative and MPA-based (i.e. user’s fee system, preferential rights on the use of controlled fishing in the buffer zones Increase membership of the PO (including youth) Implementation of Management Plan and Policies Intensive Campaigns using Rare Pride Campaign strategies to enhance and sustain community buy ins Para el MAR 2011

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