(File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed three laws establishing, under the supervision of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture (BFAR-DA), multispecies marine hatcheries in the provinces of Palawan, Iloilo, and Dinagat Islands. Republic Act 11734 establishes a central multispecies marine hatchery in the city environmental estate in Barangay Sta. Lucia, Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Under the law, the BFAR-DA must transfer the management of the central multispecies marine hatchery to the Western Philippines University (WPU) within five years after its construction through a memorandum of agreement (MOA). With the assistance of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Division, the BFAR-DA must implement a training and phasing-in program for WPU personnel on the management and operation of the central hatchery. Duterte also signed RA 11735, which establishes a satellite multispecies marine hatchery in the mun