DAMAGED. A fishing boat in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras was damaged by Typhoon Odette. As of Jan. 10, 2022, the Fisheries Damage and Loss Assessment Report of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on the fishery sector reached PHP782 million.(Photo courtesy of BFAR Western Visayas) ILOILO CITY - The fishery sector in Western Visayas has incurred around PHP782 million worth of damage and losses due to Typhoon Odette affecting 6,745 fisherfolks in the region. "The effect of 'Odette' is on aquaculture, especially in Negros and Guimaras and other small scale commercial and municipal fisherfolks," Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director for Western Visayas Remia Aparri said in an interview Friday. The Fisheries Damage and Loss Assessment Report of BFAR as of Jan. 10 showed that Negros Occidental has incurred the highest damage at PHP467.72 million followed by Guimaras with PHP167. 37 million, Iloilo has PHP80.34 million, Antique with P
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Submitting Production Losses for Disaster Declarations
Farmers and ranchers know all too well that natural disasters can be a common, and likely a costly, variable to their operation. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has emergency assistance programs to provide assistance when disasters strike, and for some of those programs, a disaster designation may be the eligibility trigger. When natural disaster occurs, there is a process for requesting a USDA Secretarial disaster designation for a county. You can play a vital role in this process.
If you have experienced a production loss as a result of a natural disaster, you may submit a request to your local FSA county office for your county to be evaluated for a Secretarial disaster designation. Once a request is received, the county office will collect disaster data and create a Loss Assessment Report. The County Emergency Board will review the Loss Assessment Report and determine if a recommendation is sent forward to the U.S. Secretary o