{"id":221618,"date":"2019-07-05T20:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T00:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221618"},"modified":"2019-07-05T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T00:36:31","slug":"floating-solar-farms-as-payaos-pinol-wants-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/05\/floating-solar-farms-as-payaos-pinol-wants-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating solar farms as payaos? Pi\u00f1ol wants to know"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: A floating solar power device in Magat Dam (Photo courtesy of SN Aboitiz via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DAVAO CITY<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol on Friday said he wanted to know if the floating solar farms developed by power company, SN Aboitiz, could also be used as fish aggregating devices or\u00a0payaos<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol said that while the main purpose of the floating solar power farms, which SN Aboitiz Power had initially put up in Magat Dam in Ramon, Isabela, is to provide power for small communities, he also wanted to know if these can be used to increase fishermen’s catch.<\/p>\n

He said a meeting involving the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and SN Aboitiz Power will take place on Monday (July 8, 2019) for the solar power project to provide power to isolated fishing communities, especially those on the islands.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan the floating solar farms also serve as a Fish Aggregating Device or ‘Payao’<\/em>\u00a0to increase fishermen’s catch?,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol asked.<\/p>\n

He said\u00a0payao<\/em>s are the traditional method of providing an artificial haven that fishermen use to attract small fish species that big fish prey on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in the ‘payao’<\/em>\u00a0where local fishermen using handlines catch high-value fish like Tuna, Malasugue and others attracted by the small species,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n

He said if this would also be viable as a form of\u00a0paya<\/em>o, the DA would be saving on expenses.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol said currently, the BFAR spends about PHP250,000 for each\u00a0payao<\/em>. It has so far deployed about 1,000 units in fishing communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Floating Solar Farms-cum-“Payao<\/em>” could be very useful in island-provinces like Siquijor, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and other isolated fishing islands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol said he also directed Agriculture Undersecretary Eduardo Gongona, the BFAR National Executive Director, to form a technical team to determine if the floating solar farms could run ice-making equipment and cold storage facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will provide an immediate solution to the problem of fishermen who live on remote and isolated islands, who have been asking for ice-making facilities so they could bring their catch to the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol said he was looking at establishing the first floating solar power devices in Tawi-Tawi or Sulu \u201cif proven viable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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