Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency Project

About this project

The project area would include the coastal and municipal water of FMAs 6 and FMA 9, of the twelve FMAs established through Fishery Administrative Order (FAO) 263 (January 2019). These two FMAs were selected through a two-stage, multi-stakeholder selection processwith the following criteria: (i) level of vulnerability to natural and manmade threats, (ii) status of fisheries resources, (iii) access to sustainable- and resilient-investment opportunities, (iv) contribution of fisheries production to the national economy; and (v) institutional capacity. The project will target capture fisheries of most importance to municipal fishers, particularly demersal and small pelagic species. Implementation of management measures will focus on municipal waters within 15 km from the shoreline. Combined, the two FMAs cover 11 regions and 24 provinces. FMA 6 comprises major fishing grounds around the northwest coast of Luzon, including Pagudpud Bay, Lingayen Gulf, Subic Bay, Manila Bay, and Lubang Island. Within FMA 6, all project interventions will be limited to coastal waters of up to a few hundred meters depth where these species are found. These areas can extend marginally beyond the 15 km limit of the Municipal Waters of FMA 6, typically to around 20 to 30 nautical miles (nm) and in all cases no more than 50 nm from the shore. Any isolated deep ocean sea mounts are excluded from the project area. FMA 9 encompasses fishing grounds in archipelagic waters between the Visayas and Mindanao, i…

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World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Philippines

Sectors

Fishery developmentMulti-hazard response preparednessFishing policy and administrative management

Places

Visayan Islands, Subic Bay, Sogod Bay, Pasaleng Bay, Panguil Bay, Pagudpud, Nasugbu Bay, Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao, Manila Bay and 15 more

Funded by

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Implemented by

Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Accountable

The Republic of the Philippines

Passes funds through

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P174137.

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