Participatory Monitoring of Threats
The Monitoring and Evaluation Plan is a guide in tracking and measuring the status of the marine habitat and its organisms, the threats and likewise the management efforts poured out to the marine park. The Coastal Law Enforcement Team continues writing the logbook and reflect the guarding, patrolling, surveillance, every activity and event happening in the campaign site and periodically summarize or consolidate the logbook entries on a regular basis and submit reports to the Coastal Resource Management Office. The Local Monitoring Team does the regular biophysical assessment, fish catch monitoring, socio-economic and community perception survey. Annually, the ManComm will be assessed using the MEAT by an independent evaluator from outside the campaign site. We will improve the competencies and skills of the members of the ManComm through trainings, constant coaching and mentoring so that they will become efficient in doing these tasks. We will also capacitate some members of the MTWG in data analysis and results presentation so that evaluation results will be presented in such a way that the people in the community could easily understand
Local volunteers to compose the monitoring team including women fisher and wives of fishers in the community. Constant capacitation of the monitoring team through trainings of necessary monitoring tools, cross visits to successful MPA sites and provision of appropriate monitoring equipment. Biophysical assessment is regularly conducted in the PMMP by the Local Monitoring Team. They are also involved in analyzing and presenting the data. Monitoring Results are used by the PMMP ManCom and the LGU to inform management decisions
Fish catch monitoring report is a useful source of information to evaluate the threats and the conservation results. Women have a critical role to perform of Encourage more women (fishers’ wives) to submit monthly report. Give incentives to cooperative family of fishers. Allocation of funds for monitoring must be secured to conduct regularly the necessary monitoring activities in the site. Regular Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an important aspect in managing the Municipal Marine Park since it allows us to keep track on how far we have achieved our conservation goals. Training of second liners to compose the monitoring team is very important to increase the membership and meet the activities related to monitoring Informing the community especially the fishers about the results of the monitoring will inspire them to take part of their roles towards the management of the MPA especially