INDICATOR 14.5.
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Maintaining a local ecosystem
NEMSU Sustainability Policy.pdf14.5.1. Minimizing Alteration of Aquatic Ecosystems (Plan)
NEMSUโS PLAN TO MINIMIZE ALTERATION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
NEMSUโS PLAN TO MINIMIZE ALTERATION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
In line with its commitment to environmental stewardship, North Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU) has established a comprehensive plan to minimize physical, chemical, and biological alterations of aquatic ecosystems under its Sustainability Policy, particularly Strategic Pillar IV: Climate-Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (p. 8).
This strategic pillar underscores NEMSUโs dedication to preserving aquatic biodiversity, maintaining ecological balance, and promoting sustainable resource use across its campuses and partner communities. The plan integrates scientific research, ecosystem-based management practices, and sustainable agricultural technologies to prevent pollution, habitat degradation, and biodiversity loss in nearby rivers, watersheds, and coastal areas.
14.5.2. Monitoring the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems
14.5.3. Programmes Towards Good Aquatic Stewardship Practices
NEMSU LIANGA HOSTED WAKAT NHS STUDENTS FOR AQUACULTURE TRAINING
NEMSU LIANGA HOSTED WAKAT NHS STUDENTS FOR AQUACULTURE TRAINING
Written by: College of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences - NEMSU Lianga
The North Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU) Lianga Campus, through its Department of Fisheries Science, successfully hosted 56 senior high school students from Wakat National High School for a 10-day Work Immersion Program from February 17-28, 2025. The program aimed to equip the students with practical knowledge and hands-on experience in various fisheries-related activities, aligning with their academic track on TVL Aquaculture.
Throughout the immersion period, students participated in comprehensive lectures and hands-on training facilitated by the faculty members of the Department of Fisheries Science. The topics covered key areas of aquaculture, including fishpond nursery preparation, aquaculture techniques, and post-harvest handling principlesโessential components in fisheries science.
Dean of the College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Dr. Fabio C. Ruaza, Jr., emphasized the university's commitment to extending its expertise to partner senior high schools and the community to promote sustainable fisheries practices.
"๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด," Dr. Ruaza stated.
Asst. Professor Dominador F. Bacalso, Jr., Chairperson of the Bachelor of Science in Fisheries Program, highlighted the significance of the immersion program in preparing students for national certification assessments.
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด-๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (๐๐) ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด," Asst. Professor Bacalso emphasized.
Immersion Adviser Ms. Diana C. Umbal also expressed her gratitude to NEMSU Lianga Campus for its support and dedication to providing quality training for the students.
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด-๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ," Ms.Umbal stated.
The immersion program not only strengthened students' technical skills but also instilled a deeper appreciation for the role of fisheries in food security and environmental sustainability.
The NEMSU Lianga Campus remains committed to fostering academic-industry linkages, supporting students' career pathways, and empowering future fisheries professionals who will contribute to the sustainable development of aquatic resources.
14.5.4. Collaboration for Shared Aquatic Ecosystems
NEMSUโS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SHARED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
NEMSUโS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SHARED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
In 2024, North Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU) strengthened its commitment to protecting and maintaining shared aquatic ecosystems through collaborative action with local and international partners. In partnership with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF), PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia), and the City Government of Tandag led by City Mayor Roxanne Pimentel, NEMSU spearheaded a coastal clean-up and beach monitoring activity on April 6, 2024, at Barangay San Agustin Sur, Tandag City.
This initiative formed part of Project Component 3: Beach Monitoring on Marine Plastics and Litters under the regional project โReducing Marine Plastics in the East Asian Seas Region.โ The activity engaged local volunteers, students, and community members in collecting and analyzing coastal waste, promoting awareness of marine litterโs long-term impacts.
14.5.5. Watershed Management Strategy
NEMSU ATTENDED THE PRE-PLANNING MEETING FOR THE RE-STRATIFICATION ASSESSMENT OF THE IHAWAN SPRING COMMUNITY WATERSHED
NEMSU ATTENDED THE PRE-PLANNING MEETING FOR THE RE-STRATIFICATION ASSESSMENT OF THE IHAWAN SPRING COMMUNITY WATERSHED
On July 19, 2024, North Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU) actively participated in the Pre-Planning Meeting for the Re-Stratification Assessment of the Ihawan Spring Community Watershed, held at the City ENR Office in Tandag City. The meeting was organized by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (City ENRO) and attended by watershed co-managers and partners including DENR, Tandag City Water District, Provincial ENRO-SDS, and NEMSU.
This collaborative effort marks an essential step in implementing a watershed management strategy that considers the unique ecological and biological diversity of the Ihawan Spring Community Watershedโthe only operational watershed in Surigao del Sur, declared through DENR Administrative Order No. 2007-14. The assessment aims to update existing management plans to better promote aquatic biodiversity conservation, sustainable water use, and ecosystem resilience.
Through this initiative, NEMSU reaffirms its commitment to sustainable natural resource management, ensuring the long-term health of aquatic ecosystems and the protection of vital water resources for the people of Tandag City.
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