RVS Fishworld INC is currently providing Net Caught Training and PADI Scuba Diving Certification to the coastal communities on Calayan Island, Cagayan Province, in the Philippines.
The nine-day training program held from June 19th to 28th 2024 teaches coastal communities how to earn sustainable livelihoods by educating them on how to collect live ornamental tropical fish in an environmentally-safe way through proper use of monofilament nets.
The course includes decompression, dive safety, emergency bail-out system, and medical oxygen use as well as conditioning fish and transporting the fish from the collection site to the facility. This directly benefits the safety of net fish collection divers and their families.
The RVS Fishworld Inc./RVS 4-Star course is in cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR) – Calayan Island, LGU, Agriculture, the Coastguard & Maritime Police.
Earn more
“The participants are Indigenous people from the four different islands of Calayan who merely live day by day and earn $50 a month”, says RVS Fishworld. “With this training, they can now earn from $250 to $300 per week which will enhance their living conditions significantly.”
Which fish come from the Northern Philippines?
RVS says several important species of fish come from these areas. Opening this area up will make readily available the following species:
- Mask swallow angelfish, Genicanthus semifasciatus,
- Venustus angelfish, Paracentropyge venusta,
- Watanabei angelfish, Genicanthus watanabei,
- Philippine shepard angel, Centropyge cf. shepardi,
- Black velvet angel, Chaetodontoplus sp.,
- Mystery wrasse Pseudocheilinus ocellatus,
- Lavenda firefish, Nemateleotris lavendula,
- Starcki damselfish, Chrysiptera starcki,
- Magma wrasse, Cirrhilabrus shutmani,
- Twinspot wrasse, Coris aguyla,
- Blue earmuff chromis, Chromis anadema,
- Blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus,
- Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus,
- Purple chromis, Chromis albomaculata,
- Katherine’s wrasse, Cirrhilabrus katherinae,
- Kato wrasse, Cirrhilabrus katoi,
- Yellow lunare wrasse, Thalassoma lutescens,
- Achilles tang, Acanthurus achilles,
- Chevron tang, Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis.
- Lemonpeel angel, Centropyge flavissima,
- Merten’s pearlscale butterflyfish, Chaetodon mertensii,
- Yellow crown butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavocoronatus,
- Ventralis anthias, Compsanthias ventralis,
- Flavo anthias, Pyronotanthias flavoguttatus.
They have trained the first batch of divers, with many more to come.
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