TY - SER AU - Ferrer,Maria Salvacion R. TI - NFRDI - BFAR Joint Force on FLA Assessment SN - 2362-9048 PY - 2020/// CY - Quezon City, Philippines PB - National Fisheries Research and Development Institute KW - LCSH KW - Aquaculture industry KW - Food industry and trade KW - Fisheries management KW - Policy sciences KW - Policymaking N2 - Non-payment of rentals, cancellation of contracts, unutilized and abandoned areas are among the many problems of the Fishpond Lease Agreement (FLA) Program in the Philippines. Consequently, during the 1st NFRDI Governing Board (GB) Meeting held last January 9, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar directed NFRDI to work closely with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the issued FLAs in the country. Data that will be gathered from this inventory will provide information to improve the FLA Program and to conceptualize appropriate policy on fisheries ER -