been followed. Foreshore Lease Agreements (FLAs) continue to be issued to corporations and private businesses, and not to fisherfolk communities. Agencies and LGUs also have conflicting priorities in the allocation and use coastal and aquatic resources – i.e., on conservation versus production. Section 108 of the Code mandates the creation of fisherfolk settlement areas near fishing grounds, yet there are still no implementing rules and regulations, leaving many existing fisherfolk settlements in public domain areas without security of tenure, and under the constant threat of eviction. After the onslaught of super-typhoon Yolanda in 2013 which demolished entire fishing villages, foreshore areas have since been considered “danger zones;” and in many areas, fisherfolk were transferred outside the designated 40-meter “no build” zones along the coastlines. In some cases, fisherfolk were relocated to areas away from their sources of livelihood. Many tenure provisions under the Fisheries Code have not been implemented. Thus, commercial fishers continue to intrude into municipal waters, mangrove areas are destroyed, and illegal fishing practices continue – including incursions into marine protected areas, and fishing during the Fishery Management Areas (FMA) off-season. Fisherfolk have thus been recruited to participate in law enforcement through the Bantay-Dagat and Bantay-Laot programs. And while these have shown limited success, these programs have also exposed fisherfolk to more physical danger and legal cases. Summary of recommendations On agrarian reform in private/alienable and disposable (A&D) lands For DAR to speed up the LAD process through the following: n Prioritize the completion of LAD in private agricultural lands which constitute 93 percent of the remaining LAD balance as of 2018; n Implement the immediate installation of all ARBs, and conduct new orientations for the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on their role in LAD implementation; n Strictly implement the LAD process by following the prescribed timeline for completion of each step; n Revoke policies that cause further delays to CARP implementation; n Review DAR AO 9-2011 and AO 6-2017; and, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) 31