22 • Section 16: The municipal/city government shall have jurisdiction over municipal waters as defined in this Code. The municipal/city government, in coordination with FARMC, enact appropriate ordinances for this purpose and in accordance with the National Fisheries Policy; • Section 17: All fishery activities in municipal waters, as defined in this Code, shall be utilized by municipal fisherfolk and their cooperative/organization who are listed as such in the registry of municipal fisherfolk; • Section 21: Resident municipal fisherfolk of the municipality concerned and their organizations/cooperatives shall have priority to exploit municipal and demarcated fishery areas of the said municipality; and • Section 22: The LGU concerned shall grant demarcated fishery rights to fishery organizations/cooperatives for mariculture operation in specific areas identified by the DA. Mr. Rosales also adds that Section 149 of Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code125 provides that municipalities shall have the exclusive authority or grant fishery privileges in municipal waters and impose rentals, fees, or charges therefor in accordance with the provision of this section. Included in the presentation was the timeline of the agenda of the NAPC-AFSC, which includes the activities that they have undertaken from 2016 to 2019:126 • 20 October 2016 - Inter-agency Meeting on Municipal Water Delineation (MWD) o Attended by NAPC-AFSC, DA-BFAR, DILG, NAPC, NAMRIA, League of Provinces/Cities/Municipalities of the Philippines, Rare, and other NGOs o Created the Technical Working Group o Reviewed EO and DAO with comments and suggestions o Proposed Capacity Building on municipal water delineation in General Santos City o Proposed Training on Hand-held GPS (held in Sarangani areas) • 18 November 2016 - 2nd TWG Meeting on Municipal Water Delineation o Presented the revised EO and DA-Administrative Order o Presented the program of MWD Activity in General Santos • August 2017 - Orientation on MWD with determination of coastal terminal point was conducted o 50% of municipal waters in General Santos City, Sarangani and Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat were already delineated. • June 2018 - GPS Training for Fishery Law Enforces • 3 May 2019 - Inter-agency Meeting on Municipal Water Delineation o Presented the NAPC-AFSC initiatives on the Municipal Water Delineation Priority Agenda o Updates on the BFAR Technical Working Group (TWG) on MWD • 7 June 2019 - Roundtable Discussion on Ancestral and Municipal Water o DENR implemented a project entitled “Strengthening National Systems to Improve Governance and Management of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Conserved Areas and Territories’. o The main objective of this Project is to institutionalize Indigenous Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) as an effective area-based conservation measure in addition to the existing protected areas of the Philippines. The AFSC has also done activities with the Indigenous Peoples Sectoral Council (IPSC) particularly in the harmonization and organization of laws and instrumentalities with regards to municipal and ancestral 125 Fishery Rentals, Fees and Charges www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html 126 Consultations with NGAs, supra note 40