3rd International Conference on Coastal Zones and Oceanography
Renato C. Diocton
Samar State University, Philippines
Biography
Renato C. Diocton has his expertise in assessment and evaluation in improving the coastal zone and marine protected areas.. He has been involved several project on coastal aquaculture and fisheries biology particularly on marine biodiversity. Recent project was on the use of square mesh windows and tortoise shape of mesh in cod end of shrimp trawl fisheries. He has been involved in the promotion of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries management (EAFM) to local government units in the Samar province to substitute the traditional tool to fisheries management that is Coastal Resource Management to allow new tools to manage complex ecosystem lie the Samar Sea. Code of conduct on responsible fisheries (CCRF) is one of the major activities in the near future that is to be implemented by the university.