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NFR Holds National Consultation and Validation Conference on Model Comprehensive Fisheries Management Ordinance 
Cebu City (Feb 25) – The NGOs for Fisheries Reform (NFR) held a back to back regional consultation and national validation conference of its model Comprehensive Fisheries Management Ordinance (CFMO) in Cebu late this February. It was held at the Hotel Asia in Capitol Drive, Cebu from February 24-24, 2011.
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PRESS RELEASE: CSOs to PNoy:Take on the Plight of Women Fisherfolk 
8 March 2011, Quezon City- In celebration of the International Women’s Day, a group of 12 non-government organizations (NGOs) called on President Noynoy Aquino to protect women fisherfolks from the impacts of climate change. For an archipelago that is composed of more than 7,000 islands, fishing communities in low lying areas are vulnerable to strong typhoons and wave surges.
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NFR Holds First Municipal Mayors Consultation on NFRs Fisheries Management Framework 
Quezon City (Feb 17) – “An LGU-CSO partnership towards protection and management of municipal fisheries,” that was the agreement forged during the NGOs for Fisheries Reform’s Fisheries Management Framework National Validation Conference held last February 17, 2011 at Casa Pura Hotel, Quezon City. The activity was attended by local executives and other municipal government representatives, particularly the Mayor, the Municipal Agriculture Officer and a Sangguniang Bayan councilor.
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PRESS RELEASE: Small Fishers' Fluvial Parade, Stopped By Malacañang 
MANILA (Dec 7) – More than one hundred of men and women fishers, leaders, and advocates were barred by Malacañang to conduct their Fluvial Protest for Climate Justice along the historic Pasig River that would supposedly dramatize their urgent demands from the government to make genuine moves to address the adverse impacts of the climate crisis on coastal communities and natural resources.
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Fisherfolk Fear Displacement in Casiguran, Aurora 
The NGOs for Fisheries Reform (NFR) in collaboration with PAKISAMA and the Parish of Nuestra Señora de Salvacion in Brgy. Bianoan under Fr. Joefran Talaban conducted a Fisherfolk Settlement Forum last August 13, 2010 in the Municipality of Casiguran in the Province of Aurora. The forum was a product of NFR’s critical engagement against the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO), where fishing communities are threatened by eviction.
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NFR Presents Municipal Water Delineation in International Forum 
The NGOs for Fisheries Reform (NFR) participated as one of the panel presenters in the World Small Scale Fisheries Congress (WSFC) held in Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand last October 18-22, 2010. ‘The WSFC gave us an opportunity to discuss with our colleagues from different countries the issue on municipal water delineation in the Philippines,’ Dennis Calvan of the NFR said.
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CSOs Urge Government to Secure Food on the Table 
15 October 2010, Quezon City- Alarmed by the increasing number of hungry Filipinos, more than 200 farmers, fisherfolks and women trooped to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to demand government support for small producers of agricultural and fisheries products.
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Fisherfolk Rally Behind MPA Bill 
During the culmination of NFRs nationwide series of consultations on the Marine Area Protected Bill, fisherfolk representatives from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao signed a resolution urging the Congress to pass the bill mandating the establishment of a marine protected area in each coastal city or municipality.
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NFR Conducts Research on Victims of Typhoon Ondoy in Rizal 
Last October 2009-November 2009, the NGOs for Fisheries Reform (NFR) in partnership with PHILDHRRA-Luzon conducted the OXFAM Cash Grant Monitoring in the Municipalities of Angono , San Mateo and Taytay in the Province of Rizal.
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Reversion of Abandoned Fishponds Urged by Municipal Fisherfolks 
Around thirty eight (38) registered participants, of which 15 are women and 23 are men participated in a Round Table Discussion on the Reversion of Abandoned and Idle Fishponds last January 12, 2010 at the Institute of Social Order in the Ateneo de Manila University Campus.
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Government Asked to Protect Manila Bay for Artisanal Fisherfolks 
‘Issues on Manila Bay are complicated because of several factors influencing them. Stakeholders particularly the municipal fisherfolks should decide on what kind of strategy to use that will bring positive results,’ Mr. Isagani Serrano, President of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
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Fisherfolk Organizations Urged Government to Review the Coral Triangle Initiative 
‘We need to rethink the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI). There are several questions that the CTI should account for. For one, is it really for the interests of the municipal fisherfolks? Does it respect or consider the principles and strategies of Community-Based Coastal Resources Management (CB-CRM),’
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