# Bantay dagat

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The **bantay dagat**, also known as the **sea patrol**, are community-based, volunteer organizations in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) that work with local and national government officials and within 15 kilometers of the shore to protect the [marine](/source/Marine_ecosystem) environment, especially patrolling against [illegal fishing](/source/Illegal_fishing), and to provide assistance in rescue operations. It is under the [Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources](/source/Bureau_of_Fisheries_and_Aquatic_Resources_(Philippines)) (BFAR) of the [Philippine Department of Agriculture](/source/Department_of_Agriculture_(Philippines)).

Bantay Dagat is "a participatory approach designed for coastal law enforcement which has existed in the Philippines since the 1970s."[1] The current structure was founded in 1994 at the behest of [Philippine Senator](/source/Philippine_Senate) [Santanina Rasul](/source/Santanina_Rasul).[2] They work with the Department of Agriculture, [Department of the Interior and Local Government](/source/Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government), the [Philippine Navy](/source/Philippine_Navy) and the [Philippine Coast Guard](/source/Philippine_Coast_Guard), among others.[2] By the year 2000, there were over 100,000 Bantay Dagat volunteers.[2]

There have been several incidents of Bantay Dagat leaders being killed, such as in [Batangas](/source/Batangas) in 2009.[3]

The volunteers may receive a small honorarium as well as other benefits, similar to Philippine [tanods](/source/Tanod), land-based, community watchmen.

## See also

- [Philippine Coast Guard](/source/Philippine_Coast_Guard)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rosales_1-0)** Rosales, Rina Maria P. (September 2008). [*Incentives for Bantay Dagat Teams in Verde Island Passage*](http://www.conservation.org/global/philippines/publications/Documents/Incentives_for_Bantay_Dagat_in_Verde_Passage.pdf) (PDF). Conservation International Philippines. p. 1. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ManilaTimes_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ManilaTimes_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ManilaTimes_2-2) Rasul, Amina (27 Apr 2008). ["The Earth at risk: 'Bantay Dagat, Bantay Yaman'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140913174850/http://ecologyasia.com/news-archives/2008/apr-08/tst_080427_1.htm). *The [Manila Times](/source/Manila_Times)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecologyasia.com/news-archives/2008/apr-08/tst_080427_1.htm) on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CIPhil_3-0)** ["ANOTHER BANTAY DAGAT LEADER SHOT DEAD IN BATANGAS"](http://www.conservation.org/global/philippines/news/Pages/BantayDagatshotdeadinBatangas.aspx). *Conservation International Philippines*. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

## External links

- [Verde Island Passage Bantay Dagat Portal](https://web.archive.org/web/20130707084558/http://vip-bantaydagat.org/)

- [Bantay Dangat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc732fTC0Ys) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube_video_(identifier)) (Includes footage of patrols and stops. From [Camarines Norte](/source/Camarines_Norte), Philippines. Not in English)

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