trainings and created the group “Bantay Dagat” to mitigate illegal fishing in their vicinity,
most of the members of the organization are men fishers but while their husbands are
more inclined fishing, women become active member during in the conduct of meeting.
Other Factors that Narrate the Situations of
Women Fisher Folk and Women and girls
at Risk of GBV and Trafficking during
COVID-19 Pandemic and New Normal
The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) and Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources (BFAR) both have regular programs given to the various sectors
including the fisherfolks. OPAG mainly assist associations to generate financial
assistance from the government while the BFAR assist the Local Government Unit (LGU)
in providing loan assistance and fishing gears to the fishing community.
In line with this, BFAR has demographic profile of the fishing community on their
servers with 2,000 plus profiles of both women and men in which 10% of them were
female composed of fish vendors and those who collect shellfish.
Mainly, BFAR provides technical skills to the fisherfolks like fish processing and
orientations. BFAR‟s regular programs are distribution of fishing gears as per request by
the LGUs. They also distributed in 2017, four solar dryers to the fishing community
(Davao del Sur). They conduct training and provide fingerlings to the fishing community.
Further, during the pandemic, BFAR provide the fisherfolks food pass for them to
easily transport their produce and bought materials for their livelihood. BFAR also
submitted a list from the LGU to their central office requesting a monetary assistance for
the poor fisherfolks who have not received other assistance from the government like
SAP and 4Ps member.
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