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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