KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW (GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDER) October 28 ,2020 ENGR. EMMANUEL E. DE GUZMAN Municipal Agricultural Officer Matnog, Sorsogon I. SITUATIONER OF WOMEN FISHERFOLKS Does the office have sex disaggregated data of fisher folks in the region? How many are the recorded women fisher folks? There are two groups of women here that I know. The first one has 23 members; the second has 30 plus members. Based on agency data, what is the current state of fisherfolks in the region? (explore kinds of fishing, numbers, income of the sector) Life is hard for most fisherfolks here. This is why we facilitate livelihood programs under the PRDP. These are mostly aqua culture projects such as seaweeds farming in which most members are women. We have no data on their daily average income, though. What issues of fisher folks are particular to the region? In addition to the hard life, many fisherfolks do not have access to high end fishing gears. They use mostly traditional fishing nets only. Not all have their own bancas or