fish we are meant to catch are also afraid of COVID-19, so they keep out of our sights. We have no income to buy rice. Since we cannot freely sell our catch, we need to work doubly hard to catch more, so we could at leas stack up on food by turning these into fried fish. There are no refrigerators. II. ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION AND RECOGNITION Who are regarded as fisher folks in your community? Are there women in fishing too? If so, what do they do? What are their equipment? It’s usually mostly the men who are considered fishermen in our community. The definition of fisherman is primarily for a man who goes out into the open sea to catch fish, pugitas or octopuses and other sea creatures. Nevertheless, some of the women consider themselves fishermen because they engage in catching fish through paglalambat (nets) in the shallows, catching crabs through pagpapangki, catching dilis, catching fish in the shallows using spear guns and goggles, and even manual fishing- pagbabanwit, using a string called tansi. The equipment we use are nets, flashlights, spears, fish hooks, fish lines, spear gun, goggles and crab traps. Most women usually fish in the shallows, while the men fish in the deep seas. We multitask by planting seaweeds, and then clean up our seaweeds farm, the seas, and our homes. How much do you earn in fishing? Where do your earnings go? Some earn between 150 to 200 a day. Others between 300 to 400. There are some who earn 500 and up. But these figures all depend on a good weather, peak season of fish, and a bit of fishing instinct (where and when to drop that net). The income usually goes to food such as rice, bread, milk, sugar, coffee, etc, payment of debts at the sari-sari store or to a neighbor from whom one borrowed money. Those who are sending children to study elsewhere, send money for their board and lodging. Some parents send money to for their grandchildren who live outside the island. Our women sometimes get to supplement their husband’s income with their light fishing for 50 pesos, or when the seaweeds are finally harvested for about 1,000 pesos. Some women sell fried kamotes to neighbors. They can earn between 50 to 100 pesos during a good season. Are you registered or enlisted in BFAR or DA as a woman fisherfolk? Who in your family is? Are you a 4Ps beneficiary? One of the respondents does not know anything on this. The majority with eleven (11) respondents are registered/enlisted as woman fisherfolk. Four (4) of the respondents are not enlisted as fisherfolks. Four (4) are beneficiaries of the 4P’s. The others are not members.