KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW (GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDER)
October 9, 2020
NONIE P. ENOLVA
Chief of the Marine Fisheries Administrative Concerns Management Division
and Designated Spokesperson
BFAR 5
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?
73% are men fisherfolks
27% are women fisherfolks
Based on agency data, what is the current state of fisherfolks in the region? (explore
kinds of fishing, numbers, income of the sector)
Our municipal fisher folk registration program show that there are:
123,000 registered fisher folks (73% are men fisher folks; 27% are women
fisher folks)
64% - capture fishing
17% - into aquaculture
19% - gleaning (collecting sea shells)
What about women fisherfolks? Are they recognized as fisherfolks independent from
their fisherman husbands?