coastal barangay Centro 6 is the beneficiary of bagoong making project for the fiscal year. 3. Covid19 Impact and Programs ● Social Amelioration Program ● Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) ● Financial Assistance for licensed fisherfolks for fuel of motorized boats (unmaterialized as of this report) MAO Virginia: LGU distributed relief goods for the fisherfolks and farmers. 5,000 PhP RFFA was given to farmers who own more than .5 hectares of farmland. Atty. Marcos: What could be the reason why fisherfolks did not receive any FA from the government? What assistance can be given to them? MAO Virginia: BFAR had earlier released information that they would be providing cash assistance to fisherfolks for fuel but this is still not implemented. But during the flood, cash assistance was given to farmers (800PhP) and fisherfolks (500PhP). As to why fisherfolks receive less? There are more fisherfolks than farmers. CHR: What is SURE COVID19 loan? MAO Virginia: That refers to Survival Recovery Loan of DA which was in effect before the pandemic. MAO Girlie: Claveria Grassroots Cooperative offered loans as assistance for pandemic-affected fisherfolks. ● Interventions and Programs during ECQ ❖ Price monitoring for regulation ❖ Implementation of IATF protocols specifically in daklis (40 people per boat in doing the daklis). Minors and Senior Citizens are not allowed to fish. ❖ Payao or fish aggregating device deployment CHR: The KIIs mentioned about re-alignment of projects such as goat-raising. MAO Virginia: That was Integrated Coastal Resource Management Program. It was a joint project of DENR, BFAR, LGU and World Bank. There was an association that conducted a survey on alternative livelihood projects when fishing is not possible. The goat-raising project worth .5M in Taggat Norte and Centro Sur was a failure because of the fisherfolks’ attitude and mismanagement. However, Ubing-ubing Association was successful in goat-raising and even multiplied the number of goats raised. In D. Leaňo, they hired caretakers to feed the goats. CHR: You mentioned about payao. What was this all about? MAO Virginia: BFAR deployed payao in the sea to lead fisherfolks where to catch fish. But guidelines were set: time of fishing, type of fishing (hook and line), ordinance on the use of squid ink (darat laki) as bait and the use of sigay or bamboo fish trap. 6 | Page