The Table above shows that majority of served women fisher folks for CY 2020 were from the Province of Pangasinan particularly in the Municipalities of Agno, Dasol, Labrador and Lingayen; and Dagupan City. From the total of 1,074 fisher folks, only 13.13 % were engaged in aqua-culture and fishing-related industries. Majority of them engaged in fast-yielding enterprises such as general merchandise, rice retailing, agricultural supplies vending, buy and sell of basic commodities and the like. BFAR- there is a total of 98, 395 registered fisher folk in the region, there are 24, 293 women registered. (FishR Data, 2019). b. Based on agency data, what the current state of fisherfolks in the region? (explore kinds of fishing, numbers, income of the sector) PLGU- the fisherfolks are engaged in aquaculture farming, fishing, fish processing, fish vending, sea garden and payao production. The sector recorded at a net income of P1,553,637,300 in 2019 as per PGLU data. DSWD- Women and men were of equal recognition in Region 1 especially in terms of provision of livelihood intervention in observance with the Gender and Development. Although stereotyping still associate fishing industries to men, women made plausible remarks in their involvement on the said activities without minding neither the extreme heat nor rain showers. BFAR - stated that mostly are men who are engaged in fishing activity. The women participates/assists their husbands through selling/markets of their catch, some assists in the mending of nets. And if there are meetings being called by the LGU and by other agencies, they are the one’s participating. Meanwhile, in aquaculture, the men still manage the operation of the fish farm from pond preparation, farming to harvests. However, the marketing part is handled by the women. But in post-harvest and trading, this subsector is dominated by women. Also, there are 13, 054 women who are engage in fishing (capture and gleaning), 2, 463 women engage in aquaculture, 389 women engage in postharvest and 8, 387 women engage in other fisheries activities (trading and marketing) c. What issues of fisherfolks are particular to the province? PGLU- the issues of fisherfolks in the province are (1) the high cost of fishing materials and aquaculture inputs while during the pandemic, (2) the fish caught by fishermen were sold at low farm gate prices and some were shared to neighbors since transportation and movement of people are restricted and limited. Also, some aquaculture growers postpone their harvest. Other was forced to harvest and sell at a low cost, thus, reduced their income. Barangay Unit of Samara- the issue of fisherfolks in our barangay is the mere ambulant, not to be registered. DSWD – the common issues encountered by women fisher folks were not related to gender concerns but more on the environmental effects to their industries and the competition on the available market. d. What issues of fisherfolks? Are they recognized as fisherfolks independent from their fisherman husbands? 27 | Page