4. Price Monitoring of Fishery Commodities at Public Markets (Province-wide)
5. Marketing/Market Matching (Market matching through delivery of fish
catch/harvested fishery commodities using private vehicle of fishery staff and
through online posting on Facebook social media)
6. GAD Association Monitoring (Monitoring of business operations of Women
and Aquatic Processing Association at Balaoan and Rabon Seaside Gracilaria
Seaweed Association at Rosario)
7. Preparation of Project Proposals and Recovery Plans (Productivity
enhancement cum livelihood project assistance for approval and PGLUSAPSAP Recover Plan)
Barangay Unit of Samara- there were general programs developed to assist the
fisherfolks but it is to give priority to women fisherfolks.
DSWD- the pandemic especially the local declarations limiting economic
activities had an adverse effect in the operationalization of the enterprises of the SLP
program beneficiaries especially to women fisher folks who depends their everyday
living in said enterprises. Definite example of this was the SLP women participants in
the Municipality of Magsingal, Ilocos Sur where the operationalization of their
business was interrupted not only on the availability of supplies and raw materials in the
Province but also their mobility since their Barangay was subjected to granular lockeddown due to emerging cases positive to the Covid-19.
During the pandemic, the DSWD issued Memorandum Circular No. 09, series of
2020 or the Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of Emergency Subsidy
Program of DSWD allocating resources to curtail the impact of recent declarations
in the economic, physical and psychosocial well-being of the affected families which
includes the fisher folks. Included in this circular the immediate response to food
sustenance and livelihood recovery through the provision of Livelihood Assistance
Grant (LAG). This was specified through the Memorandum Circular No. 19, series of
2020 or the Special Guidelines on the Provision of LAG. Due to budget constraints
brought by the lapsed of the Bayanihan To Heal as One Act, the Department identified
five (5) pilot municipalities for the LAG and only the Municipalities of San Juan in
Ilocos Sur and Caba in La Union belonged to coastal municipalities that will include
women fisher folks; however, since the budget downloaded can only cater 115
beneficiaries, the proposed livelihood recovery projects of eligible beneficiaries from the
Municipality of Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, which is not a coastal area, were funded.
However, the Department is still waiting for the final advisory regarding the
provision of LAG as stated in the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act which will be
implemented in all cities and municipalities of Region 1 and will possibly cater the
coastal communities and women fisherfolks.
BFAR- the Bureau launched the KADIWA activities KADIWA ni Ani at Kita,
Seafood KADIWA and KADIWA on Wheels. The fisherfolk associations are
assisted/link to the consumer of their produce. Wherein fishery commodities are
delivered to consumers through the LGUs, using the refrigerated van and other vehicle of
the bureau to cater needs of the farmers and fisherfolk. Total of 18.907.5MT of fish and
fishery products were being transported to 15 LGUs and assisted 15 FAs in the region.
And a total of 3,096 household were served.
b. How many beneficiaries were able to avail?
PGLU - there were beneficiaries who were avail to avail in;
1. Delivery/Transportation of Tilapia Fingerlings (210 Fisherfolks);
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