Is the government’s assistance enough for you? The majority of 14 women said it’s not enough. Two (2) said it is because their family is small. How is your family able to surpass the hardships of the pandemic? How are you as a community helping each other get through this? We are able to get by because we help one another by sharing food, lending fishing tools to those who have none, buying kamote, to make snacks out of them to sell, and by stretching our budget by rationing the food. We let fellow fishermen who have no boats, on our boats, so they can catch more fish out there in the open sea. Respondent H planted vegetables to increase her family’s food supply. VII. RECOMMENDATIONS What do you recommend to the government to improve the situation of fisherfolks? 1. Please provide us fishing equipment and boats. 2. Be very strict in prohibiting dynamite fishing. 3. Listen to our cries more often. 4. We hope help and benefits from the government will come soon to help us and make us happy. What do you recommend to the government to improve the situation of women fisherfolks? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Provide us with enough equipment. Appoint someone who truly understands us and who can really help us. We need other sources of greater income aside from seaweeds and gropers Listen to us MORE. Be very persistent and strict against abusive fishermen who use compressors.