o Deep Sea fishing (Kubkuban o PAYAO) Numbers (Estimates) o There are 395 (registered large and small) scale fisher folks registered organization provided with support by BFAR in partnership with Office of the Provincial and Municipal Agricultural Services with mix of male and female membership from 2017 to present. Income (of fisherfolks) o Income varies on the types of fishing equipments, distance, season and types of marine resources catched/gathered. o Large scale - like deep sea fishing catches 1st class marine product (tuna, lapulapu, blue marlin etc.., with higher value/income – Php 3,000/week (2-3 times a week) minimum income if it is seasoned (habagat-March to September). For amihan (October to February,) fishermen encountered difficulties. Maximum of 500 – 1000 per week. They cannot go on fishing due to bad weather. ● What issues of fiherfolks are particular to the region? Responses mostly contributed by Office of BFAR and OPAS o Decreasing fish catch due to excessive/exploitation/over fishing through illegal method of fishing. o Depleted fishing grounds. o Only with capacity to buy fishing equipments can/have access opportunities in fishing o Others are deprived because they don‟t have extra amount to buy fishing equipments o Women are considered “taga supporta” of their husbands. They are mostly into reproductive work. No or very limited access to government opportunities because almost all of the government projects are designed for men. o Price from the fishermen controlled by middle man, but the market price is very high o Families with no alternative income suffer more, they borrowed money from their “amo” consolidator/middle man to survive – controlled by middle men o Children are pushed to work to contribute daily income for the family (kargador, domestic works) o Fisherman family forced to migrate to big cities to look for opportunities o Government support to fisherfolks are taking for granted, not sustained – DOLE-OUT system