III.
Summary of Key Findings
A. Women Fisherfolks
a. Roles
The participants live near the sea. Therefore, almost all of them are
dependent on their livelihood as fisherfolks to meet their daily needs.
Most of their source of income is from fishing, aquaculture, fishpond
and tourism through planting mangroves
As a woman in a fishing community, their usual day aside from being a
fisherfolk is mostly spent doing the following:
Type of Work
Reproductive
Pre-Production and Processing
Community
Responses
“manghinlo” and “magtanom”
(Cleaning and doing house chores
and planting/gardening)
“manguha ug kinhason ug
magsuroy isda”
(peddling of seashells and fish/
bagging
and
potting
of
mangroves/sewing of fishnets)
“pahina sa purok”
(Community Do-day)
All of the participants answered that their husbands are into fishing.
While there are some, about three (3) of them, who included their sons
as they accompany their father into fishing. Their income varies as it
depends on how much they will catch. Usual catch is about 1kl-3kls of
fish and can be sold at around Php200.00-300.00 per kilo.
All the participants considered themselves as fisherfolks. Aside from
the fact that their livelihood is dependent on fishing, most of them
sometimes accompany their husbands in fishing while others, gather
seashells and peddles them. Others are also into mangrove planting and
aquaculture in fishponds. They are all members of a fisherfolk
organization in their place.
During the pandemic, there are major changes on their daily lives. Due
to restrictions on mobilization, they can no longer go out to fish. Most
of them had no source or income. If they can catch fish, it is difficult to
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