Does the sector currently benefit (in terms of program and benefits) from the GAD budget of the agency? (inaudible) …Samahan ng mga Maliliit na Mangingisda…..etc… There seems to be no budget allocated only for women. Our entry level is the community or and the households. III. COVID-19 IMPACT AND PROGRAM During ECQ, what programs were developed to assist fisher folks during crisis? The fisherfolks are “least assisted” because they are allowed to go out and fish. Although, they still received relief good of rice and canned goods. What impact of the pandemic on the sector have you documented? Abundant catch but buyers have no money. So there was an overflow of fish. These were almost just given out for free. IV. RECOMMENDATIONS To empower the sector, specifically to address invisibility, undervaluation, and under representation of women fisherfolks? We need to partner more with women fisherfolks so they will cease to be invisible, undervalued and underrepresented. We will have to involve them more as women in policy-making as well. To enhance agency response to the sector? We will do our best to assist our fisheries sector to be productive in having sufficient food supply and also supplying our municipality with the same. We will be instrumental in helping them, so that we will have a dynamic community and happy and healthy fisherfolks family.