Socio-economic profile of freshwater fisherfolks in Mountain Province, Philippines

1. → There were ten (10) fish species documented
PROVINCE PROJECT TITLE 1:
BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC STUDIES ON FISH AND SHELL
PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND CONSUMPTION IN MOUNTAIN
PROVINCE
PROVINCE PROGRAM TITLE:
DEVELOPMENT OF FISH AND SHELL PRODUCTION AND
CONSERVATION STRATEGIES IN MOUNTAIN PROVINCE
RESULTS AND FINDINGS OF PROJECT 1 :
→ 11 shell species and frogs, fresh water
shrimps and crab species _1
:

2. → great majority of respondents source of income is agriculture
→ average household size of 6
CONT’N… RESULTS:
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3. CONT’N… RESULTS:
→ farmer-fisherfolks are poor
→ income ranging from PhP29,200.89 - PhP49,988
poverty threshold of PhP 60,000 which was pegged
by NEDA for Mountain Province. :

4. Months of fishing (seasonal availability)
1. Seasonality of Jojo, gurgurami, besukol and
other rice field fish and shell was
characterized by planting and harvesting
periods of rice.
• highest during the 4th month after the rice
was planted and just after the rice was
harvested
• lowest “occurrence or existence” of these fish
and shell were during the rice field
transplanting up to 1-2 months after planting.
2. River or lakes local fish were abundant
during April and May which is the dry season
CONT’N… RESULTS:
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5. Cont’d…Months of fishing (seasonal availability) :

6. Local fish Province CONSUMPTION
CONT’N… RESULTS:
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7. Estimated monthly VOLUME OF POPULAR COMMERCIAL FISH
sold (purchased) in local markets in 6 municipalities
of Mountain Province (A total of 16. tons of marine fishes)
ESTIMATED FISH SOLD IN LOCAL MARKET PER MONTH (KILOS)
EASTERN Mountain
Province Municipality
Bangus Tilapia Bulilit Maya-
maya
Dalagang
bukid
Pusit average
TOTAL
Bontoc 4,440 2,050 1,750 980 470 150 9,840
Natonin 260 224 95 579
Paraceles 675 475 303 1,453
Total 5,375 2,749 2,148 980 470 150 11,872
WESTERN Mountain
Province Municipality
Bangus Tilapia Bulilit Maya-
maya
Dalagang
bukid
Pusit average
TOTAL
Besao 820 375 320 22 1,537
Sabangan 148 84 232
Tadian 1,445 485 532 26 60 24 2,572
Total 2,413 944 852 26 60 24 4,341
CONT’N… RESULTS:
:

8. Sunday, October 2, 2022
Marketing CHANNEL of indigenous or local fish and shell
• channel (1)
most direct,
producer to
consumer
• channel (3)
fish market who
owns restaurants
• channel (4)
vendor of shell
around various
market sites within
community or
neighboring towns
• channel (2)
involves
brokers who
initiate sales
:

9. Sunday, October 2, 2022
Fishpond location, area, and number of fisherfolks operators
CONT’D… RESULTS:
:

10. PROVINCE PROJECT TITLE 1:
BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC STUDIES ON FISH AND SHELL
PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND CONSUMPTION IN MOUNTAIN
PROVINCE
END OF PROJECT 1
PROVINCE PROJECT TITLE 2:
Development of production technologies
of important fish shell species
in Mountain Province _1_
:

11. FISH AND SHELL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION
THREE (3) STAGES LINKED TOGETHER
IN AN ITERATIVE PROCESS
:

12. Benchmarking of Province’s Fish & Shell
Information Fish&Shell Stage 1
On-site Farm Research On-Station Farm Research
Selection Existing
Technology
Development of New
Technology
Promising Technical
Recommendations
Multi-location Trials
Appropriate Technology Identified
Stage 3
Extension Options
Develop Extension
System
Develop Extension
Materials
Field Testing of Extension
Materials & System
Proven Extension Package
Monitoring + Evaluation
Stage 2
:

13. Study 1. Pond and captive culture of endemic freshwater
fish species
Sub-Study 1. Pond and captive culture of eel
Sub-Study 2. Pond and captive culture of goby species
Sub-Study 3. Pond and captive culture of Dojo
Sub-study 4. Pond and captive culture of fresh water
SHELLS in Mountain Province
PROVINCE PROJECT TITLE 2:
Development of production technologies -1-
of important fish shell species
in Mountain Province
On-Going Researches
:

14. Study 2. Integrating fish and shell culture in rice
production areas
CONT’N…PROVINCE PROJECT TITLE 2:
Sub-Study 1. Goby species Rice-Fish culture
Sub-Study 2. Dojo Rice-Fish culture
Sub-study 3. Shell Rice-Fish culture
Study 3. Cost and Return Analysis
Sub-Study 1. Cost and Return Analysis of Pond
and captive cultured endemic freshwater
fish and shell
Sub-Study 2. Cost and Return Analysis of Rice-fish
and Rice-shell cultured freshwater
endemic fish and shell
cont’d… On-Going Researches
:

15. Methodology
• Locale and Time of the Study
→ Two replications shall be done in Mountain Province;
1 on-site or farm and 1 on-station
• Design
→ The replications in Randomized Complete
Block Design (RCBD).
• Duration
→ 2-3 years
:

16. • 4 farmer research participants identified
(participative technology development)
• 5 barangays in 3 Municipalities
of Mountain Province identified
as on-site farm research stations
• 1 LGU identified as on-station research
farm
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was
presented and reviewed by the farmer-participants,
• MOU for College President’s review

17. POND AND CAPTIVE CULTURE OF DOJO
(ON-SITE OR FARMER’S TECHNOLOGY)
Plate 1. A mini-pond (2 feet depth X 6 feet wide X 8 feet length) for
Jojo
Plate 2. Mr. Bagawas, checking the water level of his Jojo mini-
pond. Notice (arrow) the small opening for water flow
and drainage.
:

18. POND AND CAPTIVE CULTURE OF EEL
(On-station farm research)
Plate 4. Eel fingerlings for
the study pond
Plate 3. Propose aquaculture
pond
:

19. Sub-Study 1. goby species Rice-Fish culture
Sub-Study 3. Dojo Rice-Fish culture
Sub-study 4. Shell (Genga) Rice-Fish culture
Study 2. Integrating fish and shell culture in rice
production areas
(Mr. Milo Garlejo and Mr. Macario Fidel)
:

20. Plate 6. Discussing with the MAO Natonin personnel about the
treatments of study and proposed aquaculture pond
(Ms. ELSIE S. FEKEN)
Plate 5. Discussing with the Vice Mayor, Municipal Dev’t Officer MAO
and a Farmer Sensiya personnel about the objectives of study
POND AND CAPTIVE CULTURE OF DOJO (On-station farm research)
:

21. Estimated Budgetary requirement
I. Personal Services → PhP 189,384.oo
2 Research Aid PhP 7,891/Month
II. MOOE → PHP 1,015,000.oo
III. Capital Outlay → PhP 332,000.oo
Grand total PhP 1,667,000.00
:

22. ● 1,070 Eastern Mt.Province upland poor farmer-fisher folks
● 940 Western Mt.Province upland poor farmer-fisher folks
from the “core” project sites for the first year and it will be
accrued to 3,000 from the “radiated” project sites after 3
years.
Stakeholders:
● 6 Municipal Local Government Units of Mountain Province
● Cooperatives or associations who are interested to engage
in Local indigenous Fish and Shell production or venture.
● Academe, average of 600 per year students from the
Mountain Province Polytechnic College especially the
agricultural courses (BSAF, BAT, BSES, BSF).
● Researchers and Extension workers
Stakeholders, Outputs and Impacts

23. Outputs:
● improved yielding technology of 3 fish species
● Increase of 10 percent farmer income.
ex. Farmer income=PhP50,000/yr become PhP55,000/yr
● (5) “modular or How-to’s” publication of Local or
indigenous fish and shell production, processing, in Mountain
Province. (For transfer of knowledge activities).
● (5) publications on the local or indigenous fish and shell
production, marketing and investment requirements

24. Impact:
● Alleviates poverty by the increased of upland
farmer-fisherfolks’s income by atleast 10 percent.
● food security by producing
(average of 300 to 360 kls/1ha), and
● Improving nutrition and health
the products derived from fish and shell
e.g. income derived will be bought to medicine,
clothing, food, etc.
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25. Sunday, October 2, 2022
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