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Impact of COVID-19 and closed fishing season on commercial fishers of Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines

Understanding the disruption of fishing activities due to COVID-19 and closed fishing season can provide an immediate reference for policy directions that help the government direct its resources to the most affected agricultural sectors. This study examined the impact of COVID-19 and closed fishing...

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Autores principales: Macusi, Edison D., Rafon, John Kenny A., Macusi, Erna S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36570352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105997
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description Understanding the disruption of fishing activities due to COVID-19 and closed fishing season can provide an immediate reference for policy directions that help the government direct its resources to the most affected agricultural sectors. This study examined the impact of COVID-19 and closed fishing season on the commercial fishers' fishing operation and economic well-being in Davao Gulf, Mindanao. A total of N = 66 commercial fishers, 33 ringnet and 33 bagnet fishers were interviewed one-on-one in their homes and in the landing sites using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data was further validated using four focus groups in the study areas (N = 55). The findings of the study showed that the average catch per fishing trip for ringnet and bagnet fishers were 1,719 kg and 417 kg. The common catch species of ringnets were bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus), bullet tuna (Auxis rochei), roundscad (Decapterus macrosoma), skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). While the common catch species of bagnet fishers were roundscad (Decapterus macrosoma), Bali sardinella (Sardinella lemuru), moonfish (Mene maculata), short mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma), anchovy (Engrulidae), and bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus). Both types of fishers operated at the height of the pandemic but met difficulties selling the fish due to travel restrictions. Thus, they had lesser income. Other impacts include disruption in their children's education, feeling fearful and frustrated. In addition, during the closed fishing season, the bagnet fishers find alternative livelihoods such as hired labor and construction. In contrast, ringnet fishers fish beyond the Davao Gulf and continue to do so until the closed fishing season ends.
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spelling pubmed-97594022022-12-19 Impact of COVID-19 and closed fishing season on commercial fishers of Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines Macusi, Edison D. Rafon, John Kenny A. Macusi, Erna S. Ocean Coast Manag Article Understanding the disruption of fishing activities due to COVID-19 and closed fishing season can provide an immediate reference for policy directions that help the government direct its resources to the most affected agricultural sectors. This study examined the impact of COVID-19 and closed fishing season on the commercial fishers' fishing operation and economic well-being in Davao Gulf, Mindanao. A total of N = 66 commercial fishers, 33 ringnet and 33 bagnet fishers were interviewed one-on-one in their homes and in the landing sites using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data was further validated using four focus groups in the study areas (N = 55). The findings of the study showed that the average catch per fishing trip for ringnet and bagnet fishers were 1,719 kg and 417 kg. The common catch species of ringnets were bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus), bullet tuna (Auxis rochei), roundscad (Decapterus macrosoma), skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). While the common catch species of bagnet fishers were roundscad (Decapterus macrosoma), Bali sardinella (Sardinella lemuru), moonfish (Mene maculata), short mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma), anchovy (Engrulidae), and bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus). Both types of fishers operated at the height of the pandemic but met difficulties selling the fish due to travel restrictions. Thus, they had lesser income. Other impacts include disruption in their children's education, feeling fearful and frustrated. In addition, during the closed fishing season, the bagnet fishers find alternative livelihoods such as hired labor and construction. In contrast, ringnet fishers fish beyond the Davao Gulf and continue to do so until the closed fishing season ends. Elsevier Ltd. 2022-02-15 2021-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9759402/ /pubmed/36570352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105997 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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