Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households

• Main Author: Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: aquaculture/fish farming; open fishing/capture fisheries; poverty; resource rent; water pollution; Economics; Environmental Studies; Growth and Development
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/146; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1145&context=economics-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Fishing is considered to be the most important among the many uses of Laguna Lake, the largest lake in the Philippines and second largest in Southeast Asia. Using primary data gathered through focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and a household survey together with secondary data on r...