Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households

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...

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Main Author: Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.jmgs-11202023-09-15T08:12:03Z Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households Palanca-Tan, Rosalina 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 revenue and cost estimates for aquaculture and catch fisheries, this paper discusses the lake’s role in the economic life of two fishing communities located along the shoreline. The study, which uses a microscopic lens to look at issues from the perspective of small fisher households instead of from that of policymakers and non-government organizations, finds that households in these lakeshore communities are engaged primarily in open fishing, which has been threatened of late by poor water quality and the consequent proliferation of water hyacinths. Only the few well-off residents of these lakeshore communities are able to construct and operate small-scale fish cages while corporations and non-resident individuals own and operate large-scale fish pens. Moreover, while open fishing contributes more to fish production value and employment than does aquaculture, the latter generates more resource rent which accrues to the very few aquaculture capitalists from outside these communities. Some suggestions for redistributing the huge fishing resource rents to poor fishing households in these lakeshore communities are thus presented in this study. The need to address the issue of lake water quality and competing uses, with a view to sustainability and poverty alleviation, is also discussed. 2020-12-31T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/jmgs/vol8/iss2/3 info:doi/10.13185/2244-6893.1120 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/jmgs/article/1120/viewcontent/benefits_from_laguna_lake_perspective_of_small_fisher_households.pdf Journal of Management for Global Sustainability Archīum Ateneo aquaculture/fish farming open fishing/capture fisheries poverty resource rent water pollution
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
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topic aquaculture/fish farming
open fishing/capture fisheries
poverty
resource rent
water pollution
spellingShingle aquaculture/fish farming
open fishing/capture fisheries
poverty
resource rent
water pollution
Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households
description 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 revenue and cost estimates for aquaculture and catch fisheries, this paper discusses the lake’s role in the economic life of two fishing communities located along the shoreline. The study, which uses a microscopic lens to look at issues from the perspective of small fisher households instead of from that of policymakers and non-government organizations, finds that households in these lakeshore communities are engaged primarily in open fishing, which has been threatened of late by poor water quality and the consequent proliferation of water hyacinths. Only the few well-off residents of these lakeshore communities are able to construct and operate small-scale fish cages while corporations and non-resident individuals own and operate large-scale fish pens. Moreover, while open fishing contributes more to fish production value and employment than does aquaculture, the latter generates more resource rent which accrues to the very few aquaculture capitalists from outside these communities. Some suggestions for redistributing the huge fishing resource rents to poor fishing households in these lakeshore communities are thus presented in this study. The need to address the issue of lake water quality and competing uses, with a view to sustainability and poverty alleviation, is also discussed.
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author Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
author_facet Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
author_sort Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
title Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households
title_short Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households
title_full Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households
title_fullStr Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households
title_full_unstemmed Benefits from Laguna Lake: Perspective of Small Fisher Households
title_sort benefits from laguna lake: perspective of small fisher households
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/jmgs/vol8/iss2/3
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/jmgs/article/1120/viewcontent/benefits_from_laguna_lake_perspective_of_small_fisher_households.pdf
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