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From Fishing to Tourism: a Livelihood Transition in San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines Article From Fishing to Tourism: A Livelihood Transition in San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines December 2019: 15-22 © The Author(s) 2019 asianjournalofresilience.com Mark Joseph J. Buncag Abstract The decline of fish production is one of the economic and environmental issues in Palawan where many households are highly dependent on fishing. This condition resulted in a decline in household income which prompted the fishers to shift to other forms of livelihood. This study documented the shifting of the fishers’ livelihood from fishing to tourism-related activities, the reasons for the shift, the tourism-related activities that they engaged in, and the average household monthly income from fishing and tourism-related activities. Data were gathered from 291 fishers in Poblacion and Port Barton, San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines. Data gathering was conducted using household and key informant interviews. The participants who were owners or employees of fishing operations experienced a decline in fish production and income due to unfavorable weather. Fishing also consumed much of their time and money. These situations impelled them to shift to tourism-related activities. Results indicated that 139 (44.77%) participants shifted to tourism-related activities and earned a higher average monthly income compared to what they earned from fishing. These findings may provide information for concerned agencies in designing appropriate programs that may assist the fishers in coping with the challenges caused by a decline in fish production, thereby developing resilience and promoting sustainable development. Keywords shifting of livelihood, seasonal shifting, fishing, tourism-related activities Corresponding Author: in the Philippines, one of the leading countries in Mark Joseph J. Buncag Palawan State University San Vicente exporting high valued marine products. Presently, trading Poblacion, San Vicente, Palawan of live fishes is concentrated in Palawan which produced [email protected] 55% of the live fish production in the country in 2002 (Padilla et al., 2003). Specifically, the focal area for trading in the province of Palawan is the municipality of 1. Introduction Coron in the Calamianes Islands. In 2002, the estimated market value in the Calamianes was Php 265.1 million or In the Philippines, fishing is one of the most common approximately US$5.3 million at an exchange rate of sources of livelihood. This is usually the source of income of Php 51.5 per 1 US$ (Fabinyi, 2007; Pomeroy et al., the people that have access to the coastal area or aquatic 2005). environment. The fishers use different gears like traps, fishing nets, and hook and line. Some utilize trawl or In the country, especially in Palawan province, many poisonous substances and many others. The fish catch in the households are highly dependent on fishing as a source of Philippines reached 26,510 million tons in 2015 (Barut & livelihood. The benefits of fishing are evident among the Garvilles, 2016). In terms of fish catch by sector, 66% came small-scale fishers. An individual grouper of a suitable from large scale fisheries, 23% from small-scale size (9 cm to 12 cm length) can be sold for more than Php fisheries and 1% from recreational fishing (Palomares & 2,000. This is a significant value in an area where fishers have Pauly, 2014). According to Fabinyi (2007), there is an an average income that is usually less than Php 5,000 each increase in the market value of live fish exports in the month (Fabinyi, 2007). Furthermore, the local market Philippines since 2000, with a yearly average of around price ranges from Php 300 to Php 600 per kg of fresh US$ 11 million compared to US$7.2 million per year during groupers. In view of this, fishing might help boost the the 1990s. The said increase was attributed to the economy of Palawan. However, according tothe small- increasing international demand from the industrialized areas scale fishers of San Vicente,Palawan, they do not havea stable of Asia. incomein fishing. The increasing demand for marine products in the Based on the Community-Based Monitoring System global market resulted in the increasing rate of export (CBMS) survey in 2008, as indicated in the annual report of Creative Commons CC BY: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction, and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the Asian Journal of Resilience (http://asianjournalofresilience.com/index.php/ajr) 16 Asian Journal of Resilience World Fish (2011), the number of fishers in the Tourist arrivals in Palawan recorded 1,809,880 tourists municipality of San Vicente was about 2,659. Of the said in 2018 which was 21% higher compared to 2017 with number of fishers, 23.88% lived in Barangay Poblacion, 1.4 million tourists (Ibañez, 2019; Reduble, 2019). There 19.14% in Barangay Caruray, 18.92% in Barangay Port were 35,050 tourists in San Vicente in 2018, which was 35% Barton, 15.04% in Barangay Alimanguan, and 11.21% in higher compared to the tourist arrivals in 2017 Barangay Binga. The Municipal Agriculture Office (Reduble, 2019). The influx of tourists to San Vicente has a (2016) reported that approximately 65% of the significant contribution to its economy. The setting up of households were engaged in fishing in San Vicente, the San Vicente Airport contributed to the employment particularly in Barangay Port Barton and Barangay opportunities where it absorbed more than 200 employees Poblacion. The said communities experienced a decline in from the local community and it also sped up the fish production due to overfishing, too many fishers, use of increase of the number of business establishments illegal and highly destructive fishing gears, and (Municipal Tourism Office, 2019). mangrove cutting. The decline in fish production caused a decline in income and an increase in time spent Several studies (e.g. Truong, Hall, & Garry, 2014) in fishing, which prompted the fishers to shift from report that people regardtourism as a means of poverty fishing to other sources of livelihood like tourism-related alleviation and an alternative livelihood for fishers (Carter activities. Factors such as scarcity of fish, bad weather, &Garaway, 2014; Porter &Orams, 2014). However, to the and opportunities inother areas of agriculture are also best of the author’s knowledge, there is scant literature stated in related studies (Brugère, Holvoet, & Allison, 2008). on livelihood transition from fishing to tourism-related Further, Salagrama(2006)and Ray and Kumar(2015)found activitiesparticularly in the municipality of San Vicente. that fishers had been affected by monsoon and unstable The present study strives to describe the economic impacts source of income, which compelled them to find other of fish decline in the said locality. Specifically, this study modes of subsistence. determines if there is a shift of livelihood from fishing to tourism-related activities for the last five years, the reasons Similarly, in a community in Plateau State in Nigeria, for the shift of livelihood, the type of shift, the tourism- people shifted to tourism activities from agricultural related activities that the participants engaged in, and activities like farming and fishing because of a decline in the average monthly household income from fishing and income (Ijeomah, Korstanje,& George, 2012). This was also tourism-related activities. the case in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa City, where tourism was the most preferred alternative livelihood by the The data gathered can be used in determining how community (De Boer, 2012). the fisherfolks cope with the current realities specifically the decline in income caused by the decline in fish catch, The Philippines is an archipelago composed of 7,107 and in identifying appropriate actions to be undertaken. islands which offer many attractions for local and foreign tourists alike. Many tourism activities such as kayaking, 2. Methods scuba diving, hiking, sight-seeing, surfing can be experienced in tourist spots in the Philippines The presentstudy mainly used descriptive research design (Levine, 2015). The Philippines attracted 3,267,542 with mean and percentage as statistical tools. visitors from January 2014 until August 2014 (www.tourism.gov.ph) and reached 7.1 million tourists in This study was conducted in the municipality of San 2018 (DTI, 2019). The tourism industry has a significant Vicente, Palawan, Philippines, particularly Barangay contribution to the economy of the Philippines, Poblacion and Barangay Port Barton. The municipality ofSan contributing up to 6% to the gross domestic product (GDP) as Vicente is located in the northern part of the province of of 2012 based on the collected data of the National Statistical Palawan. With a total area of about 4,361 hectares, Coordination Board (NSCB) (PSA, 2012). The NSCB was Barangay Poblacion (10°31’01’’N 119°16’09’’ E) is able to obtain the GDP of the Philippines from 2000 until approximately 186 km away from the capital of the 2012 and reported that in 2018, the contribution of the province, Puerto Princesa City. Out of five puroksof tourism industry to GDP reached 12.7%, equivalent to Php Barangay Poblacion, only the following were included in this 2.2 trillion (PSA, 2019). The NSCB measured study: Panindigan, Rosal, and Sampaguita. Purokis a division accommodations, food and beverage serving services, or zone in a barangayin the Philippines especially in transportation services (land, air, and water rural areas. These purokscomprised 473.4 hectares transportation services), travel agencies and other hotel equivalent to 10.8% of the total land area of the said barangay. and tour reservation services, entertainment and Barangay Port Barton (10°26’31’’N 119°06’56’’ E) is 25 km recreation, shopping, miscellaneous, and other products. southwest of the Poblacion of San Vicente and is more or less The tourism industry also provided more jobs in the 120 km from Puerto Princesa City.
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