First, small-scale fishing needs to be brought back to its feet quickly. According to a University of Asia and the Pacific study, there were about 3,350 motorized boats and 975 non-motorized boats in 2008 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar alone. There are thousands more boats in the fishing towns of Ajuy, Estancia and Concepcion in Iloilo. Thousands of hectares of fishponds in Capiz need repair.

Dy, R. (2014, January 7). Reviving Visayas agriculture and fishery ( a Marshall Plan?). BusinessWorld, pp. S1/4, S1/5.