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THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THRIVING FISHERMEN IN SELECTED

BARANGAYS IN CALACA, BATANGAS

A Thesis
Presented to
The Faculty of the College of Teacher Education
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY BALAYAN
Balayan, Batangas

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirement for the Degree of
Bachelor of Industrial Education
Major in Industrial Arts

KRISTINA B. AQUINO
ANGEL DAWN C. DIMAILIG
ANGELUH M. GARCIA
JHERZY JANE M. TENORIO

May 2019
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APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis entitled “-----------------------------------------“: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES

OF THRIVING FISHERMEN IN SELECTED BARANGAYS IN CALACA”,
prepared and submitted by Kristina B. Aquino, Angel Dawn C. Dimailig, Angeluh M.
Garcia and Jherzy Jane M. Tenorio in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Bachelor in Industrial Education, major in Industrial Arts, has been examined
and recommended for acceptance and approval of oral examination.

Mr. ROGER P. DE TORRES

Adviser

PANEL OF EXAMINERS
Approved by the committee on Oral Examination with the grade of ______.

MICHELLE M. DEL ROSARIO, LPT, MMPA

Chairman

MRS. MAY G. GONZALES MRS. RONA P. MEDINA

Member Member

Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Bachelor of Industrial Education Major in Industrial Arts.

_____________ Engr. RHOBERT E.

ALVAREZ
Date Dean of Colleges
BatStateU – Balayan
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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DEDICATION

This piece of work is humbly dedicated to the beloved parents, sister and brothers of the

researchers, who have given all their endless love, sacrifices, prayers and advices when at

times the researchers losing their hopes and who offers undying support in terms of

financial, emotional and moral support.

Also, to their instructors, co-researchers, classmates, and friends who patiently extended

their warmth concerns, encouragement and thoughtfulness to carry out this study.

And for those students who will still have faith even they are losing hope. And for those

students, who want to graduate, believe and somehow you will make it.

Above all, to our Almighty God who gives the researchers life, blessings, wisdom, and

strength to accomplish this study.

K. B. A

A. D. C. D

A. M. G

J. J. M. T
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ABSTRACT

TITLE : “_______________”: The Lived Experiences of

Thriving Fishermen in Selected Barangays in
Municipality of Calaca

AUTHORS : Kristina B. Aquino

Angel Dawn C. Dimailig
Angeluh M. Garcia
Jherzy Jane M. Tenorio

TYPE OF DOCUMENT : Undergraduate Thesis

NAME AND ADDRESS
OF INSTITUTION : Batangas State University – Balayan Campus
Caloocan, Balayan, Batangas
COURSE : Bachelor of Industrial Education
MAJOR : Industrial Arts
ADVISER : Mr. Roger P. De Torres
YEAR COMPLETED : 2019

Executive Summary

Same situation could be observed in the Municipality of Calaca in Batangas. For

some communities, fishing is the primary source of income and business for people.

Nonetheless, a number of industrial plants have been established in the coastal areas.

Although these companies pose benefits to the municipality and most of its people, its

harmful effects to many have also been alarming. Industrial company is a huge source of

pollution in different water bodies, produces pollutants that are extremely harmful to

people and the environment. Many industrial companies use freshwater to carry away

waste from the plant and into rivers, lakes and oceans. It is a major dilemma facing small

fishing communities. The idea that the ocean can run out of fish might seem implausible;
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and as the people living there are experiencing it, it may be proven. Taking into

consideration all of these instances that the local fisherman are experiencing, the

researchers were encouraged to conduct this study. They aimed to gain in-depth

understanding of the lives of the thriving fishermen in the municipality of Calaca. With

this, awareness on their struggles may be raised which may eventually enlighten many

people on their significant role in the society and prompt the concerned authorities on

helping them to overcome these challenges. In regards to this, we aimed to have a

research about their Lived Experiences of Thriving Fishermen in Selected Barangays in

Municipality of Calaca

With the use of interpretative phenomenological analysis, the following themes

were derived as the experiences of the fishermen based from the gathered data:

Majority of fishermen said that the best time in catching the fish is in the summer because

unlike rainy days fishes are nowhere to be found and also it is hard and risky for the

fishermen to go fishing dwelling with big waves and heavy rain.

The fishermen have classified the fishing help and benefits to them some said that fishing

helps them in terms of daily expenses and necessities especially in the education study of

their children.

Fishermen from different barangays shared bad effects of industrial companies in

their fishing. Some mention the noise coming from the industrial companies that disturb
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the fish and tends to make the fish leave. Most of the fishermen disagree that industrial

company has a good effect in fishing because they kill their source of living.

Most of the fishermen feel some danger in fishing some fishermen said that they

felt it when they need money they go fishing even if the weather is bad and risking their

life by catching fish in the restricted boundaries made by the industrial company.

The fishermen had the same perception that they cannot teach their son or

grandsons to catch fish in the future. Some fishermen said that they are not sure about the

future of fishing and some mentioned that they prefer to send their child or grandson to

school to study rather than to involve them in fishing activities, some fishermen also

point out that fishing is not financially stable to sustain their lives in the future.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
APPROVAL SHEET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
DEDICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
ABSTRACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
TABLE OF CONTENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

CHAPTER
I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Statement of the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Scope, Delimitation and Limitation of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . 12

Significance of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

CHAPTER REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

II Conceptual Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Related Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Synthesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Conceptual Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Definition of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

CHAPTER RESEARCH METHOD AND PROCEDURES

III Research Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Subjects of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Data Gathering Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Data Gathering Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Treatment of Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

CHAPTER PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF

DATA

IV Interpretation of Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

CHAPTER SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

V Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Recommendation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

BIBLIOGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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APPENDICES

A. Letter to the Barangay

B. Letter to the Experts

C. Letter to the Grammarian

D. Questionnaire

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