Proponent/Claimant
Abstract
A lot of people in the world today are engaged in many faces of unlawful activities in order to earn money. One is the use of dynamites in catching school of fish for easy money. Dynamite or blast fishing is the method of using explosive materials that can extremely destroy to the underwater ecosystem, that often destructs the underlying habitat that supports the seawater creatures. This study is anchored on Classical fisheries Management Theory which essentially argues that the productivity of stock is a function of its size and its productive potential. To document the lived experiences of the fisher folks involved in dynamite fishing Moustakas Method, Colaizi and Manen’s hermeneutic approach were utilized. The data were collected from five participants which then meets data exhaustion. Through semi-structured in-depth interviews, focus groups observation and reflective diary, data were obtained. The study seeks to acquire lessons from the firsthand experience of the fisher-folks; and to learn more enrichments on the essentials of ecology preservation. The recorded interviews were verbatimly transcribed and assignments of pseudonyms given to participants to sustain confidentiality. Themes derive are the following: 1. Situational Poverty 2. Ecological Destruction 3. Dangerous but beneficial 4. Insuperable 5. No alternative livelihood programs.