Small fisherfolk are among the poorest in the Philippines, and yet they are also abused and undervalued both by the government and the private sector.

Rappler investigative editor Chay Hofileña sits down with investigative reporter Lian Buan and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum to discuss how they worked on this series, and the relevance of their findings both in terms of the bigger picture and in the context of the fisherfolk’s lives.

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