According to the Department of Agriculture, aquaculture would account for half of the country’s fish requirements by 2008. As of 2002, 40 per cent of total fisheries production already comes from aquaculture. Although there is no available sex disaggregated data on employment in the aquaculture sector, women are very much part of this production, from pre-harvest, harvest, to post-harvest stages. IBON’s field research in areas where aquaculture is practiced confirms this assertion. What is the extent of women’s participation in aquaculture? More importantly, has aquaculture helped empower women economically and socially? Or has it only worsened the Filipina fish farmer’s plight?