In many places the weirs and traps have been left to deteriorate and other more productive but less sustainable practices have taken their place. Stone wall fish weirs and traps were once an important means for inland and coastal communities to catch fish. Aside from the statistics, other sections of this paper will deal with the essential information about Masbate in general, Masbatenyo language and the municipality of Milagros. Knowledge on Philippine linguistics is also of great help in conducting the survey. Field works, interviews and other researches were done to gather the data needed. This paper has achieved its purpose mainly through direct interaction with the people of Milagros. All data concerning the statistics were obtained from the informants, although preliminary demographic figures were provided by the local office of the National Statistics Office (NSO). The data gathered are from random people, with whom the researcher had no knowledge about, who served as informants and who qualified as such.

For that, this paper will only attempt to interpret data and consequently draw conclusions concerning the languages spoken in the municipality of Milagros in the province of Masbate, and the number of those who speak each as their mother language. Masbate is nonetheless still a huge area for one to conduct a survey.

The survey has been conducted not only for the main purpose of giving an overview of the languages spoken in the place but also to give an idea of what Masbate and Masbatenyos are. The researcher intends to present data and information that concern the Masbatenyo language and other languages spoken in Masbate, especially in the municipality of Milagros on a per-barangay basis. It is linguistic survey of the municipality of Milagros in the province of Masbate. This paper is another attempt to study the language. This shows that as a language, Masbatenyo is not a well-researched area in the field of linguistic and there really is a need for further discussion of the said language and the area where it is spoken as first language. Aside from several instructional and religious materials, there is no other published work on the language.

There are but a very few researches and studies that have been done on Masbatenyo language. However, other essential data that concerns the province are not given enough attention. These basic geographical data are well-known. It is also known as the Rodeo Capital of the Philippines. Masbate is just a small province consists of three island namely Masbate, Ticao and Burias. Fish traps in particular are often found in coastal zones subject to development pressure and this work provides a baseline resource to generate discussion about research and management of this significant site type in these zones. The use of this information along with published sources, theses, explorer's diaries and ethnographic accounts allows a comprehensive overview of available information. The review draws heavily on unpublished data and reports held by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. It was found that weirs are common east of the Great Dividing Range, while traps were common to the west. Less information could be located on traps and weirs of inland Queensland, which appear to have included many organic traps and weirs. Some traps and weirs on the coast were built or used by non-Indigenous people, including South Sea Islanders. Walls of traps are most often in the shape of an arc and found at points and estuaries and only occasionally on open beaches. Most traps and weirs south of Torres Strait and the Gulf are isolated structures, with traps in most cases having a single pen. For coastal Queensland, it is demonstrated that traps with multiple pens are common in the Torres Strait and at a limited number of locations in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. A Queensland state-wide review of coastal and inland fish traps and weirs is undertaken.

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