Philippine coral reefs provide daily livelihoods for thousands of lowincome fishers, but in recent years overexploitation and destructive fishing practices like the use of dynamite and cyanide have lowered reef productivity. A survey of 700 fishers conducted in 2000 in the Philippines revealed that 89 percent have to feed their families from their daily catch; 74 percent identified having enough to eat each day as their most pressing concern; and 67 percent said the decreasing fish catch was the most pressing problem in their community.