Fishermen who lost thier fishing gear to the tidal wave, weave thier gill nets at the training centre in Balabang Island. - - Assistance to Tidal Victims in the Philippines. Answering an appeal by the Philippines Government for aid to small scale fishermen and farmers who had lost equipment and cattle in the disastrous Minanao earthquake and tidal wave of August 1976, the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) immediately