The ocean has a huge influence on the social well being and economic growth in the Philippines. It is used for many thing such as transportation and food. Many people in the Philippines gets many of the food from the ocean since the are surrounded by it. They also use it for transportation for imports and exports. Plus many people work on the ocean as fisher man. The ocean help the economic growth with this country also due to the goods it has such as the seafood and rich land the have for agriculture. It also help bring in trade and stuff which help them with their economic growth and development as a country. And being surrounded by all the water and the land they have many of the people are environmentally aware about the environment and are trying to help preserve and protect it for future generations. Basically the people live off of the ocean and use it someway in their lives or its being used in some way to help benefit the people and country.