A. Fisheries production decreased by 8.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024

The total volume of fisheries production in the fourth quarter of 2024 was registered at 1.07 million metric tons, indicating a decline of 8.5 percent from the 1.17 million metric tons output in the same quarter of the previous year. Decreases in production were noted in commercial, marine municipal fisheries, and aquaculture, while inland municipal fisheries posted increment in production. (Figure 1 and Table 1)

During the fourth quarter of 2024, the volume of commercial fisheries production was recorded at 157.68 thousand metric tons, registering a decline of 15.4 percent from the same quarter in 2023 output of 186.46 thousand metric tons. The subsector comprised 14.8 percent of the total fisheries production during the fourth quarter 2024. (Figure 2 and Table 1)
 

During the quarter,  marine municipal fisheries total volume of production was estimated at 176.24 thousand metric tons. This indicates a decline of 8.8 percent from the same quarter of the previous year’s level of 193.25 thousand metric tons. The subsector’s share to the total fisheries production was 16.5 percent. (Figure 3 and Table 1)

The production from inland municipal fisheries was recorded at 49.55 thousand metric tons. This indicates an increment of 0.8 percent from the same quarter of 2023 estimate of 49.18 thousand metric tons. The subsector contributed 4.6 percent to the total fisheries production in the fourth quarter of 2024. (Figure 4 and Table 1)

Aquaculture production was registered at 683.93 thousand metric tons. This was lower by 7.3 percent from the previous year’s same period output of 737.93 thousand metric tons.  The aquaculture subsector constituted the highest share of 64.1 percent to the total fisheries production during the quarter. (Figure 5 and Table 1)

Of the 21 major species, output reductions were primarily noted in seaweed (-12.7%), skipjack (gulyasan, -19.1%), big-eyed scad (matangbaka, -20.6%), and roundscad (galunggong, -14.3%). (Table 2)

On the other hand, output improvements were mainly reported in milkfish (bangus, 10.9%) and P. Vannamei (putian, 59.4%). (Table 2)

B. Fisheries production declined by 5.0 percent in 2024

In 2024, the total volume of fisheries production was recorded at 4.05  million metric tons. This indicates an annual average decrease of 5.0 percent from the 4.26 million metric tons output in 2023. Decreases in production were noted in marine municipal fisheries, inland municipal fisheries, and aquaculture.  Only commercial fisheries subsector displayed uptrend in production. (Figure 6 and Table 4)

The commercial fisheries production at 857.33 thousand metric tons posted a 4.2 percent annual average increase from the previous year’s output of 822.43 thousand metric tons. The subsector comprised 21.2 percent of the total fisheries production in 2024. (Figure 7 and Table 4)

On marine municipal fisheries, the total volume of production was estimated at 802.77 thousand metric tons during the year. This was 8.8 percent lower than the 2023 level of 879.96 thousand metric tons. Of the total fisheries production in 2024, 19.8 percent was contibuted by marine municipal fisheries subsector. (Figure 8 and Table 4)
 

During the year, inland municipal fisheries was recorded at 166.17 thousand metric tons. This indicates an annual average decrease of 4.8 percent from the 174.58 thousand metric tons output in 2023. The share of the inland municipal fisheries subsector to the total fisheries production was 4.1 percent. (Figure 9 and Table 4)

The annual aquaculture volume of production was estimated at 2.22 million metric tons in 2024. This shows an annual average decrease of 6.8 percent compared to the previous year’s output of 2.38 million metric tons. The aquaculture subsector constituted the highest share of 54.9 percent to the total fisheries production in 2024. (Figure 10 and Table 4)

The species that primarily displayed annual downtrend were seaweed (-10.5%), big-eyed scad (matangbaka, -20.0%), bali sardinella (tamban, -8.2%), and roundscad (galunggong, -9.8%). (Table 5)

On the other hand, increases were noted in skipjack (gulyasan, 31.2%), P. Vannamei (putian, 32.3%), frigate tuna (tulingan, 8.6%), and milkfish (bangus, 1.6%). (Table 5)

Note: More detailed data can be accessed at the PSA OpenSTAT portal at https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2E__FS/?tablelist=true&rxid=bdf9d8da-96f1-4100-ae09-18cb3eaeb313t 

DIVINA GRACIA L. DEL PRADO, PhD
Assistant Secretary
Deputy National Statistician
Sectoral Statistics Office