Fisheries Situation Report for Major Species, January to December 2021

Fisheries

In 2021, total fisheries production was recorded at 4,250.79 thousand metric tons, from 4,400.3 7 thousand metric tons output a year ago, representing an annual downtrend of -3.4 percent. This was brought about by the decreases in production from commercial and marine municipal fisheries, and aquaculture. Only inland fisheries registered an improvement in production during the period.

Commercial

The total volume of production for commercial fisheries during the year was estimated at 871.24 thousand metric tons. The production was -10.7 less than the output in the previous year at 975.21 thousand metric tons.The subsector’s share to total fisheries was 20.5 percent.

Municipal

Note: Starting 1st Quarter of 2021, Municipal Fisheries will be divided into two subsectors which are marine municipal and inland municipal.

Marine Municipal

The marine municipal fisheries subsector produced a total of 927.70 thousand metric tons during the year. It posted a decline of -2.6 percent from the 2020 production level of 952.19 thousand metric tons. Of the total fisheries production, the subsector comprised 21.8 percent.

Inland Municipal

Inland fisheries production was registered at 205.54 thousand metric tons during the year. The volume was 37.0 percent higher than the 2020 estimate of 150.07 thousand metric tons. About 4.8 percent of the total fisheries output came from inland fisheries.

Aquaculture

Total harvests from aquaculture farms reached 2,246.32 thousand metric tons in 2021, from 2,322.91 thousand metric tons in the previous year, indicating an annual decline of -3.3 percent. Aquaculture subsector constituted the biggest share of 52.8 percent to total fisheries production.