The total volume of fisheries production in the first quarter of 2024 was registered at 987.19 thousand metric tons. It declined by 0.5 percent from the 992.33 thousand metric tons output in the same quarter of the previous year. The decrease in production was noted in marine municipal fisheries, while commercial, inland municipal fisheries, and aquaculture reported increments in production during the period.
The commercial fisheries production at 188.92 thousand metric tons posted 10.7 percent increment from the previous year’s same quarter output of 170.60 thousand metric tons. The subsector comprised 19.1 percent of the total fisheries production.
On marine municipal fisheries, the total volume of production was estimated at 211.33 thousand metric tons in the first quarter of 2024. This was 12.4 percent lower than the previous year’s same quarter level of 241.37 thousand metric tons. The subsector’s share to the total fisheries production in the first quarter of 2024 was 21.4 percent.
During the quarter, inland municipal fisheries production was recorded at 40.55 thousand metric tons. It increased by 17.6 percent from the previous year’s same quarter estimate of 34.48 thousand metric tons. The subsector contributed 4.1 percent to the total fisheries production in the first quarter of 2024.
Aquaculture production was registered at 546.40 thousand metric tons in the first quarter of 2024. This was 0.1 percent higher than the 545.88 thousand metric tons output in the same period of 2023. The aquaculture subsector constituted the highest share of 55.3 percent to the total fisheries production during the quarter.
Technical Inquiries:
Ms. Reinelda P. Adriano
Chief Statistical Specialist
Fisheries Statistics Division
Economic Sector Statistics Service
r.adriano@psa.gov.ph
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Ms. Maria Belen B. Pecson
Librarian II
Knowledge Management and Communications Division
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