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Fisheries Situation Report, January to December 2023

Release Date:
Release Date: 2024-SSO-010
Total Fisheries_Annual2023

 

The total volume of fisheries production in 2023 was registered at 4.26 million metric tons. It indicates an annual decrease of 1.8 percent from the 4.34 million metric tons output in 2022. Decreases in production were noted for commercial, marine municipal fisheries, and inland municipal fisheries subsectors. Only aquaculture subsector reported annual increment in production. (Figure 1 and Table 1)

QCFS_Annual2023

 

The commercial fisheries production at 820.30 thousand metric tons in 2023 posted a 4.9 percent annual decline from the previous year’s output of 862.69 thousand metric tons. The subsector comprised 19.3 percent of the total fisheries production in 2023. (Figure 2 and Table 1)

QMFS_Annual2023

 

On marine municipal fisheries, the total volume of production was estimated at 881.25 thousand metric tons in 2023. This was 7.3 percent lower than the 2022 level of 950.91 thousand metric tons. The subsector’s share to the total fisheries production in 2023 was 20.7 percent. (Figure 3 and Table 1)

QIFS_Annual2023

 

During the year, inland municipal fisheries production was recorded at 174.58 thousand metric tons. It went  down by 0.4 percent from the previous year’s estimate of 175.35 thousand metric tons. The subsector contributed 4.1 percent to the total fisheries production in 2023. (Figure 4 and Table 1)

QAqS_Annual2023


Aquaculture production was registered at 2.38 million metric tons in 2023. This was higher by 1.5 percent from the previous year’s output of 2.35 million metric tons. The aquaculture subsector constituted the biggest share of 56.0 percent to the total fisheries production in 2023. (Figure 5 and Table 1)

Of the 20 major species, output reductions were primarily noted in milkfish (bangus, -8.9%), skipjack (gulyasan, -18.8%), frigate tuna (tulingan, -13.3%), fimbriated sardines (tunsoy, -33.5%), and threadfin bream (bisugo, -21.2%). (Table 2)

On the other hand, increments were mainly reported in seaweed (5.3%), roundscad (galunggong, 11.2%), indian mackerel (alumahan, 17.6%), and yellowfin tuna (tambakol/bariles, 6.6%). (Table 2)
 

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Table 2_Annual2023

 

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