In 2022, total fisheries production grew to 4,339.89 thousand metric tons or by 2.2 percent, from the previous year’s output of 4,248.26 thousand metric tons. Increases in production were noted in marine municipal fisheries and aquaculture, while commercial and inland municipal fisheries reported setbacks during the year.

The total fisheries production during the second quarter of 2022 reached 1.21 million metric tons. It went up by 5.6 percent from the 1.15 million metric tons output in 2021. Increases in production during the quarter were traced from aquaculture, commercial and marine municipal fisheries, while inland fisheries reported a drop in production.

In 2021, total fisheries production was recorded at 4,250.79 thousand metric tons from 4,400.37 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.