GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 6 July)—The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) were the country’s top two fisheries producing regions for the […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY —The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Zamboanga Peninsula were the country’s top two fisheries producing regions for the first quarter of 2023, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.The two Mindanao regions contributed a combined 43.2 percent in total fisheries production during the period.
Central Luzon contributed 10.8 percent and Region 4 with 8.6 percent. The rest, 37.4 percent, was the combined output of the other fisheries producing regions in the country.Seaweeds is the top contributor to the volume of fisheries production for the first quarter of 2023 with 366,760 MT, followed by tilapia with 100,230 MT, milkfish with 62,570 MT, bali sardinella with 55,600 MT and skipjack tuna with 54,680 MT.
According to the Second Quarter 2021 aquaculture production in the Bangsamoro region released by the PSA in May 2022, seaweeds contributed 81.74 percent of the total value of regional aquaculture production during the period, valued at P1.025 billion. “The factors in sustaining the fisheries production increase are the continuing technical assistance and capacity building, provision of appropriate production support on capture, aquaculture, and post-harvest and marketing to the fisherfolk,” Patarasa said in a report from the Bangsamoro Information Office released Wednesday.
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