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2021-67
Municipal Fisheries
The overall municipal fisheries production in the Ilocos Region went down by 4.77 percent in 1st quarter 2021. The production was posted at 7,568 metric tons, lower than its output in 1st quarter 2020 of 7,947 metric tons. The provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan contributed to the overall decrement in the volume of fisheries production in the region.
Marine Municipal Production of Marine Municipal Fisheries in Ilocos Region decreased in the 1st quarter 2021. Its output was posted at 6,831 metric tons, lower by 9.34 percent than the output in the 1st quarter 2020 of 7,534 metric tons. All the provinces of the region, except La Union, posted lower fisheries production.
The province of Pangasinan contributed 38.49 percent to the region’s marine municipal production in 1st quarter 2021. The province recorded 2,629 metric tons, lower than the output of 3,421 metric tons in 1st quarter 2020. Lesser unloadings, lesser payaos harvested, and more gale warnings and restrictions resulted to lower volume of catch.
La Union shared 26.93 percent to the total marine municipal fisheries production in 1st quarter 2021. The production was 1,839 metric tons, higher than the output in the same period a year ago of 1,523 metric tons. Abundance of catch on seasonal species, more fishing days, bigger sizes of catch, and presence of school of fish were the major attributes in the increase in the volume of catch.
Ilocos Sur shared 18.99 percent to the total marine municipal production of the region in 1st quarter 2021 and posted decrement in output. From the 1,434 metric tons record in 1st quarter 2020, the output went down to 1,297 metric tons in 1st quarter 2021. Lesser fishing days and lesser appearance of species during the quarter caused the decrease in the volume of production in the province.
Ilocos Norte contributed 15.60 percent to the region’s marine municipal fisheries volume of production in 1st quarter 2021. Its production during the period went down by 7.84 percent from 1,156 metric tons in 1st quarter 2020 to 1,065 metric tons this year. Lesser fishing days due to strong winds, lesser usage of beach seine, and lesser units of payaos set in January and February contributed to lower catch.
The top five dominant catch in marine municipal fisheries of Ilocos Region during the period were squid, yellowfin tuna, cavalla, skipjack, and roundscad.
Inland Municipal Fisheries
Production of Inland Municipal Fisheries in Ilocos Region grew by 78.73 percent in 1st quarter 2021. From the output of 412 metric tons in the same period in 2020, it went up
to 737 metric tons in 1st quarter 2021. All the provinces registered positive growth in output.
In terms of provincial distribution, La Union contributed 39.93 percent to the region’s inland municipal fish production in 1st quarter 2021. The province recorded 294 metric tons, higher than its output of 132 metric tons in 1st quarter 2020 due to more frequent fishing operations by hand and net fishing.
Pangasinan shared 35.08 percent to the total inland municipal fisheries
production in 1st quarter 2021. The 259 metric tons output was higher than the output in the same period a year ago of 117 metric tons. More fish shelters set and harvested led to the increase in the volume of capture.
Ilocos Sur that contributed 17.94 percent to the total inland municipal fish catch of the region in 1st quarter 2021, posted increment in output. From the 128 metric tons recorded in 1st quarter 2020, it went up to 132 metric tons in 1st quarter 2021. More fishing days and more fish operators were the major attributes in the increased volume of catch in the province.
Ilocos Norte has a share of 7.05 percent to the region’s inland municipal fisheries volume of production. Its production increased from 35 metric tons in 1st quarter 2020 to 52 metric tons in 1st quarter 2021. Increased catch of fish and crustaceans, more catch of tilapia in fish shelters, and more fishing days resulted to the increment in the volume of catch in the province.
The top five major catch in the region during the period were tilapia, oyster, freshwater crab, freshwater shrimp and mud crab.
SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
Officer-in-Charge, RSSO I
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