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Volume of Production of Fisheries in Mountain Province down by 16.56 percent
Municipal and Aquaculture Fisheries are the only contributor in terms of production of Fisheries in the province for the first quarter of 2020 and 2021. The province has no Commercial Fisheries. The total production in the province went down by 16.56 percent or 0.53 metric tons from 3.20 to 2.67 metric tons in the first quarter of 2020 and 2021. (Fig. 1)
Comparing by volume of production by sub-sector, Municipal fisheries decreased from 1.57 to 0.73 metric tons or 53.50 percent in the first quarter of 2020 and 2021 while Aquaculture Fisheries increased from 1.63 to 1.94 metric tons or 19.02 percent in the same quarter. (Fig. 1)
Figure 1: Fishery Production by Sub-sectors: Mountain Province,
First Quarter 2020-2021
Among the species caught in Municipal fisheries, Tilapia had the highest production for the first quarter of 2021 with 0.41 metric tons. This is 10.81 percent higher compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Completing the top five species are Freshwater goby(Biya), Carp, Eel(Igat) and mudfish(Dalag) which had a decrease in production by 68.75%, 42.86%, 55.56% and 57.14% respectively. (Fig. 2)
Figure 2: Municipal Fisheries by Volume of Production and by Species:
Mountain Province, First Quarter 2020-2021
For Aquaculture Fisheries, production was gathered from freshwater fishpond and rice fields for the first quarter of 2021. Tilapia and Carp were the primary species reared by the said environments. For freshwater fishpond, Tilapia production increased by 76.85 percent from 1.08 to 1.91 metric tons in the first quarter of 2020 and 2021 while the production of carp decreased by 0.01 metric tons in the same quarter.
There is no carp production in rice field/rice fish farm but has a stable Tilapia production of 0.02 metric tons in the first quarter of 2020 and 2021. Aquaculture Fisheries by volume of production, by species and by type of environment in the province is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Aquaculture Fisheries by Volume of Production, by Species and by
Type of Environment: Mountain Province, First Quarter 2020-2021
Value of Production of Fisheries in Mountain Province down by 24.38 percent
The value of production of fisheries in the province went down by 24.38 percent or 138.45 thousand pesos from 567.96 thousand pesos in the first quarter of 2020 to 429.51 thousand pesos in the same quarter of 2021. Specifically, Municipal fisheries decreased by 54.97 percent while the value of production of Aquaculture fisheries increased by 23.78 percent.
Figure 4: Fishery Value of Production by Sub-sectors: Mountain Province,
First Quarter 2020-2021
Among the top five species of Municipal fisheries, the value of Tilapia showed an increase of 8.98 thousand pesos or 17.94 percent from 50.06 to 59.04 thousand pesos in the first quarter of 2020 and 2021 while freshwater goby (-67.22), Carp (-33.33), Eel (-50.89) and Mudfish (-57.14) had a decrease in value in the same quarter.
Figure 5: Municipal Fisheries by Value of Production and by Species:
Mountain Province, First Quarter 2020-2021
For Aquaculture fisheries, the value of tilapia in freshwater fishpond increased by 94.15 percent while tilapia from rice fields increased by 17.28 percent. On the other hand, carp value for freshwater fishpond decreased by 53.42 percent while there is no value of production for carp from rice fields. (Fig. 6)
Figure 6: Aquaculture Fisheries by Value of Production, by Species and by
Type of Environment: Mountain Province, First Quarter 2020-2021
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