Volume of Fisheries Production 
The total volume of fisheries production in Quezon province during the third quarter of 2023 was estimated at 13,465.27 metric tons. It decreased by 12.9 percent from the 15,451.17 metric tons reported in same quarter of 2022. This was brought about by the decrease in the output from all the sub-sectors. Aquaculture decreased by 17.0 percent, commercial fisheries by 10.8 percent, and municipal fisheries by 0.9 percent.

Among the sub-sectors, production from aquaculture fisheries contributed the biggest share of 61.0 percent to the total fisheries production during the period. It was followed by the output from municipal fisheries with 21.7 percent. Meanwhile, commercial fisheries shared 17.3 percent.

Aquaculture 
Aquaculture fisheries production for the third quarter of 2023 decreased to 8,207.49 metric tons from 9,885.95 metric tons during the same period in 2022. The decrease in the total aquaculture production was attributed to milkfish (974.37 MT), mudcrab (346.61 MT) and Penaeus vannamei (232.66 MT), all harvested from brackishwater fishpond. Similarly, production of milkfish from marine cage declined by 152.64 MT from 503.19 metric tons to 350.55 metric tons.

Municipal Fisheries 
Municipal fisheries production was registered at 2,928.23 metric tons in the third quarter of 2023, lower by 25.60 MT compared to the same quarter’s output of  2,953.83 metric tons in the previous year. Of this total volume of production, marine municipal fisheries accounted for 99.9 percent while the rest were caught from inland bodies of water.

The volume of production for marine municipal fisheries resulted to a 0.8 percent decrease from 2,946.95 metric tons during the third quarter of 2022 to 2,924.34 metric tons in the same quarter of 2023. The leading species that contributed to the decrease in the volume of production comprising marine municipal fisheries were big-eyed tuna or tambakol/bariles (156.97 MT), eastern little tuna or bonito (136.65 MT), threadfin bream or bisugo (134.52 MT0, roundscad or galunggong (113.28 MT) and  frigate tuna or tulingan (91.29 MT).

Inland municipal fisheries production during the third quarter of 2023 was recorded at 3.89 metric tons, lower by 43.5 percent from its 2022 same quarter production of 6.88 metric tons. The top species contributing to the decline of the total volume of inland municipal fisheries production was mainly attributed to tilapia (4.22 MT), and mudfish or dalag (0.76 MT).

Commercial Fisheries 
Production for commercial fisheries was posted at 2,329.55 metric tons, a decrement of 10.8 percent compared to the 2,611.39 metric tons reported in the same quarter in 2022.  The top five species that contributed most to the decrease in the total production of this subsector were frigate tuna or tulingan (270.40 MT), big-eyed tuna or tambakol/bariles (267.56 MT), eastern little tuna or bonito (215.33 MT), bali sardinella or tamban (61.82 MT) and threadfin bream or bisugo (48.02 MT).

(SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN 
Provincial Statistics Officer

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