ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 11 (PNA) – The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) announced that the fisheries production of Zamboanga Peninsula marked an improvement of 1.77 percent in 2013 representing an increase of 341,579 metric tons (MT) from that in 2012.
NSCB-Zamboanga Peninsula head Mewchun Pamaran made this announcement Tuesday, citing Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) data that 2013’s fisheries production of the region reached 19,641,524 MT, which is higher by 341,579 MT than year 2012’s 19,299,945 MT.
Pamaran said this came about as the production in commercial fisheries and municipal fisheries showed an increase of 2.04 percent and 3.86 percent, respectively.
However, Pamaran said that the aquaculture production has decreased by 1.86 percent from 4,400,475 MT in 2012 to 4,318,812 MT in 2013 or with a difference of 81,663 MT.
Pamaran said that commercial fishermen produced 8,507,010 MT of fish in 2013 or 169,713 MT higher than the 2012 record of 8,337,297 MT.
She said this came about after Zamboanga City and Zamboanga del Sur have registered an increase in commercial fisheries production by 2.51 percent and 5.21 percent, respectively, although Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay marked a decline in production.
Pamaran added that commercial fisheries accounted for 43 percent of the total fisheries production.
She said that the municipal fisheries production was estimated at 6,815,702 MT in 2013. It also exhibited an upward trend marking an increase of 253,529 MT from the previous year of 6,562,173 MT.
The provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay have registered an increase in the production of municipal fisheries by 9.07 percent and 16.32 percent, respectively, Pamaran said.
Pamaran said that municipal fisheries accounted for about 35 percent of the total fisheries production.
Meanwhile, Pamaran said that the aquaculture production here in the Zamboanga Peninsula was 4,318,812 MT in 2013.
Pamaran said that the aquaculture production indicated a decrease of 1.86 percent contrary to the production in commercial and municipal fisheries.
Pamaran added that aquaculture accounted for 22 percent of the total fisheries production in 2013. (PNA)