Volume of Fisheries Production 

During the first quarter of 2024, the total fisheries production in Palawan was estimated at 77,040.14 metric tons. It grew by 3.35 percent from its previous year’s output of 74,544.72 metric tons.

Commercial fisheries and aquaculture subsectors in the province displayed increase in production while municipal fisheries and inland municipal fisheries displayed decline in production.

Volume of Production by Subsector 

For the first quarter of 2024, the commercial fisheries output displayed an increase of 206.88 percent at 2,500.74 metric tons compared to the same quarter of last year’s volume of production of 814.88 metric tons. This subsector shared 3.25 percent in the total fisheries production of the province.

Marine municipal fisheries’ volume of production was recorded at 28,712.29 metric tons during the reference quarter. Comparing to 2023 production of 33,185.59 metric tons, this year’s output displayed a 13.48 percent decline in production.

The subsector of inland municipal fisheries registered 2.30 metric tons volume of production in the first quarter of 2024, contributing 0.01 percent share to the total fisheries of the province. This quarter’s production declined by 96.72 percent from same quarter of last year’s production of 70.06 metric tons.

Total harvests from aquaculture farms were recorded at 45,824.82 metric tons. This volume displayed a 13.22 percent increase compared to the first quarter 2023 harvests of 40,474.20 metric tons. Aquaculture subsector had biggest share of 59.48 percent to the total fisheries production of the province.

Value of Fisheries Production 

Palawan’s total value of fisheries production reached almost PhP 4.78 billion in the first quarter of 2024, that is 1.20 percent higher compared to the PhP 4.72 billion value of production in the first quarter of 2023.

Two subsectors posted an increase in the value of production during the reference period compared with the value in the same quarter of 2023. These are commercial fisheries reporting a total value of PhP 227.33 million, an increase of 196.68 percent from last year’s value of PhP 76.62 million, and marine municipal fisheries with a value of production of PhP 4.24 billion from PhP 4.10 billion (3.46 percent).

On the contrary, inland municipal’s value of production declined by 97.44 percent (PhP 306.65 thousand from PhP 11.98 million) and Aquaculture, 42.02 percent (PhP 309.38 million from PhP 533.57 million).

DONNA MARIE D. MOBE 
(Supervising Statistical Specialist) 
Officer-in-Charge 
Palawan Provincial Statistical Office 

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