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SLRVEY OF FRESH FISH WING AND DlSTRIBUfIQN IN THE PHILlPPIFES S .V . Bersamin , Acting Chief, F.R. Gonzales, Sr. Fishery Technologist and R.B. Banania, Fishery Demonstrator Fish an2 Sea Products Ut ilizatioti Division, Philippine Fishsries Cumidon, Intratnuros, Hadla, Philippines ABSTRKT Surveys the cwrent fresh fish production, handling a3d listribution industry in the Philippines, Asid Gulf, Babuyan Channel, Eatangas Coast, bhol Strait, The Philippines has a total Eurias Pass, Camotes Sea, Cqiz coastline of ;?,h60 kilwters in Coast, Carigara Bay, Corwn Bay, length fringing many navigable Cuyo Pass, Dumaran Channel, Gin- bays and gulfs. Marine waters goog 3ay, Green Island Bay, have an estimated 1-213 mflllon Guimaras Strait, Iligan Bay, square kIloraeters of surface area IUana Eay , Lloilo Strait, Ilocos which is abut 6 times the land Coasts, lmurwn Eay , Lamn Bay, in area, The seat of c~rmercial Leyte Gulf, Llngayen Gulf, &lam- fisheries are narrow and steep, gays Sound, Hanila Bay, Maqueda and at several places in Easterm Bay, Mindanao Sea, Hindom Strait, Lumn and Eastern Mindanao , the Horn Gulf, Panay Gulf, Fagay Gulf, shelf drops off into sheer depths Samar Sea, San Higuel Bay, Sibuyan right close to the water line. Sea, SiSuguey Bay, Sulu Sea, Sulu The slopes, however, are gentler Sea along Palawan Coast, Tanom around =any small islands and in Strait, TayW Bay, Taytay Bay, a number of partially land-locked Tlcw Bay, Vede Island Passage , bays. Visayan Sea. Areas frsquented by comtilep Appendix I for the "Fis3 cia1 fishing vessels are as fol- 3esomes of the Pkilippines" lows : indicating selected fishing Pmc. Indo-Pacific Fish. Coun., ll(II1): 193-216, 1965. grounds showing also kinds of Principal -producing amad are fish, methods of capture and Bulacan, Capiz, Iloilo and Pam- fishing seasons. panga . (Appendix III ) Fish stocking FRESH AND BRACKISH AREAS As of 1963 also there are There are about 6,070 square 2,19&,988 fish stocked in 269 kilometers of fresh and brackish water areas, Common fish stocked water swamps and a total of 59 includes bangos , gobies , TiZapia, lakes which contribute 1,994 square plasalid, tawes, mudfish, cammon kilometers more of inland water carp, giant gourami , etc, in addition to numerous rivers and flooded paddy fields. IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL SPECIES Freshwater As of June 1964, there are From Inland Sdurces: . - ... 920,500 productive hectares of fresh water bodies with a total Milkfish, (Chams chanos) production of Ql,OOfl tons, which tawes and T;Zapia. includes lakes, swamps and marshes, dams, reservoirs, rivers, fresh From Marine Saurcea: ' ( Prin- water ponds and irrigated rice cipal' species abundantly caugbf):, fields. (Appendix 11) Based from a total catch Brackish water of 209,000 tons of commercial fishing vessels in 1963, the As of 1963 there are 131,890 following (Table I) are the hectares of developed brackish- percentage composition of species water fish ponds with an estimated abundantly caught. It appears yearly production of 62,000 tons that round scad ranks first on mainly of bangos (Chams chanos). point of abundance. TABLE I Species of Marine Fish caught Percentage Round scad 28.04 Slipmouth 12.03 Anchovy 7 .l4 Sardine 5.73 Lizard fish 5 .l6 Caesio 5 .O4 Nernipt mid 4.89 Croaker 4.26 Shrimp 3.76 eckerel 3.09 Tuna 2.10 Big-eyed scad 1.86 Grouper 1.58' Hairt ail 1.48 Squid TABLE 11 Fish production and index, 1959 to 1968 (Base: 1940 = 170,000,000 kilograms) Year Product ion kilograms 436,481,180 444,622,121 454,899,201 483,947,590 547,354,480 Frduction. Statistics of Production and Utilizaticn: Some: fnfomtion Division, Philippine Fisheries Cotmission. TABLE I11 Comparative fish production showing increase or decrease i3 kilograms and per cent, 1959 to 1963 I Increase or Cecrease Year a Product ion over previous year I ki logrrn-s )cilqrams per cent Production, Statistics of Production and Utilization : Source: Information Division, Philippine Fisheries COW~S~O~. Fish allowance Ireqcirement 1 and pmduction (1959 to 1962 ion Year 1 / duct ioa Pror',uct Allowance- Pm Deficiency k ilcgrams kilograms Per cent I959 635,491,1+13 L36,491,180 31.3 1960 74 0,482,890, 2/ 444,622,121 39.3 : 1961 774,767,190 454,899,201 41.3 1962 800,955,080 483,947,590 39.5 196 3 830,921,730 547,354,480 34.1 -1/ Prior to 1959, the per capisa fish aUowance (requirement) was 25.55 kilograms as established by the Fational Research Council of the Philippines in 1949; whereas in 1959 fiah allowance was based on 26.37 kilograms per year as established by the National Research Focd ~o&cil. -2/ The s~d2enrise is due to the increase in population as a result ~f the census in 1950. Poplation estimate for 1959 was 23,562,900 while actual enmation in 1960 totalled 27,087,685. Fish consumption, 1959 to 1963 Cuant ity Value I Per capita kilograms kilopams I kilograms k78 ,'709, 575 &71,513,874 528,032,539 507,984,150 520,007, Rl4 503 fI12,Wj 525,946,595 573,363,630 692,137,074 716,170,469 GOVEMNT ORGANIZATTW DEALING In cooperation with the WITH FISilERIES NSDB the Philippine Fisheries Commission conCucts research a. The Philippine Fisheries pmjects dealing on fisheries technology . Pursuant to Republic Act 1. The Keat Inmection 3512, the Philippine Fisheries soar3 of the City of Comtission was created in March bnila: 20, 1963 absorbing the then Bureau of Fisheries. This office has started to mganize as cffice which will Functiocs of tke Bureau of deal with Fish Tnspection an2 Customs, the Philippine and the Standardization uf fish and Philippine Constahlary pertaining fishery prcduct s , to fishing and related fishery matters were also transfemed to e. The Food Inspectior, Ser- the Cmission . The Philippine vice of the Weau of Fisheries Cummission deals on Health Service%: De~art- administration, development and ment of Health formulates research in fisheries . regulations and sta~dardson the manufacture, sale and distribu- b. Fisheries Development ti02 of food prodqcts of which Pmmm (develo~mnt fis3 is inciuded. activities1 : f. Secondary Fishery Schools This is a PI5 illi ion fishery under SupeSvisian ad management developrcent program mder the joint of the Bureau of Public Schools, auspices of the Philippine Fish- Departnent of Education. These eries Cchission and the Emergency are fishsr ies vocational schools Employmeit Administration. he (4 years 1 of tb.e high schocl to lack of fmds rhis year however, level ocly. It inclules qpm- the development activities of the tunity students (op;orrunity was arrested. classes) who tmk technical sub jects OE fisheries 5ut not given any diploma. Table VI shows "Trend of Secoctlary Enrolment in Fishery Schcols" . Tmsd of Seccn2ary Enrolment in Fisnery Scnmls Ercm 1957-i958 to 1963-1954 * 1957 1959 1959 1950 1961 1962 1963 Curriculm Ievel. 1958 1953 1960 1951 1962 1963 1964 1, Opportunity Class 20 4 30 22 44 4 - 2. Secondary (General) 543 -. - 121 4 149 - 3. Secondary (~ishery) 1143 1939 2658 2503 3333 4220 5113 Total 1706 1936 2688 (2646 3425 4373 15113 I *Figure islcludes general secondary fishery enrolment. (Enrolmeat breakdown by courses not available From Fishery Ed~cationDivision Statistical File. ) Basic Source: The Philippine Public-Supported Vocational Schools under the Bureau of Public Schools. PRCWCTIUN TECf+4IQES fish in^ Craft: TABLE VII Types of Sizes of Fishing Craft Ty?@s Sizes (average) t r I Motor launch 1 80 ft x 20 ft x 7 it I Motor boat Sail boat- Rmca Fishing Gear: pularized in the Philippines in 1962, and the gear has been gaining There are at least 40 assort- popularity amcng the fishing ments of fishing gear used in the boat operators. To date there Philippines, ranging from simple me 17 mechanized purse seiners snare, spear and harpoons to the operating, ra~~gingfwwn 65 to nore ccmplicatcd otter trawls, 150 tons gmss, while 28 are beam trawls and lately - the under cocstzuction. By the end mechanized purse seiners. of 1963, there will be not less than 45 mechanized purse seiners The purse seine was first operating in Philippine waters. introduced by the U.S. Fish and Echo-sounders or fish finders Wildlife Service under the Phil- are nou being used in purse lippine Fishery Program after seining. the war but did not gain popu- larity in the country. Records show that a purse seiner catchec '-100- tb 500 tubs The mechanized purse seine, (3 to 15 tons) a night for 20 however, was iatrcduced and pc- nights fishing. List of Fishine Gears Used in the Philippines* 1. Snare 21. Fyke net 2. Spear 22. Otoshi-mi (trap net) ' 3. Harpoon 23. Lift net 4. Wes 24. "Hew Eook" 5. Sccop 25. Dip Net 6. Cover pt 26. Push net 7. Barricade 27. Crab life net 8. Fish Corral 29. Cast Net 9. Fish pots 29, Crive -in-net 13. Fish shelter 30. Hum-mi (drive-in-net ) 11 + Simple haMling 31 . Lever net 12. Multiple hardline 32. Bag net 1 3. Jigger 33. Beach seine 14. Pole and line 34. Yo& haul seine 15. Troll lines 35. Stop seine 15, Set lor4line 36. Half ring net 17. Simple drift lines (pwse seine) 13. Drift longline 37. Otter trawl ( t ma long1ine 1 38. Beam trawl 19. Filter net 39. Gill net 20, Eeop net 40, Mechanized purse seine *6asic Source: Varions fishing gear in the Philippines by J.R. Yontilla --et a:. WLING,ABOARD are lanlea on sandy beaches - where the area is proximate to Facilities available for the pdlic market. storage ahd: - The Navotas Fish Landing, After catch, fish are clas- which is the biggest central sified an2 packed in zircular landing place rear Macila, is galvanized iror.