MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' fish production grew by 2.2 percent in 2022 to 4,339,888.55 metric tons from 2021's 4,248,261.40 metric tons, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday.
The PSA estimated the total production volume for commercial fisheries in 2022 at 868,408.94 metric tons, indicating a decline of 0.2 percent from the output a year ago of 870,038.30 metric tons. The subsector's share of total fisheries production in 2022 was 20 percent.
The PSA said the marine municipal fisheries output reached 946,875.91 metric tons in 2022. It posted an increment of 2.2 percent from the 2021 production level of 926,368.90 metric tons. Of the total fisheries production in 2022, the PSA said the subsector shared 21.8 percent.
The PSA said the total aquaculture harvest was estimated at 2,349,252.01 metric tons. Compared with the 2,246,315.78 metric tons recorded output a year ago or a 4.6 percent increase.
The PSA said the aquaculture subsector constituted the biggest share of 54.1 percent of the total fisheries production.
Of the 20 major species, the PSA noted increases in the production of seaweed (15 percent), skipjack (5.6 percent), yellowfin tuna (14.1 percent), and squid ( 22.9 percent). ■