Fish production in the three Zamboanga provinces decreased by 137,659.21 metric tons or 18.18 percent last year compared with 2010, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said.
NSCB Regional Director Mewchun Pamaran said this came about as the commercial, municipal and aquaculture fishery sectors registered a downward trend in production, with only 619,556.99 metric tons last year compared to 757,216.20 metric tons in the previous year.
Pamaran said fish production by commercial fishers last year was lower by 125,314.52 metric from 339,750.97 metric tons in 2010 to 214,436.45 metric tons in 2011.
Pamaran said the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga City registered production shortfall in commercial fisheries, which constitute about 34.6 percent of the total fishery production in the region.
The commercial fishery data of the three areas are as follows: Zamboanga del Norte went down by 1,036.54 MT from 20,999.20 in 2010 to 19,962.66 in 2011; Zamboanga del Sur decreased by 2,516.39 metric tons to 31,622.48 metric tons in 2011 from 34,138.87 in 2010; and, Zamboanga City was lesser by 117,213.84 metric tons to 158,473.97 metric tons in 2011 from 275,687.81 metric tons in 2010.
