It is the biodiversity of marine. Only six countries are stated in this triangle.
Coral triangle
Philippines ranked ____ as global seaweed producer
4th
Philippines ranked ___ in capture fishing
13th
EEZ stands for
Exclusive economic zone
It is the border limit or line
Treaty limits
Distance from the shore na pwede pa mangisda
200 nautical mile (n. mi)
Giilogan sa China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Philippines, kay naa diri ang scarborough shoal na rich sa oil, marine lives etc
Kalayaan Claim
Philippine fisheries is attributed to three subsectors:
Aquaculture, municipal fisheries, and commercial fisheries
_____ is defined as the cultivation and farming of aquatic plants and
animals in inland, coastal and marine areas.
Aquaculture
Municipal and commercial sectors are distinguished by ___ and
____
fishing location and vessel capacity
This sector involves capture operations in inland and coastal areas with or without the use of a vessel not exceeding 3 gross t.
Municipal fisheries
This sector is done in offshore waters using vessels of at least 3 gross t.
Commercial fisheries
Aquaculture contribute to __ of total production while municipal is __ and commercial is __
53%, 25%, and 22%
Among the three subsectors, _______
made the greatest contribution to fishproduction in 2018, with 53 % (2.3million t), followed by the _____ sector with 25 % (1.1million t) and ______ sector with 22% (946 thousand MT) (BFAR 2019).
Aquaculture, municipal, commercial
Philippines Ranked ____ in fish production. The 5.16 million MT production of fish,
crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic
plants (including seaweeds) constitutes 3.06% of the total world production of 168.4 million MT (FAO website).
5th
Philippines ranked Top ____ largest producer of aquatic plants (including seaweeds) having produced a total of 1.80 million MT or nearly 9.48% of the total world production of 19.01 million MT (FAO website).
3
Major Cultured Species in the Philippines
Seaweeds, Milkfish, Tilapia, and Shrimp/Prawn
Seaweed has more than _____ species.
800
____ is the primary livelihood source for coastal villagers, particularly in the BARMM, Southern Philippines (BFAR, 2010; Romero, 2002).
Seaweed farming
Seaweed farming utilizes between 100,000-120,000 labors, where __% are seaweed farmers, and the rest are seaweed processors and traders (BFAR, 2010).
90%
Milkfish (Chanos chanos) or locally called ______, is considered the Philippines’ official national fish.
Bangus
____ is the most important farmed fish and the 2nd aquaculture production species comprising 13%
of the total production.
Milkfish
Rank as 2nd popular cultivated fish in the Philippines
Tilapia
The six farmed tilapia species in the country are
Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus together with its genetic strains,
Mozambique tilapia (O. mossambicus),
Blue tilapia (O. aureus), and
Redbelly tilapia (Coptodon zilli),
Blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron), and
Red tilapia (Oreochromis spp. hybrids).