Fisheries production fell 0.8% year on year to 978,618 metric tons (MT) in the first quarter after reduced output from commercial and municipal fisheries, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The PSA said in its fisheries situation report issued Thursday that commercial fisheries output fell 3% to 195,673 MT, or 20% of the total. Production by municipal fisheries fell 0.7% to 257,622 MT, or 26.3% of the total.

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