The Philippine Statistics Authority said fisheries production in the second quarter rose 5.6% year on year to 1.21 million metric tons (MT), driven by the aquaculture, commercial, and marine municipal fisheries segments. Marine municipal fisheries rose 14.3% to 281,240 MT, accounting for 23.2% of total fisheries output. Aquaculture, which accounted for 51.1% of the total, rose 5.8% to 619,460 MT.

Jocson, L. M. J. C. (2022, September 9). Fisheries output up 5.6% by volume in second quarter. Business World, p. S1/2.