The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Western Visayas (BFAR-6) attributed the significant decline in the region’s fisheries production in 2023 to a series of natural calamities. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that Western Visayas’ total fisheries production in 2023 was estimated at 325,011.2 metric tons (MT), a reduction of 10,317.2 MT from the previous year. BFAR-6 Director Remia Aparri explained that the drop in production was primarily caused by typhoons and other natural disasters that struck the region in 2023, as well as lingering effects from similar events in 2022.

Castor, R. Z. (2024, September 16). Calamities cause 2023 fisheries output decline in W. Visayas. Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 11.