Fisheries output rose 3.1% year on year to 1.18 million metric tons (MT) in the second quarter led by commercial fisheries and aquaculture producers, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its fisheries situation report, the PSA said production of commercial fisheries, which accounted for 27.3% of total output, rose 13.5% to 321.72 thousand MT. Harvests from aquaculture farms rose 3.4% to 566.94 thousand MT and accounted for 48.2% of total production.

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