Fishing effort restriction policies: the Philippine situation

Abstract:

The Philippines ranked eleventh among the important fishing nations in the world. As a major economic sector, fisheries contributes 4.5% to the Philippine Gross National Product (GNP). Directly dependent to the fishing industry are more than one million Filipinos deriving their livelihood from fisheries. By areas of operation, the fisheries sector is classified into the municipal fisheries sector, commercial fisheries sector and aquaculture sector. Municipal fisheries, otherwise known as smalllscale, nearshore or coastal fisheries refers to fishing activities that utilize vessels of 3 gross tons or less, or gears not requiring the use of boats. Commercial fisheries sector refers to fishing using fishing boats more than 3 gross tons. Aquaculture sector on the other hand refers to culture of fish either in fresh, and brackish waters and along the coastal areas popularly known as mariculture. Performance review of the three fisheries sectors have shown that aquaculture had been the best performing sector in the last 15 years. The commercial fishing sector has remained relatively stable with its half million metric tons contribution to total production. On the other hand, municipal fisheries sector has gradually. dec1ined. Causes were attributed to overfishing, destruction of fish habitats, like coral reefs and mangroves and illegal fishing methods.

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1993

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