Eastern Visayas’ fishery production in the first quarter of 2025 was recorded at 21,787 metric tons (MT), lower by 8.9 percent compared with the 23,905 MT production of the same quarter in 2024. This was brought about by the decreases in the production of municipal and aquaculture fisheries at 14.7 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. On the other hand, commercial fisheries posted an increase in production by 6.2 percent recorded at 5,604 MT during the first quarter of 2025 from 5,276 MT in the same quarter of 2024 (Figure 1).

Commercial fishing increased by 6.2%, from 5,276 MT in the first quarter of 2024 to 5,604 MT in the same quarter of 2025. It accounted for 25.7 percent of Eastern Visayas' total fisheries production in the first quarter of 2025.

Municipal fishing posted a production of 14,057 MT in the first quarter of 2025, reflecting a 14.7 percent decline from the 16,483 MT produced during the same quarter of 2024. Accounting for the largest contributor of the region’s fishery production, municipal fishing had a total share of 64.5 percent in the first quarter of 2025.

Aquaculture, accounting for 9.8 percent of the region’s fishery production, slightly went down by 0.9 percent from 2,146 MT in the first quarter of 2024 to 2,126 MT in the same quarter of 2025.

Eastern Visayas ranked fourth among the regions with the lowest fishery production during the first quarter of 2025.

SGD. WILMA A. PERANTE
Regional Director