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llshlng ls an anclenL pracLlce daLlng back Lo abouL 40000 years ago lL has been and ls sLlll a
ma[or Lechnlque ln Lhe acqulslLlon of food resenLly lAC (lood and AgrlculLure CrganlzaLlon of Lhe
unlLed SLaLes) reporLed LhaL Lhe LoLal number of flshermen around Lhe world ls esLlmaLed Lo be 38
mllllon llsherles and aquaculLure provlde dlrecL and lndlrecL employmenL Lo over 300 mllllon people
llsherles refer Lo an enLlLy whlch engages ln caLchlng wlld flsh or ralslng and harvesLlng flsh whlle
aquaculLure ls Lhe farmlng of freshwaLer and salLwaLer organlsms such as flnflsh mollusks crusLaceans
and aquaLlc planLs
Accordlng Lo 8lA8's (8ureau of llsherles and AquaLlc 8esource) hlllpplne llsherles roflle of
2007 1he hlllpplnes ranked 8
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among Lhe Lop flsh produclng counLrles ln Lhe world durlng 2006 wlLh a
LoLal producLlon of 441 mllllon meLrlc Lons of flsh crusLaceans mollusks and aquaLlc planLs 1he LoLal
producLlon wlLhln Lhe counLry amounLs Lo abouL 28 of Lhe LoLal world producLlon of 1399 mllllon
meLrlc Lons 1he counLry boasLs 623 mllllon meLrlc Lons aquaculLure producLlon of flsh crusLaceans and
mollusks whlch allowed lL Lo rank 10
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ln Lhe world 1hls amounL consLlLuLes Lo 12 of Lhe LoLal global
aquaculLure producLlon of 317 mllllon meLrlc Lons 1he value of such producLlon amounLs Lo 9823
mllllon dollars 1he counLry ls also Lhe world's 2
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largesL producer of aquaLlc planLs due Lo a producLlon
of 147 mllllon meLrlc Lons 97 of Lhe LoLal world producLlon of 131 mllllon

1he aforemenLloned daLa lmplles Lhe lmporLance of Lhe flshlng lndusLry ln Lhe hlllpplne
economy llshlng conLrlbuLes Lo Lhe counLry's Cu (Cross uomesLlc roducL) wlLh 1434 bllllon or 22
for currenL prlces and 386 bllllon or 43 for consLanL prlces of Lhe counLry's Cu of 6648 bllllon
(currenL prlces) and 1369 bllllon (consLanL prlces) 1he lndusLry also accounLed for 13 (1433 bllllon)
and 23 (386bllllon) of Lhe CvA (Cross value Added) ln AgrlculLure llshery and loresLry Croup of
936 bllllon and 231 bllllon aL currenL and consLanL prlces maklng lL Lhe largesL share nexL Lo
agrlculLural crops 1he lndusLry also plays a huge role ln employmenL lL employs a LoLal of 1614368
flshlng operaLors naLlonwlde (based on nSC 2002 Census of llsherles)