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Definition of Fishing

Fishing is the harvesting of fish and fishery resources.

Fishing Grounds• Geographical locations where fishing activities conducted.

Classification

Marine Water Bodies• Ocean

An ocean is a vast body of salt water that separates or surrounds

continents.

from Greek, Okeanos (Oceanus) a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere.

Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 M km2 is

covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided

into several principal oceans and smaller seas.

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean

• Sea

a smaller division of the ocean, partially enclosed by land (or sometimes avery large lake such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea).



• Gulf

An arm of the ocean that reaches into land.

• Bay

A body of water that is partly enclosed by land, smaller than a gulf.

• Channel

a narrow deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.

Freshwater Bodies

• Lakes

A body of fresh water, surrounded by land. It is from Latin lacus.

• Rivers

A long body of water that flows downhill in a natural channel.

• Streams

• ReservoirsDams.

• Irrigation canals

• Ponds

Ex. La Mesa Dam, Pantabangan Dam



Philippine Fishing Grounds

Resources Area

A. Marine Resources1. Total Territorial Water Area 220,000,000 ha

a. Coastal 26,600,000 ha

b. Oceanic 193,400,000 ha

2. Shelf Area (200 m depth) 18,460,000 ha3. Coral Reef Area 27,000 km2

Coastline (length) 17,460 km

B. Inland Resources

1. Swamplands 246,063 ha

a. Freshwater 106,328 hab. Brackishwater 139,735 ha

2. Existing Fishpond 253,854 ha

a. Freshwater 14,531 ha

b. Brackishwater 239,323 ha3. Other Inland Resources 250,000 ha

a. Lakes 200,000 ha

b. Rivers 31,000 ha

c. Reservoirs 19,000 ha





Some Important Fishing Grounds

Seas

Sulu Sea – Palawan/Mindanao

Sibuyan Sea – Aklan/Masbate/Romblon

Bohol Sea – Bohol

Samar Sea – Samar/Masbate/Leyte

Visayan Sea – Panay/Negros/Cebu/MasateCamotes Sea – Cebu/Leyte/Bohol

Bays

Lamon Bay – Quezon/Camarines Norte

Tayabas Bay – Quezon

Illana Bay – Lanao del Sur/Maguidanao

Manila Bay – Manila/Bataan/Cavite

Sibugay Bay – Zamboanga del Sur Iligan Bay – Misamis Occ./Lanao del Norte

Channels

Babuyan Channel – Cagayan/Babuyan Is.

Jintotolo Channel – Capiz/Masbate

Maqueda Channel – Camarines Sur/Catanduanes



Straits

Tablas Strait – Tablas Is./Mindoro Or.

Mindoro Strait – Palawan/Mindoro Occ.

Tañon Strait – Cebu/Negros

Cebu Strait – Cebu/Bohol

Iloilo Strait – Iloilo/Guimaras

PassagesBurias Pass – Burias Is./Camarines Sur

Ticao Pass – Ticao Is./Sorsogon

Lakes

Laguna de Bay – Laguna & Rizal

Lanao Lake – Marawi City, Lanao del Sur

Taal Lake – Batangas

Mainit Lake – Agusan del Norte/Surigao del NorteNaujan Lake – Calapan, Mindoro Or.

Buluan Lake – Sultan Kudarat/Maguindanao

Lake Bato – Iriga City, Camarines Sur



Major River System

Rio Grande de Cagayan (Cagayan River) - Cagayan

Agno River – Nueva Ecija/Pangasinan/Tarlac Abra River – Benguet/Ilocos Sur/Abra

Rio Grande de Pampanga – Nueva Ecija/Pampanga/Bulacan

Rio Grande de Mindanao – Bukidnon/Cotabato/Misamis Or.

Agusan River – Davao/Agusan del Norte/Agusan del Sur



Fishing Zones

Philippine Fisheries Code of

1998 (RA 8550)

• municipal fishing as fishing

without vessels or with vessels

of 3 GT or less

• commercial fishing as fishing

with vessels of more than 3 GT

1. Municipal Fishing Ground

• waters within 15 km from the

shoreline includingfreshwater bodies

2. Commercial Fishing Ground

• waters beyond 15 km from

the shoreline up to 200na. mi. (Phil. Territory,

Exclusive Economic Zone)



Temporal Variations

Seasons in the Philippines

1. Dry Season – Northeast monsoon

season, November to April

2. Wet Season – Southwest

monsoon season, May to October

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