1) Japan is the largest consumer of fish in the world, eating 7.5 billion tons per year. China has the largest fishing industry and catches the most fish, followed by Peru, Chile, Russia, and the United States. 2) Some of the richest fishing grounds in the world include the Sulu Sea along Palawan in the Philippines, the Visayan Sea in the Philippines, and the Northwest Pacific region. 3) Fishing industries are classified into inland fisheries in freshwater, coastal fisheries near shore, and offshore or deep sea fisheries in open ocean waters.

1. THE WORLD’S
MAJOR FISHERY
NATIONS

3. • Japan is largest fish-eating • By other measures
nation in the world, Japan is still the
consuming 7.5 billion tons of
largest fishing nation.
fish a year, or about 10 percent
According to a
of the world's catch. This is
National Geographic
the equivalent of 30 kilograms
a year per person. Their
survey the largest
nearest rivals the
harvesters of fish
Scandinavians consume only (metric tons) were: 1)
around 15 kilograms per Japan (7.5 million); 2)
person. The Japanese China (7 million); 3)
consume so much fish that Peru (6.7 million); 4)
Japan has traditionally Chile (6.5 million); 5)
controlled the world prices for Russia (5.2 million); 6)
seafood with it huge demand. the U.S. (5 million).

5. • China's fishing industry is
stepping up the worldwide search
for new fishery resources as
competition for depleted global
fish stocks intensifies among
leading fishing nations. After
boosting its marine catch in the
late 1990s to become the world's
largest fishing nation

7. • Peru's rich fishery has • Although a large variety
been utilized since of fish are caught
ancient times, but it offshore, the rapid
was not until the post- growth was primarily in
World War II decades the catching of
that an extensive export anchovies for
industry developed. processing into fish
Peru's fishing industry meal. The fish meal
rapidly expanded in the boom provided a major
1950s to make the stimulus to the
country the world's economy and accounted
foremost producer and for more than a quarter
of exports in the
exporter of fish meal.
mid1960s .

9. • Russia is fast becoming a well
developed fishing nation. Last year
Russian trawlers caught over 4.1
million tons of fish, an amount not
seen for almost 20 years.
• It has now risen from ninth to sixth in
the world fishing league table. The
Russian Fishing Agency states that the
country's fish catches were returning
to the levels of 1991 when the
industry was at its peak.

11. • As with other countries, the 200 nautical miles
(370 km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off
the coast of the United States gives its fishing
industry special fishing rights. It covers 11.4
million square kilometers (4.38 million sq mi).
This is the largest zone in the world,
exceeding the land area of the United States.
• According to the FAO, in 2005 the United
States harvested 4,888,621 tones of fish from
wild fisheries and another 471,958 tones from
aquaculture. This made the United States the
fifth leading producer of fish after China,
Peru, India and Indonesia, with 3.8 percent of
the world total.

12. The Northwest Pacific Region is
considered the richest fishing area in
the world.

13. Fishery Resources
of the Philippines

14. The Ten principal fishing
grounds of the country:
• Sulu Sea ( along Palawan)
• Visayan Sea
• Malampaya Sound
• Manila Bay
• San Miguel Bay(between Camarines
Norte & Camarines Sur)

15. • Sibuguey Bay (south of
Zamboanga del Sur)
• Tayabas Bay (south of Quezon)
• Moro Gulf (between Zamboanga
and Cotabato)
• Lamon Bay (east of Quezon and
south of Polilio asland)
• Sammar Sea

16. Sulu Sea
• The Sulu-Sulawesi
Ecoregion is of
enormous ecological
and economical
importance,
featuring productive
ecosystems such as
coral reefs, sea grass
beds and mangrove
forests.

17. Visayan sea
• The Visayan Sea is located
centrally in the Philippines
surrounded by its inland
provinces of
• Cebu, Masbate, Iloilo and
Negros Occidental. It has been
defined as one of the biggest
and
• most productive fishing
grounds in the country. The
diversity of its resources has
drawn
• various activities resulting in
the decline in marine and
coastal resources due to
unabated exploitation.

18. Malampaya Sea
• Located at the northwestern
part of the Province covering
an area of about 200,155
hectares 56% (111,379 has.), the
Malampaya Sound and
Seascape Protected Area is
made up of terrestrial and
coastal /marine areas. Thus, it
is ecologically and
economically important both
as a watershed and a rich
fishing ground. In the past, it is
dubbed as the s"Fishbowl of
the Philippines" a cliché' that
Palawan as a whole is rich in
marine resources.

19. Manila Bay
• Manila Bay is a natural harbor
which serves the Port of Manila
(on Luzon), in the
Philippines.The bay is
considered to be one of the best
natural harbors in Southeast Asia
and one of the finest in the
world. Strategically located
around the capital city of the
Philippines, Manila Bay
facilitated commerce and trade
between the Philippines and its
neighbouring
countries,becoming the gateway
for socio-economic development
even prior to Spanish occupation

20. San Miguel Bay
• The San Miguel bay is a
shallow, estuarine body of
water with an area of 1,115
square kms. It is bounded
by seven coastal
municipalities that include
Mercedes and Basud in
Camarines Norte, and
Sipocot, Cabusao,
Calabanga, Tinambac and
Siruma in Camarines Sur.
• The main sources of income
of residents are agriculture,
fishery and forestry.

21. Sibuguey Bay
• Fishing enthusiasts
interested in fishing near
or at Sibuguey Bay
should print out the
Google map and take it
with them on their
fishing trip. This could be
one of the best fishing or
outdoors adventure
locations in the regions
of Asia/Pacific.

22. Tayabas Bay
• The coast of Sariaya lies within
Tayabas Bay, which is known as
a spawning ground for various
marine species but also the
venue for overfishing and
illegal fishing operations.
• With climate change
compounding the problem, fish
catch declined noticeably
beginning in 2008, forcing
some fishermen to resort to
the use dynamites or find other
jobs.
• Tayabas Bay as a major fish
producer.

23. Moro Gulf
• The study looked at the 10
fish species commonly
harvested in the Davao Gulf:
matambaka, tamban, moro-
moro, caraballas, bilong-
bilong, lapu-lapu, danggit,
molmol, talakitok, and maya-
maya.
• Of these species, with the
exception of the maya-maya
, the harvest numbers for all
other species was on the
decline.

24. Lamon Bay
• Fishing in Lemon Bay is a
wonderful experience as it offers
inlets, bays, tidal creeks, beaches
grass flats, bridges, docks,
mangrove islands, and oyster
bars. This diversity allows anglers
to fish many techniques from live
bait consisting of shrimp,
pinfish, crabs, white bait, cut
bait, or using artificial lures.
While fishing lemon bay you can
expect to fish for shook, trout and
redfish although it is not
uncommon to catch tarpon,
cobia, jacks, mackerel and
snapper in fact lemon bay is
home to over 200 species of fish

25. Samar Sea
• Samar Sea is drawn on the
National Geospatial Agency
(NGA) Map.
• Fishing enthusiasts
interested in fishing near or
at Samar Sea should print
out the Google map and
take it with them on their
fishing trip. This could be
one of the best fishing or
outdoors adventure
locations in the regions of
Asia/Pacific.

26. The Five Leading Provinces
which excel in fishponds
development are:
•Bulacan
•Iloilo
•Pampanga
•Pangasinan
•Capiz

28. Classification of
Fisheries:
there are three categories
depending upon the place
where fishing is
undertaken.

29. 1) Inland Fishery
• Places where
fish are taken
in fresh
water, like
lakes, rivers,
and streams.

30. 2) Coastal Fishery
•Baybayin,
palaisdaan

31. 3) Offshore or deep fishery
• Offshore fishing is
when you fish in
deep water areas
on the edges of
ocean currents.
This is where big-
game fishing, like
billfish and tuna is
done.

32. That’s all thank
you!!!

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