. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 48 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 11, No. 12 Republic of the Philippines REVIEW OF TFffi FISHERIES, 1948; Production; The Philippine Government has estimated the total fish production in the year 1948 from commercial, fish pond, and municipal and sustenance fisheries at 429,000,000 pounds, compared with 575,080,000 pounds in 1947 and 594,000 pounds in 1940, according to an August 12 report from the American Embassy at Manila (see table). The biggest propor- tion of the 1948 catch was produced by municipal and sustenance fisheries (286,000
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 48 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 11, No. 12 Republic of the Philippines REVIEW OF TFffi FISHERIES, 1948; Production; The Philippine Government has estimated the total fish production in the year 1948 from commercial, fish pond, and municipal and sustenance fisheries at 429,000,000 pounds, compared with 575,080,000 pounds in 1947 and 594,000 pounds in 1940, according to an August 12 report from the American Embassy at Manila (see table). The biggest propor- tion of the 1948 catch was produced by municipal and sustenance fisheries (286,000,000 pounds), followed by commercial fisheries (92,400,000 pounds), and fish ponds (50,600,000 pounds). Phili-oTDine Production of Fishery Products, 1948, 1947 and 1540 (Extimated)!/ Item 1548 1947 1940 Production from; Commercial fishing boats (of at least 3 M. T. ) .... lbs. 92,400,000 50,600,000 286,000,000 Ihs. 138,600,000 â 67,760,000 368,720,000 lbs. 251,900,000 44,660,000 297,440,000 iilunicipal and sustenance fisheries Totals 429,000,000 575,080,000 594,000,000 _l,/Does not include gathered fishery -products, such as shells, trepang, coral, etc. The commercial catch of fishery products in the Philippines in 1948 totaled 92,400,000 pounds (valued at $28,766,891), compared with 138,600,000 pounds (valued at $42,340,780) in 1947. There were 469 commercial fishing boats operating in 1948, compared with 504 in 1947. Part of the decline in the commercial catch in 1948 was due to the fact that fewer vessels were operating in that year. Processed fish pro- duction in 1948 amounted to 12,592,727 (valued at $3,692,760), compared with 41,287,957 pounds (valued at $15,273,471) in 1947. This decline in processed fish is due to the lower commercial catch. In 1948, there were 445 licensed fish ponds with an area of 23,68? acres, which is an in- crease over 1947 when 323 ponds with 14,801 acres were in operation. However, in spite of the increase in ponds and acreage the production fr
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