Adequate Fish Supply for All. As consumers scour for alternative sources of protein amid the high retail price of chicken and pork, Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) through the Navotas Fish Port Complex (PFDA-NFPC) commits to provide sufficient fish supply for all of its stakeholders in the National Capital Region and some parts of Central and South Luzon.

As consumers scour for alternative sources of protein amid the high retail price of chicken and pork, Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) through the Navotas Fish Port Complex (PFDA-NFPC) commits to provide sufficient fish supply for all of its stakeholders in the National Capital Region and some parts of Central and South Luzon.

For the March 1 to 15 period, PFDA-NFPC has unloaded a significant amount of fish supply for distribution to different markets in Metro Manila and nearby provinces totaling to 9,506.81 metric tons (MT) of aquaculture, marine, and frozen fish products.

The volume of fish unloaded per sector for the first two weeks of March was as follows: aquaculture (1,480.88 MT), marine (5,743.44 MT), and frozen fish products (2,282.49 MT).

Based on previous reports from the past months, PFDA-NFPC has maintained its increasing fish supply this March. By the end of the month, PFDA-NFPC is looking forward to surpassing its own record of 12,404.4 MT in January and the 15,384.9 MT in February. 

Despite the dangers posed by the current pandemic, PFDA-NFPC is expected to maintain its positive record until the end of the month, and subsequent months thereafter.

Galunggong remains on the top list of highest unloading tally as PFDA-NFPC sustains its yield. This is followed by bangus, tilapia, tulingan, and tamban, completing the top five common species with the highest availability record for the month of March.

According to previous reports, it is noted that the continuous increase in the supply and unloading in PFDA-NFPC is connected to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)’s lifting of the three-month closed fishing season in the major fishing grounds of Northeastern Palawan and in the Visayan Sea last February.

(Mark Angelo N. Perez - Public Information Division)