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8/11/2019 2 Fishing Grounds
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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).
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)