RAISING FACTORS AT NAVOTAS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF FISH LANDING SURVEY
AND CATCHES ACCORDING TO FISH CAUGHT REPORTS
(Unit Metric Tons)
Month | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | |||
Estimated Landings | Reported Catches | Estimated Landings | Reported Catches | Estimated Landings | Reported Catches | |
January | 3,770 | 2,370 | 4,702 | |||
February | 5,914 | 2,378 | 4,218 | |||
March | 5,342 | 5,246 | 5,035 | |||
April | 6,172 | 4,731 | 4,908 | |||
May | 7,536 | 4,987 | 5,795 | |||
June | 6,605 | 4,853 | 6,579 | |||
July | 8,102 | 5,879 | 5,999 | 4,753 | 4,274 | |
August | 8,231 | 4,097 | 4,601 | 3,719 | 4,927 | |
September | 4,301 | 2,935 | 5,804 | 4,219 | 4,795 | |
October | 5,729 | 4,385 | 5,597 | 2,509 | 4,879 | |
November | 4,660 | 3,678 | 4,772 | 3,477 | 3,726 | |
December | 4,566 | 2,148 | 2,240 | 4,658 | 4,155 | |
Total | 35,589 | 23,123 | 64,352 | 47,990 | 57,993 | |
Raising Factor1 | 1,5392 | 1,3435 |
1 Total Estimated Landings
Total Reported Catches
RESULTS OF FISH LANDING SURVEY AT NAVOTAS
(Estimated Monthly Landings)
Year: 1966
Month | No. of sample days | Estimation factor | Amphibians Loaded with Tubs | Amphibians Loaded with Trays1 | Total Landings (M. Tons) | ||||||
No of trips on sample days | Tubs per trip (av) | Fish per tub (kg) | Fish landed (M. Tons) le day | No of trips on sample days | Tubs per trip () (av) | Fish per tub (kg) | Fish landed (M.Tons) | ||||
Jan. | |||||||||||
Feb. | |||||||||||
March | |||||||||||
April | |||||||||||
May | |||||||||||
June | |||||||||||
July | 9 | 31/9 | 752 | 84.1 | 35 | 7,624 | 91 | 254 | 6 | 478 | 8,102 |
Aug. | 16 | 31/16 | 1,366 | 83.8 | 35 | 7,763 | 146 | 276 | 6 | 468 | 8,231 |
Sept. | 15 | 30/15 | 669 | 81.8 | 35 | 3,821 | 147 | 272 | 6 | 480 | 4,301 |
Oct. | 15 | 31/15 | 865 | 83.2 | 35 | 5,206 | 161 | 262 | 6 | 523 | 5,729 |
Nov. | 15 | 30/15 | 141 | 82.4 | 35 | 4,274 | 129 | 249 | 6 | 386 | 4,660 |
Dec. | 15 | 31/15 | 673 | 82.7 | 35 | 4,026 | 165 | 264 | 6 | 540 | 4,566 |
Total | 85 | 5,066 | 52,714 | 839 | 2,875 | 35,589 |
1 Caught by Manila Bay Trawlers
RESULTS OF FISH LANDING SURVEY AT NAVOTAS
(Estimated Monthly Landings)
Year: 1967
Month | No of Sample days | Estimation factor | Amphibians Loaded with Tubs | Amphibians Loaded with Trays1 | Total Landings (M.Tons) | ||||||
No. of trips on sample days | Tubs per trip (av) | Fish per tub (kg) | Fish landed (M.Tons) | No. of trips on sample days | Tubs per trip (av) | Fish per tub (kg) | Fish landed (M.Tons) | ||||
Jan | 5 | 31/5 | 165 | 85.0 | 35 | 3,044 | 85 | 229.7 | 6 | 726 | 3,770 |
Feb. | 3 | 28/3 | 201 | 78/6 | 35 | 5,151 | 52 | 258.6 | 6 | 755 | 5,914 |
March | 16 | 31/16 | 833 | 84.4 | 35 | 4.767 | 190 | 260.2 | 6 | 575 | 5,342 |
April | 15 | 30/15 | 1,044 | 77.6 | 35 | 5,671 | 150 | 278.4 | 6 | 501 | 6,172 |
May | 15 | 31/15 | 1,307 | 75.7 | 35 | 7,157 | 108 | 283.1 | 6 | 379 | 7,536 |
June | 15 | 30/15 | 1,259 | 71.4 | 35 | 6,293 | 121 | 214.9 | 6 | 312 | 6,605 |
July | 16 | 31/16 | 1,183 | 70.9 | 35 | 5,688 | 129 | 207.3 | 6 | 311 | 5,999 |
Aug. | 16 | 31/16 | 847 | 74.2 | 35 | 4,262 | 137 | 213.2 | 6 | 339 | 4,601 |
Sept. | 15 | 30/15 | 978 | 79.2 | 35 | 5,423 | 164 | 193.7 | 6 | 381 | 5,804 |
Oct. | 14 | 31/14 | 859 | 79.6 | 35 | 5,299 | 102 | 220.1 | 6 | 298 | 5,597 |
Nov. | 15 | 30/15 | 784 | 80.8 | 35 | 4,434 | 95 | 296.1 | 6 | 338 | 4,772 |
Dec. | 15 | 31/15 | 388 | 72.2 | 35 | 2,026 | 77 | 224.3 | 6 | 214 | 2,240 |
Total | 160 | 9,848 | 59,225 | 1,410 | 5,127 | 64,352 |
1 Caught by Manila Bay Trawlers.
RESULTS OF FISH LANDING SURVEY IN NAVOTAS
(Estimated Monthly Landings)
Year: 1968
Month | No. of sample days | Estimation factor | Amphibian Loaded with Tubs | Amphibians Loaded with Trays1 | Total Landings (M.Tons) | ||||||
No.of trips on sample days | Tubs per trip (av) | Fish land (M.Ton) (kg) | Fish landed (M.Tons) | No. of trips on sample days | Tubs per trip (av) | Fish per tub (kg) | Fish landed (M.Tons) | ||||
Jan | 15 | 31/15 | 770 | 80.7 | 35 | 4.495 | 74 | 226.0 | 6 | 207 | 4,702 |
Feb | 15 | 29/15 | 754 | 77.3 | 35 | 3,944 | 84 | 281.7 | 6 | 274 | 4,218 |
March | 15 | 31/15 | 902 | 72.1 | 35 | 4,704 | 99 | 269.8 | 6 | 331 | 5,035 |
April | 15 | 30/15 | 792 | 81.6 | 35 | 4,524 | 116 | 278.1 | 6 | 384 | 4,908 |
May | 16 | 31/16 | 1,071 | 75.9 | 35 | 5,512 | 117 | 208.4 | 6 | 283 | 5,795 |
June | 15 | 30/15 | 1,104 | 80.5 | 35 | 6,221 | 114 | 261.7 | 6 | 358 | 6,579 |
July | 15 | 31/15 | 640 | 86.2 | 35 | 3,990 | 79 | 490.5 | 6 | 284 | 4,274 |
Aug. | 16 | 31/16 | 812 | 84.3 | 35 | 4,642 | 82 | 298.9 | 6 | 285 | 4,927 |
Sept. | 15 | 30/15 | 761 | 85.3 | 35 | 4,544 | 71 | 294.1 | 6 | 251 | 4,795 |
Oct. | 15 | 31/15 | 742 | 85.6 | 35 | 4,594 | 80 | 287.8 | 6 | 285 | 4,879 |
Nov. | 15 | 30/15 | 614 | 82.3 | 35 | 3,537 | 60 | 263.0 | 6 | 189 | 3,726 |
Dec. | 16 | 31/16 | 725 | 80.3 | 35 | 3,948 | 70 | 254.2 | 6 | 207 | 4,155 |
Total | 188 | - | 9,687 | 84,655 | 1,046 | 3,338 | 57,993 |
1 Caught by Manila Bay Trawlers
COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF THE FISH COMPOSITION
SURVEY AT NAVOTAS (1968)
WITH THE
FISH CAUGHT REPORT DATA (1967)
1. Landings by Type of Fishing Gear
Fishing Gear | Hook & Line | Muroami | Bagnet & Purse Seine | Otter Trawl | Total 100.0% | |
Source of Data | ||||||
Composition Survey 1968 | 9.0% | 5.2% | 60.8% | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
Fish Caught Report 1967 | 0.9% | 0.4% | 59.8% | 38.9% | 100.0% |
Note: Bagnet and Purse Seine in the Composition Survey include bagnet, purse seine, round haul seine and beach seine.
2. Landings by Fishing Ground
Fishing Ground | Visayas Seas | Palawan Waters | Mindanao Sea | Manila Bay | Total | |
Source of Data | ||||||
Composition Survey 1968 | 33.3% | 54.2% | 2.2% | 10.3% | 100.0% | |
Fish Caught Reports 1967 | 41.2% | 43.4% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 100.0% |
3. Landings by Major Kinds of Fish
Kind of Fish | Round Scad | Sardine | Nemia Terril | Mackere Caub | Caesio | Lizard Slip MouTD | Lizard Fish | Big eyed scad | Shrimps | Grouper | Cavalla | Heir Tail | Bonito | OTDers |
Source of Data | ||||||||||||||
Composition Survey 1968 | 43.0% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
Fish Caught Reports 1967 | 43.5% | 8.3% | 7.4% | 5.8% | 0.9% | 8.9% | 4.3% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 9.8% |
NAVOTAS FISH LANDING SURVEY
Species Landed by Gear
(January-December 1968)
(UNIT; number of sample tubs)
GEAR | HOOK & LINE | MUROAMI | BAGNET | OTTER TRAWL | TOTAL NO. OF TUBS | PERCENTAGE |
SPECIES | ||||||
1. Anchovy | 176 | 176 | .35 | |||
2. Barracuda | 95 | 574 | 669 | 1.32 | ||
3. Big Eyodscad | 1,660 | 1,660 | 3.27 | |||
4. Bonito | 1,302 | 1,302 | 2.56 | |||
5. Caecio | 2,408 | 2,408 | 4,74 | |||
6. Cavalla | 1,255 | 80 | 1,385 | 2.63 | ||
7. Crab | 821 | 821 | 1.62 | |||
8. Croaker | 13 | 13 | .03 | |||
9. Grouper | 1,427 | 28 | 1,455 | 2.86 | ||
10. Hairtail | 1,325 | 1,325 | 2.61 | |||
11. Lizardfish | 1,817 | 1,817 | 3.58 | |||
12. MackerelChub | 27,218 | 716 | 2,934 | 5.78 | ||
13. Mackerel Sp. | 260 | 488 | 748 | 1.47 | ||
14. Moonfish | 85 | 85 | .17 | |||
15. Moray | 57 | 57 | .11 | |||
16. Nemipterid | 684 | 2,818 | 3,302 | 6.50 | ||
17. Roundscad | 21,802 | 40 | 21,842 | 43.01 | ||
18. Runner | 40 | 40 | .08 | |||
19. Sardine | 3,395 | 40 | 3,435 | 6.76 | ||
20. Shrimp | 1,458 | 1,458 | 2.87 | |||
21. Siganid | 32 | 32 | .06 | |||
22. Slipmouth | 2,285 | 2,285 | 4.50 | |||
23. Snapper | 446 | 15 | 461 | .91 | ||
24. Squid | 409 | 409 | .91 | |||
25. Surgeenfish | 191 | 76 | 267 | .53 | ||
26. Tuna | 155 | 155 | .30 | |||
27. Others | 112 | 179 | 291 | .57 | ||
TOTAL | 4,570 | 2,659 | 30,865 | 12,688 | 50,782 | |
% BY GEAR | 9,00% | 5.24% | 60.78% | 24.98% | 100% |
NAVOTAS FISH LANDING SURVEY
SPECIES LANDED BY AREA OF CAPTURE
(January - December 1968)
Unit number of sample tubs)
AREA | PALAWAN | VISAYAN | MINDANAO | MANILA BAY | TOTAL NO. OF TUBS | PERCENTAGE |
SPECIES | ||||||
1. Anchovy | 10 | 166 | 176 | .35 | ||
2. Barracuda | 354 | 33 | 282 | 669 | 1.32 | |
3. Big-Eyedscad | 1,116 | 510 | 34 | 1,660 | 3.27 | |
4. Bonito | 765 | 537 | 1,302 | 2.56 | ||
5. Caesio | 1,307 | 867 | 234 | 2,408 | 4.74 | |
6. Cavalla | 771 | 457 | 107 | 1,335 | 2.63 | |
7. Crab | 172 | 113 | 530 | 821 | 1.62 | |
8. Croaker | 8 | 5 | 13 | .03 | ||
9. Grouper | 902 | 464 | 89 | 1,455 | 2.86 | |
10. Hairtail | 486 | 353 | 486 | 1,325 | 2.61 | |
11. Lizardfish | 551 | 522 | 744 | 1,817 | 3.58 | |
12. Mackerel, Chub | 1,669 | 1,015 | 15 | 235 | 2,934 | 5.78 |
13. Mackerel Sp. | 378 | 311 | 59 | 748 | 1.47 | |
14. Moonfish | 30 | 65 | 85 | .08 | ||
15. Moray | 8 | 49 | 57 | .11 | ||
16. Nemipterid | 1,211 | 1,314 | 777 | 3,302 | 6.50 | |
17. Roundscad | 13,676 | 7,716 | 410 | 40 | 21,842 | 43.01 |
18. Runner | 40 | 40 | .08 | |||
19. Sardine | 2,251 | 1,100 | 44 | 50 | 3,435 | 6.76 |
20. Shrimp | 437 | 192 | 829 | 1,458 | 2.87 | |
21. Siganid | 8 | 24 | 32 | .06 | ||
22. Slipmouth | 529 | 962 | 794 | 2,285 | 4.50 | |
23. Snapper | 195 | 192 | 74 | 461 | .91 | |
24. Squid | 208 | 75 | 126 | 409 | .81 | |
25. Surgeonfish | 190 | 77 | 267 | .53 | ||
26. Tuna | 80 | 53 | 22 | 155 | .30 | |
27. Others | 205 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 391 | .57 |
T O T A L | 27,513 | 16,932 | 1,123 | 5,212 | 50,782 | |
AREA OF % BY CAPTURE | 54.18% | 33.34% | 2.22% | 10.26% | 100% |
RESULTS OF FISH LANDING SURVEY AT DAMORTIS
Year: 1967
Month | No. of Sample Days | Estimation Factor | No. of trays landed on sample days | Fish per tray (kg) | Fish landed | No. of trawler lers perday | |
Estimated1 (kg) | Reported2 (kg) | ||||||
July | 16 | 31/16 | 15,171 | 5 | 146,969 | 36,450 | 3.3 |
Aug. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sept. | 15 | 30/15 | 11,752 | 5 | 117,520 | 40,600 | 2.4 |
Oct. | 12 | 31/12 | 4,802 | 5 | 62,017 | 13,800 | 1.4 |
Nov. | 9 | 30/9 | 4,446 | 5 | 74,092 | 11,790 | 1.3 |
Dec. | 10 | 31/10 | 6,696 | 5 | 103,788 | 32,180 | 2.2 |
TOTAL | 62 | 42,867 | 504,386 | 34,320 | 2.2 | ||
Raising Factor — 3.755 |
Note: The survey was discontinued in August.
Year 1968
Month | No. of Sample Days | Estimation Factor | No. of trays landed on sample days | Fish per tray (kg) | Fish landed | No. of trawler lers perday | |
Estimated1 (kg) | Reported2 (kg) | ||||||
January | 11 | 31/11 | 4,818 | 5 | 118,547 | 1.8 | |
February | 9 | 29/9 | 4,904 | 5 | 79,008 | 1.2 | |
March | 9 | 31/9 | 4,686 | 5 | 80,702 | 1.8 | |
October | 16 | 31/16 | 8,356 | 5 | 81,143 | 1.8 | |
November | 15 | 30/15 | 5,457 | 5 | 54,570 | 1.5 | |
December | 16 | 31/16 | 5,315 | 5 | 51,489 | 1.4 | |
TOTAL | 76 | 37,151 | 465,459 | 1.5 |
Note: The survey was discontinued from April to September.
2 Derived from Fish Caught Reports
ESTIMATED LANDINGS BY KINDS OF FISH
FISH LANDINGS SURVEY DAMORTIS
Year: 1967
(All Trawlers) | (Unit: Kgs.) | ||||||
Month | July | September | October | November | December | Total | Percentage |
Species | |||||||
SLIPMOUth | 60,110 | 43,835 | 19,969 | 27,340 | 34,250 | 185,364 | 30.7 |
NEEMIPTE RID | 18,371 | 14,255 | 6,326 | 8,891 | 11,001 | 58,844 | 11.7 |
LIZARD-FISH | 16,314 | 14,573 | 9,613 | 12,818 | 20,654 | 73,972 | 14.7 |
HAIRTAIL | 3,380 | 3,208 | 4,651 | 4,075 | 6,227 | 21,541 | 4.3 |
GROAKER | 6,908 | 8,309 | 6,202 | 6,668 | 9,756 | 37,813 | 7.5 |
GHUB MACKEREL | 12,345 | 12,304 | 5,705 | 8,372 | 13,700 | 52,426 | 10.4 |
SP. MACKEREL | 8,230 | 9,554 | - | - | - | 17,784 | 3.5 |
BIG EYED SCAD | 14,109 | 7,369 | 21,478 | 4.2 | |||
SQUID | 5,954 | 3,705 | 5,686 | 14,745 | 2.9 | ||
MISCELLA NEOUS | 7,202 | 4,313 | 3,597 | 2,223 | 3,114 | 20,449 | 4.1 |
T O T A L | 146,969 | 117,520 | 02,017 | 74,092 | 103,788 | 504,368 | 100.0 |
RESULTS OF FISH LANDING SURVEY AT MERCEDES
Year: 1967
Month | No. of Sample Days | Estimation factor | No. of tubs landed on sample days | Fish per tub (kg) | Fish Landed | Average No. of Vessels per day | |
Estimated (kg)1 | Reported2 (kg) | ||||||
July | 7 | 31/7 | 9,356 | 27 | 1,118,710 | 189,440 | 48 |
August | 15 | 31/15 | 15,745 | 878,571 | 127,230 | 51 | |
September | 15 | 30/15 | 13,159 | 710,386 | 81,480 | 42 | |
October | 5 | 10/5 | 4,039 | 218,106 | 2,200 | 37 | |
Total | 42 | 42,299 | 2,925,973 | 400,350 | 40 | ||
Raising Factor 7.309 |
Note: 1. Fish Landing Survey at Mercedes to be conducted during the fishing season which runs from April to October. In 1967 the season ended on 10 October.
2. The survey was not conducted in 1968 due to shortage of personnel
2 Derived from Fish Caught Reports
FISH LANDING SURVEY AT MERCEDES
ESTIMATED LANDINGS BY KIND OF FISH
(Mostly Bagnetters) | 1967 | (Unit; Kg.) | ||||
Month | July | August | September | October | Total | Percent |
Kinds of Fish | ||||||
Anchovy | 169,260 | 343,521 | 187,239 | 88,224 | 788,244 | 20.9 |
Barracuda | 13,430 | 8,961 | 995 | - | 23,386 | 0.8 |
Big-eyed Sead | 25,840 | 50,254 | 24,800 | - | 100,894 | 3.4 |
Bonito | 79,430 | 68,616 | 7,248 | 14,591 | 169,885 | 5.8 |
Caesio | 38,150 | 5,359 | 2,416 | - | 45,925 | 1.0 |
Cavalla | - | 10,279 | 994 | - | 11,273 | 0.4 |
Croaker | 3,130 | 9,840 | - | 1,003 | 13,973 | 0.5 |
Flying Fish | - | 439 | - | - | 439 | 0.0 |
Gizzard Fish | 1,010 | - | - | - | 1,010 | 0.0 |
Grant | 8,280 | 879 | - | - | 9,159 | 0.3 |
Hairtail | - | 439 | - | - | 439 | 0.0 |
Hardtail | 40,270 | 4,920 | 5,827 | 502 | 51,519 | 1.8 |
Mackerel Chub | 129,990 | 49,376 | 21,886 | 2,000 | 203,258 | 7.0 |
Milkfish | - | 1,758 | 497 | - | 2,255 | 0.1 |
Pomfret | 2,010 | 1,406 | 1,919 | - | 5,335 | 0.2 |
Round Sead | 270,390 | 158,319 | 338,026 | 76,054 | 842,789 | 28.8 |
Sardine | 22,710 | 84,782 | 82,712 | 29,706 | 219,910 | 7.5 |
Slipmouth | 65,000 | 55,614 | 35,032 | 2,007 | 157,653 | 5.4 |
Snapper | - | - | - | 2,508 | 2,508 | 0.1 |
Squid | 246,680 | 3,163 | - | - | 249,843 | 8.5 |
Tuna | 3,130 | 20,207 | 995 | 1,505 | 25,837 | 0.9 |
Ray | - | 439 | - | - | 439 | 0.0 |
Total | 1,118,710 | 878,571 | 710,586 | 218,106 | 2,925,973 | 100.0 |