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  2. Fisheries in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. The Philippines is an archipelagic state whose over 7,000 islands [1] with their large coastal population [2]: 2 are surrounded by waters including 2,263,816 square kilometres (874,064 sq mi) of exclusive economic zone and 679,800 square kilometres (262,500 sq mi) of territorial sea, [3]: 1 of which 184,600 square kilometres ...

  3. Municipal fisheries in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Destructive fishing practices and illegal fishing practices include compressor fishing, spearfishing, and blast fishing. These direct impacts occur alongside habitat degradation of coral reefs, seagrasses, and mangrove forests. [5] One study in 2000 found that blast fishing earned US$170 million, but caused US$1,640 million in environmental damage.

  4. Category:Fishing in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fishing in the Philippines" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. Commercial fisheries in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Commercial fisheries in the Philippines are the fisheries located more than 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the coast, which are generally fished with boats larger than 3 gross tons. Commercial fishing occurs throughout the country, targeting both large and small pelagic species, especially tuna and sardines, as well as demersal species.

  6. Aquaculture in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Aquaculture has made up an increasingly large proportion of fisheries products produced in the Philippines, and there has been considerable research into improving aquacultural output. Philippine output in total makes up 1% of global aquaculture production, and the country is the fourth-largest producer of seaweed.

  7. History of fisheries in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    A negrito fishing boat in 1899. Fisheries in the Philippines have played an important role in the livelihoods of people in the archipelago throughout recorded history. Fishing is present within traditional folklore and continues to play an important role in modern livelihoods in the Philippines, both for sustenance and for commercial activities.

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  9. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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    Remora fishing - The practice of tethering a remora, a sucking fish, to a fishing line and using the remora to capture sea turtles probably originated in the Indian Ocean. The earliest surviving records of the practice are Peter Martyr d'Anghera's 1511 accounts of the second voyage of Columbus to the New World (1494). [ 36 ]