Fish is one of the product of our market.
It is abundant in any part of the world. It
is also a basic food that can be turned
into different recipes with different
tastes. Moreover, fish is a delicious food
and it gives us such good nutrients and
energy.
Are you fond of eating fish? Aside
from being delicious, fish is a food of
excellent nutritional value, and it makes
a very significant contribution to the
diet of many fish-consuming Filipinos.
A balanced diet 1s never complete
without any dish made of fish. You can
fry galunggong, steam lapulapu, make
dilis into kinilau, or grill bangus.
We just can't do away with fish. It
provides high quality protein and a wide
variety of vitamins and minerals,
of including vitamins A and D, phosphorus,
magnesium, selenium, and iodine. Fish
is also a valuable source of essential fatty
acids and its protein is easily digestible.
But have you ever wondered
big and small species of fish make their
way to different fishing ports and
markets and onto our dining tables?
Fishermen catch fish of different
kinds and of different sizes in seas,
oceans or rivers. But many of the fishes
that have become part of our day-to-
day delicacies come from fishponds
being managed by fishermen themselves
or by fishpond owners.
There is no mystery as to why our
country is home to rich fish varieties,
making us the 8th highest in fish
production in the world, 2nd in the Asian
region with China as the highest in
seaweed production, and 11th highest in
aquaculture among the 80 fish-
producing countries of the world.
Credit this to the Philippines, being an
archipelagic country of 7,107 islands,
which is endowed with vast aquatic
resources. Its sea area is about seven
mes larger than its land area ot
300,000 kmĀ². The country's marine
resources of coral reefs, mangroves, and
1sh stocks consist of 220 million ha
Within the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Of these, 26.6 million ha are coastal and
193.4 million ha are oceanic waters. T he
Continental shelf area is about 18.46
million ha. The length of the coastline
is 17,560 km.
Why why pish si piliki nag asawa ng pandak nanganak ng butiki kiki