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The Philippines lies within the Coral Triangle, and one area, the Verde Island Passage, has the world's highest recorded diversity of marine species. [5]: 8 Reef fish provide between 15 and 30% of municipal fisheries catch, [6]: 65 with some islands relying on reefs for as much as 70% of their catch.
Some of the smallest and largest animals and plants are found in the Philippines. These include the smallest primate , the biggest moth (Atlas moth, or mariposa in Tagalog), the smallest deer (Philippine mouse-deer or pilandok), the smallest fish (Philippine goby), and the biggest fish (whale shark). [4]
A fish farm in Agoo. Fishery resources fall under the Department of Agriculture, which contains the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI). PFDA manages ports. NFRDI was created by the Fisheries Code of 1998.
World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group [1] This is a list of aquatic animals that are harvested commercially in the greatest amounts, listed in order of tonnage per year (2012) by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Species listed here have an annual tonnage in excess of 160,000 tonnes.
The National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines, also known as the Red List, is a list of endangered species endemic to the Philippines and is maintained by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Biodiversity Management Bureau and the Philippine Red List Committee.
The live fish trade for food sees the use of cyanide fishing to capture fish. [5] It has also had a direct impact on leopard coral grouper populations. This species is slow-growing, and its exploitation has been linked to localized decreases in average body size. [90] The ornamental fish trade also uses cyanide fishing to capture live fish. The ...
Freshwater fish of the Philippines (40 P) E. Endemic fish of the Philippines (3 P) Pages in category "Fish of the Philippines"
The diverse flora includes 8,000 species of flowering plants, 1,000 kinds of ferns, and 800 species of orchids. Seventy to eighty percent of non-flying mammals in the Philippines are found nowhere else in the world. [1] Common mammals include the wild hog, deer, wild carabao, monkey, civet cat, and various rodents.