Socio Economic Profile 2008 - Navotas City

IV.
CITY ECONOMY
1. Agriculture and Fisheries Sub-Sector
Agricultural activities in the city are concentrated in the fisheries production. Crop and livestock
productions are very minimal and limited to home and backyard production activities. The lack of available space
for these activities was the primary reason given.
Tanza
Tangos
Nav. West
NBBS
Bangkulasi
San Jose
BBS
San Roque
Sipac
NBBN
Daanghari
BBN
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Fishery production in the city involves mostly marginal fisherfolks with the total number estimated at
7,538 fisherfolks. Of the 12 barangays involved in fishery production, Barangays Tangos, Tanza and San Jose are
the top three barangays with the most number of fishing boats. More than 60% of the fishing boats in the city are
in Tangos with a total of 1,041 boats, 1000 of which are motor boats and the rest are de-sagwan.
Based on the accomplishment report of the City Department of Agriculture for 2007, there are a total of 10
reorganized BFARMC’s in the City of Navotas. The reactivation of these BFARMC’s facilitated active participation of
fisherfolks in the management and conservation of marine and aquatic resources as well as in the implementation
of all fishery laws, rules and regulations, both local and national. Aside from the variety of marine fishes, the
city’s fishery products include tahong and alamang. However, no data on the actual production is available.
Information gathered shows that post-harvest and storage facilities to service these marginal fisherfolks are very
limited.
2. City Economic Growth Rate
5% - 10% is the Economic Growth Rate of Navotas. 10% of this came from High Income, 20% came from
Average Income, and 70% came from Low Income.
3. Commerce and Industry
The fishing industry, comprises about 59.21% of the total number of industries established in Navotas.
Other local industries include fishpond industry (3.29%), manufacturing (30.92%) and shipyard/shipbuilding
maintenance and repair (6.58%).
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