Inland Fisheries

Considering that agriculture is the major source of livelihood of the residents of Bongabong, several agricultural support programs were established to provide technical assistance. The municipality has supported the construction of much of this physical infrastructure within agriculture and forestry. Among other things, this infrastructure includes agricultural support facilities and services such as millings, multi-purpose drying pavements (MPDP) and warehouses; and transportation networks including farm-to-market roads used in transporting goods and services to and from the farm. Most of these facilities were operational.

Municipal Fisheries

Naujan covers 29,620 hectares of municipal water stretched within the 11 coastal barangays namely: Nag-Iba I, San Antonio, Estrella, Sta. Cruz, Kalinisan, San Jose, Melgar A, Melgar B, Montemayor, Masaguing and Herrera. It also covers 425.35 hectares brackish water. As per data from the Fishery Management Unit, the average fish catch for the last 5 years (2011-2015) in metric tons are: 2011- 35, 444 mt; 2012-128,804.8 mt; 2013-102,243.25 mt; 2014-214,633.30; and 2015-219,512.3 mt. The species caught were mackerel, tuna, anchovies, sardines, groupa, roundscad, kitang, mullet and other similar fish species.
In support to fishing activity, there are 3 Marine Protected Areas in Naujan, namely: Masaguing Fish Sanctuary which is about 16.0 hectares; Tujod Fish Sanctuary, 30.0 hectares; and the newly established Buloc-buloc Cove Marine Protected Area (BuCoMaPA) with an area of 72 hectares.

Commercial Fisheries

Majority of the fishermen in Naujan are considered marginalized. They usually use unmotorized banca and hook and line while some use spear fishing. Fishermen with motorized banca use either set gill nets or encircling gill nets. There are about 19 commercial fishing boats owned by the residents of the municipality, operating within 10.1-15 kms.

Food Self-sufficiency Assessment

The Food and Nutrition Resource Council set the standard requirement an individual can consume/afford with reference to income and preferences. For self- sufficiency assessment, the production of some food items should be looked into, to meet the standard requirement for the planning period. The standard requirements for agricultural products are shown in Table 56.