Today, the main livelihood for many Real residents is tied to the mayors highly successful bangus (milkfish) fishcaging program, a project that in the short term rescued the town many displays sawmill workers after the total log ban was implemented and which, later, became of the one towns principals revenue streams. The program has been so successful that Real is now considered a Bangus capital, rivaling Bonoan in faraway Pangasinan, on the opposite side of Luzon. A 15-minute motorized banca ride from Real brings the visitor to one of many fish pens in the bay.

Hoseas Montevilla is harvesting bangus today from his 2 hectares plot. Montevilla is an out-of-towner investor from Rizal Province, one of a number of non-Real residents who have happily plunked down millions into the industry after seeing how convivial the Lamon waters are to milkfish productions. On the average, Montevilla nets 600 kilograms of fish per harvest, a profitable haul considering that a kilo in the Manila markets fetches as high as Php120.Other fish pens have reported hauls of 2 tons per harvest. The harvest goes well today and is a sight to be holding, especially for city slickers. Milkfish the size of arms silver the air as they explode out of the water in a losing struggle to escape the enclosing net strung between two boats.