Land: Phillipines

The local tuna industry of Philippines failed to fill the increasing demand so foreign-caught tuna chip in.

The export of canned tuna reaches to its top in Central Mindanao region in the first two quarters of 2008.

At the 10th National Tuna Congress, Senator Edgardo Angara called

Although there is less number of foreign fishing vessels unloading their catch in the Davao Fishport Complex, the only transshipment port in the country, but still it remains financially and operationally viable.

Tuna producers in Philippines are considering engaging in direct oil importation to save the industry.

The local tuna processing industry of General Santos City could face a reversal of fortune due to sudden tuna oversupply.

Local tuna producers raise alarm worried over rising fuel costs, dwindling tuna catches and constricting fishing grounds.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a Fishery Administrative Order (FAO) banning the fishing and trade of small tuna.

The need to expand and maintain the Davao Fishport Complex (DFC) is essential to attract more foreign fishing vessels.

In the two-day 10th National Tuna Congress the main focus was the conservation of marine resources on which the expanding tuna and aquaculture industries depend on.