Land: Phillipines

Listed canned tuna exporter Alliance Tuna International Inc. has announced that it will produce smoked salmon in new factory.

Transshipment will become a new business opportunity for the local people of Davao city in Philippines.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has pushed for cold storage facility to help bottled sardines industry.

The needs of the tuna canneries based in General Santos City of Philippines are satisfied by the foreign fishers.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has caught the second Taiwanese fishing boat fishing illegally in RP waters.

A new fisheries product regulation is going to be effected by the European Union next year which will have an impact on Philippines tuna industry.

European Union is said to implement a new fisheries product regulation next year which will have an adverse impact on the Philippines tuna industry.

The Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines (TCAP) has appealed the European Commission to adjourn a certification program for fishery products entering the European Union (EU) starting Jan. 1, 2010.

Filipino tuna canners expressed to postpone the implementation of catch-certification plan by European Commission.

WWF revealed that bycatch or intended capture of species in fishing gear is main threat to marine animals all over the world.