Land: Phillipines

Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has issued directive banning the Filipino seamen from Gulf of Aden.

Mega Aquaculture Corporation and Mindanao State University (MSU) in Tawi-Tawi

In another incident pirates attacked a trawler off Basilan island and killed three of its crew and took two others as hostages.

Fishing companies in Philippines are seeking good protection from the pirates as it is the fear growing each day.

After spending month at sea local fishermen in Mindanao have returned with only enough catch to break even.

A 17-man delegation from the local tuna industry starts an investment mission in Palau in order to hunt new ground for the industry.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned that livelihoods of thousands threatened by overfishing.

Sales of tuna from Santos City grow amid weak overall exports by the only producer of tuna products, Central Mindanao.

Fishermen at General Santos city in the southern Philippines are lamenting about the lost glory of tuna catching.

Global warming and the economic crisis are two main concerns that have badly hit the tuna industry of Philippines.