TORIL: The Davao Fish Port Complex (DFPC) here, the country’s only transshipment point for tuna exports, has always been in the red.
ILLEGAL, unreported and unregulated fishing are pervasive in the high seas.
Lito Vargas surveys the day’s catch of yellowfin tuna as they slide down the steel gutting table at the bustling port at General Santos city in the southern Philippines.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Global warming and the economic crisis are not far-fetched stories for people here. Tuna industry players in this southern Philippine city have in fact already felt the pinch from the twin problems.