THE CANNED TUNA INDUSTRY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
A Presentation by
Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines (TCAP)
VII World Tuna Conference
“TUNA VIGO 2015”
A brief introduction…
• The Philippines is structured to be a fishing
nation;
• Our 7,100 islands altogether measure 2,000
kms. long and is 150 kilometers from the
southern tip of Taiwan;
• Our water area is 2.2 million square
kilometers
•Land area is more than 30 Million hectares,
including mountain peaks, volcanoes, etc.
Dominant Tuna Species in the
Philippines
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yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares),
bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus),
skipjack tuna (Katsuwanos pelamis),
eastern little tuna (Euthynnus affinis),
frigate tuna (Auxis thazard), and
bullet tuna (Auxis rochei)
Gears Used to Catch Tuna
• Purse seines, ringnets and handlines
usually account for 75% of annual catch.
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– Purse seines
– Ringnet
– Handline
– Hook-and-line
– Other gears
48%
26
10
14
2
Common Gears Used
• Purse Seine and ringnet
FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE (FADS)
OR PAYAO
DEEP SEA PAYAO (FAD)
How did tuna fishing develop?
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Started in 1900’s under American rule
1942-44 tuna fishing became commercial
1950 – americans started commercial trade
1960s – refrigerated ships started landings in
zamboanga
• 1973 – Tuna Exporters Association was formed
• 1980s – the Japanese went into bigtime
buying of sashimi grade tuna
How are we doing now?
• The Philippines is still one of the top fish
producing countries in the world.
• Over 1.6 million Filipinos involved
• Contribution to Phil GDP in 2013 -1.7% and
1.9% at current and constant prices, respectively
• 2013 export volume -165,757 MT for all Tunas,
valued at US $681.618 million.
• Canned tuna constitutes bulk of tuna products
being exported. Tuna, mackerel and sardines
are major import fish commodities in 2013
• 30% of imports accounted for by tuna.
Where do we get our tuna raw materials?
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Sources of tuna:
Papua New Guinea 8 %
Taiwan (ROC) 10.2%
Japan 2.5%
Marshall Islands, 0.5%
Korea Rep, 1.7%.
Other fishery imports include mackerel, 14.7%
Sardines, 5.3%.
Philippine Registered Vessels in WCPFC
Type of Vessel
Bunker
Fish Carrier
Fishing Vessel
Handline
Longline
Mothership
Multi-purpose vessel
Purse seine
Support Vessel
Total
Number of Registered Vessels
Total
<250 GT >250 - 500GT >500 - 1,000GT > 1,000 GT
1
1
167
52
14
17
250
4
2
1
7
1
1
3
9
8
20
8
8
7
1
8
79
25
27
20
151
362
3
3
368
631
89
55
39
814
Regional Fish Management Organizations
(RFMO)
• The Philippines implements its obligations under
the respective regional conventions and
conservation and management measures (CMMs)
adopted by the following RFMO organizations:
– WCPFC
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission
– IOTC
– ICCAT
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
– CCSBT
Commission for the Conservation of Southern
Bluefin Tuna (the Philippines is a non-member
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
cooperator)
Philippine Vessels Out There
Table 1. Classification and Number of Philippine registered vessels
Type of vessel
Bunker
Fish Carrier
Unspecified Vessel
Handline
Longline
Multi-purpose
Purse Seine
Support Vessel
<250GT
>250GT
111
8
1
7
6
64
254
>500GT
51
2
8
1
36
4
WCPFC
Total
1
26
1
1
188
11
9
1
27
4
1
24
8
127
262
IOTC
Longline
Purse Seine
14
9
15
15
17
24
46
ICCAT
Longline
9
16
25
Total Tuna Catch by Species (2010-2014)
Commercial
Year
Municipal
Yellowfi
Skipjack
Bigeye Skipjack Yellowfin Bigeye
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TOTAL
2010
177,698
85,351
8,575
50,481
61,924
3,070
387,099
2011
147,979
68,625
6,022
49,404
54,389
3,591
330,010
2012
163,026
77,730
7,912
41,327
45,698
4,568
340,262
2013
168,183
83,142
6,899
40,963
46,742
4,962
350,891
2014
194,583
94,256
6,188
39,270
45,664
4,980
384,942
TUNA CANNERIES
There are seven (7) members of the Tuna Canners
Association of the Philippines,.
6 operate in General Santos :
- Alliance Select Foods
- Celebes Canning Corpation,
- GenTuna Corporation
- Ocean Canning Corporation
- Philbest Caning Corporation
- SeatradeCanning Corporation
in Zamboanga - Permex Export Producer Corporation)
and another one in Zamboanga, Bigfish Food Corporation,
not yet registered as a member of TCAP.
There are two (2) Philippine-owned and operated
canneries in Papua New Guinea, one in Madang and
another one in Lae processing around 50,000MT per
year.
TCAP members Export Data
(in 000 )
No. of
Cases
2014
#
EXPORT
VALUE
US
(EST)
$
2013
2012
2011
7,357.9 6,326.8
6,563.6
7,872.6
2010
10,197.0
257,696.2 250,778.5 254,843.2 255,713.9 226,029.3
TUNA EXPORTS BY COMMODITY (2010-2014)
Tuna commodity, by
volume (MT)
2010
2011
2012
2013
33,688
22,027
22,910
20,177
13,933
8,000
2,725
58,071
38,796
29,660
2014*
Fresh/chilled/frozen
Dried/smoked
Canned
76,801
28,808
1,460
58,660
TOTAL VALUE
(million USD)
359.38 314.507 455.10 664.50 459.83
Domestic Consumption
Canned SARDINES
5 National Brands
All others
Total
690 tons /month
200 tons
890 tons/month or
10,680,000 cases p.a.
Canned TUNA
Kilos
Cases
Value
2013
2014
52.6 M
6 Million
Php 8.6 B
50.5 M
5.8 Million
Php 8.6 B
(est) 2015
up 2%
0%
Fisheries Management & Policy
AGENCY
DA-BFAR
DENR
DTI
DFA
MARINA
PFDA,PPA
NFRDI, BAS
LGUs
FUNCTIONS RELATED TO TUNA FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
manage, conserve, develop, protect, utilize, and dispose of all
fisheries
and aquatic resources beyond municipal waters
protection of fish habitat
regulation of fish trade
fisheries negotiations
registration of fishing vessels
management of fish ports
research and policy support agencies
manage, conserve, develop, protect, and utilize all fish and
fishery resources within their respective municipal waters
Phil Coast Guard, Navy,
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Nationa Police maritime Group } enforce fishery laws
Airforce
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NAFC, FARMCs, PCAMRD
NCIE, MSCOCs, Sea Watch, ] coordinating bodies that facilitate fishery management measures
NTIC
TUNA MANAGEMENT PLAN
• A. Use and management of FADs – to
regulate the deployment and number
of FADs associated with tuna fishing
• B. Monitoring, Control, Surveillance
(MCS) activities;
– Land component
– Sea component
– Air component
Guidelines and Required Compliance of the
TUNA MANAGEMENT PLAN
• Determination of Catch Limit based on Best
Scientific Evidence
• Limitation of Fishing Effort and Capacity
• Regulation of Transshipment at Sea
• Regional Observer Program
• Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
• Entry and Exit Position Reporting
• Boarding and Inspection on the High Seas
• Port State Measures
• Charter Vessels
• Catch and Trade Documentation
• IUU Vessel Listing
GSP PLUS
• Fish supply is still a problem now and for the next
three (3) years.
• The Philippines is registered as one of the biggest
purseining fleet and is treated in the tuna industry as
equal to the first world country catchers/processors.
But we really cannot compete with their capacities.
• We continue to depend upon guidance and aid by
the EU countries to whom we owe our phenomenal
growth.
• In truth, our capabilities have been taught to us by
our EU trading partners/friends
• Our markets have been essentially the EU and the
USA, and we continue to receive help from the EU, in
particular, in terms of market, technology, financial
support if any.
ISSUES, CONCERNS & CHALLENGES
• Resource Management
• Production, Post Harvest and marketing
• Institutional Policy and Regulatory Concerns
• THANK YOU!
• MUCHAS GRACIAS!
•MABUHAY!