Visitors are welcome at the fish
port. One has to sign first the log book at the main gate of the fish port.
Then I was asked to proceed to the Food Safety Compliance Unit office (FSCU)
where I had to rent a pair of white
boots. All the workers in the fish port wear white boots and visitors are
likewise asked to do so. Twenty pesos was the rental operated by a
cooperative. Then a security guard was
assigned to me as my tourist guide. There are three market areas in the port.
Market one is for the delivery of the tuna fish, market 2 and 3 are for small
fishes with market two for domestic sales and market 3 for canning. The people were very respectful and even
where the tuna where being weighed, they would give way for picture taking
with the visitor.
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| The gate entrance to the Fish Port Complex of General Santos |
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| Once the tuna fish arrive at the port they are examined and weighed. |
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| From the boats the fish are hauled to the market |
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| Tuna being weighed |
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| Boats with freshly caught tuna arrive at the Port of Gen San |
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| The fish port of Gen San |
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| Fish being prepared for weighing |
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| Fish being readied for transport inside trucks filled with ice |
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| Buyers trying to examine the tunas. |
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| Other fish are being prepared to be placed inside boxes |
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| The gills are also separated |
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| The panga part of the tuna |
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| Other smaller fish are also found in the Fish Port |
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| Fish being readied for transport |
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| Trucks are ready to transport newly caught fish |
