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                    [ArticleID] => 294799
                    [Title] => Local tuna industry faces new opportunities, challenges
                    [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The local tuna industry should take advantage of the Philippines’ ratification of the Multilateral High Level Convention (MHLC) on the conservation of highly migratory fish stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean  and use this opportunity to increase its competitiveness in the global tuna trade.

[DatePublished] => 2005-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98775 [Title] => Global shakeout seen to open new opportunities for RP’s tuna canners [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY – It is imperative that Philippine tuna sector players respond to the ongoing industry crisis and prepare themselves for fierce competition in the global market.

At the 2nd National Tuna Congress which was held recently in General Santos City, fisheries specialist Dr. Stanley Swerdloff said the current global tuna crisis will almost certainly result in a worldwide shakeout.

"The least competitive fleets and processors will drop out, and those companies with imagination and deficiency will expand," he added.
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This optimistic forecast came about as the price of canned tuna in the world market recently dropped to less than $14 per case from $26 last year, triggering a decline in the price of purse seine catches to a startling $350 per metric ton from $1,000 in 1998.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806204 [AuthorName] => Allen Estabillo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Local tuna industry faces new opportunities, challenges
                    [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The local tuna industry should take advantage of the Philippines’ ratification of the Multilateral High Level Convention (MHLC) on the conservation of highly migratory fish stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean  and use this opportunity to increase its competitiveness in the global tuna trade.

[DatePublished] => 2005-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98775 [Title] => Global shakeout seen to open new opportunities for RP’s tuna canners [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY – It is imperative that Philippine tuna sector players respond to the ongoing industry crisis and prepare themselves for fierce competition in the global market.

At the 2nd National Tuna Congress which was held recently in General Santos City, fisheries specialist Dr. Stanley Swerdloff said the current global tuna crisis will almost certainly result in a worldwide shakeout.

"The least competitive fleets and processors will drop out, and those companies with imagination and deficiency will expand," he added.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 105681 [Title] => El Niño may spell relief for tuna sector [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS — The worldwide tuna glut that saw prices of fresh and canned lightmeat tuna plummeting dramatically in the last two years may finally find a "savior" with the upcoming El Niño phenomenon.

This optimistic forecast came about as the price of canned tuna in the world market recently dropped to less than $14 per case from $26 last year, triggering a decline in the price of purse seine catches to a startling $350 per metric ton from $1,000 in 1998.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806204 [AuthorName] => Allen Estabillo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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