<div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Mr Alcala said there are talks between Manila and Port Moresby to lift the ban in the seas in Papua New Guinea’s maritime border, reports ManilaBulletin. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">At least three Philippine canning companies have set up shop in Papua New Guinea to take advantage of its tariff-free status in France and in other countries. Philippine canned tuna is slapped a 24 per cent tariff in France while Papua New Guinea’s tuna comes in duty-free. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">It is not known if Papua New Guinea would agree as the Philippines’ offer is to teach Papuans how to grow rice, a cereal that the US also wants the rootcrop-eating Papuans to propagate. Mr Alcala revealed the sweetener to the talks at the sidelines of the Philippine Economic Briefing in Pasay City on Tuesday. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The Philippines wants to avoid the unenviable tag as the world’s biggest rice importer, a title that is said to have been inherited by Indonesia. Another option is for the Philippines to take in the tuna catch of Papuan vessels since the country lacks processing facilities, Mr Alcala said. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">“Their processing facilities are still not working in full capacity. So, we ask them to take a portion of their catch to General Santos City, where we can accommodate a huge volume of tuna,” he said. This means that the idle canning factories in General Santos will process the tuna and label it as a product of Papua New Guinea. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Mr Alcala said Filipinos own majority of the canning factories in Papua New Guinea. He said that while Filipinos also consume tuna, the bulk of the catch actually ends up in Japan, the world’s biggest tuna buyer, representing 90 per cent of the tuna consumption. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Philippine waters also have tuna but 65 per cent is of the skipjack variety, also known as gulyasi, which is preferred by canneries. Big eye and yellowfin tuna are in great demand for sashimi and sushi worldwide, and they swim in large schools in Indonesian waters en route to Papua New Guinea. Tuna is largely equatorial. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The Philippines has been lobbying for the lifting of the ban imposed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), a treaty-based organization seeking to conserve and manage fish stocks in the Pacific Ocean. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">WCPFC’s ban was motivated by the principles of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS), which restricts the use of the global ocean commons to reasonable levels and bars infringements by fishing nations on the rights of the signatories of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The PNA members are Papua New Guinea, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands, all of which are vulnerable to rising sea levels brought about by climate change. They also happen to be responsible for the sea lanes where 25 per cent of the world’s tuna supply comes. </span></div>
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The year 2025 marked a pivotal milestone for Vietnam’s seafood industry in its restructuring process toward sustainability, transparency, and higher value creation, amid continued uncertainties in the global economic and trade environment. Prolonged inflation in major economies, the rising trend of trade protectionism, and increasingly stringent requirements related to environmental standards, traceability, and social responsibility have posed significant challenges to seafood production and exports. Nevertheless, overcoming these pressures, Vietnam’s seafood sector has gradually demonstrated its adaptability, maintained growth momentum, and laid an important foundation for the next stage of development.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Amid the increasingly evident impacts of drought and saltwater intrusion, the shrimp-rice production model in Ca Mau province continues to prove itself as a viable direction, contributing to higher farmer incomes, improved soil conditions and the promotion of ecological and sustainable agricultural development.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The management of fishing vessels, monitoring of fishing activities, and handling of violations in the fisheries sector in Lam Dong province have continued to be implemented in a synchronized and stringent manner, contributing to raising awareness of legal compliance among fishermen and aiming to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Can Tho’s fishery industry sustained steady growth in 2025 with total aquatic and marine output reaching nearly 783,000 tons, fulfilling 100% of the annual target. Aquaculture, capture fisheries and fishing fleet management were further strengthened, aiming for sustainable development in the coming years.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2025, Vietnam’s pangasius export turnover reached nearly USD 2.2 billion, up 8% year-on-year. This result indicates that pangasius exports maintained their growth momentum despite significant volatility in the global market environment. In December 2025, pangasius export value reached USD 200 million, up 10% compared to December 2024. This solid performance in the final month of the year reflects increased import demand for consumption and inventory replenishment in key markets.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2025, Vietnam’s tuna exports to Spain experienced significant fluctuations. According to Vietnam Customs, during the first 11 months of 2025, export turnover for the first 11 months of the year edged up by 0.3% year-on-year, reaching nearly $15 million.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has signed Decision No. 16/QD-TTg, dated January 5, 2026, approving the implementation plan for the Vietnam-Israel Free Trade Agreement (VIFTA). Under the plan, in the coming period, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-affiliated entities and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities must institutionalize and execute tasks focused on the dissemination of information regarding VIFTA and the Israeli market; legislative and institutional development, as well as enhancing competitiveness and human resource growth...
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Beyond achieving double-digit growth, Vietnam’s fish cake and surimi exports are showing a notable year-end "inflection point": the EU his accelerating with nearly twofold growth, China & Hong Kong are rising sharply, while the largest market, South Korea, signaled a slowdown in November. According to Vietnam Customs data, export turnover of fish cake and surimi reached $327 million in the first 11 months of 2025, up 22% year-on-year; November 2025 alone accounted for $35 million, marking a 5% increase. This serves as a critical foundation for exporters to reassess market structures and competitive intensity while finalizing order strategies for 2026.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Ca Mau, widely regarded as the nation’s “shrimp capital”, continued its strong performance in 2025 as shrimp output reached nearly 600,000 tons, maintaining its position as Vietnam’s leading shrimp-producing locality.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On December 29, 2025, at the 2025 Pangasius Industry Review Conference held in Can Tho City, the Vietnam Pangasius Association announced that fingerling prices have surged to record levels due to acute supply shortages.
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