It was further expanded in 1990 to 600 hectares. Production and sales figures jumped in 1991 to a volume of 933,231 kgs. from 213,129 kgs. in 1990 and it is continuously increasing. The Fishing Industry General Santos has 34 commercial deep sea fishing firms operating in the fishing grounds of Sarangani Bay, Mindanao Sea, Celebes Sea, Sulu Sea and Moro Gulf. In addition, more than 5,000 motorized and non-motorized bancas engage in municipal fishing. The local fishing industry unloads an average of 250-300 MT of fish daily.
Dominant fish caught are the high valued yellow-fin tuna, marlin, round scad, skipjack and others.
The GSC Fish Landing will soon be moved to a 12 hectare fish port complex designed to handle 300 MT daily with all the needed facilities as cold storage, ice plant, brine, blast and contact freezers and fish container storage. A recent industry is fish fillet processing by Yamaoka Nippon Corp., a Japanese-Filipino venture. In 1991, combined export product totaled 9065 MT of canned tuna. Cutflowers Cutflower cultivation is an infant but fast growing industry in the locality. Dolefil-Tropi Fresh and the South Cotabato Cutflowers Cooperative are the two firms engaged in this industry.