Literally.

And why would that be? You may wonder. Well, as you already know, GenSan is the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines”. So we should get to the bottom of it, right? To the fish port then!!

This fish here helps to direct drivers in the right direction:

Entrance to the port

As with many places in the Philippines there is a security at the gate. Visitors must also pay a small fee for entering the port complex. Speaking of the complex here’s a scale model of the area:

The place is pretty big. It has to be. The daily catch of fish in the area is around 750 tonnes. All these fish must fit somewhere… They also need to be transported somehow. So, as is customary in Asia in general, various types of vehicles are used for that purpose. These can include:

Jeepneys in fish port

The jepneeys don’t have to transport people only. They transport people to the fish port and people with fish back to the city 🙂

Another vehicle used:

Tricycle

Tricycles are used to transport everything. There is no reason why fish should not be included in the “everything” group.

There are also regular trucks in use:

A lot of them, in a manner similar to jeepneys, have customized graphics.

For intra-port transportation you can use this:

or this:

750 tonnes is a lot of fish to move around the port and of course sell on a daily basis. Just follow the rules:

If you were thinking of having a tuna in your fish bowl, well, think again:

Or consider getting a bigger fish bowl…

Did I mention that apparently you need a permit to photograph the fish port complex?

Next time we will have a look at a few fishing ships docked in the port.