The 3-day event will begin with a caravan on August 31 which will start from Gensan Fishport to SM City General Santos where President Rodrigo Duterte will be the keynote speaker during the opening ceremonies.
Also expected to grace the event are key personalities in the country's fishing industry, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade and Commerce, and foreign and local delegates.
Among the topics to be discussed during the plenary is the amended Philippine Fisheries Code, the effects of La Niña and El Niño on Tuna, and other concerns in the fishing industry in the country.