The Department of Agriculture (DA) has authorized the importation of frozen fish for wet markets in the fourth quarter of this year. The DA issued a memorandum circular governing the importation of 35,000 metric tons (MT) of frozen round scad (galunggong), bigeye scad, mackerel, bonito and moonfish from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 this year.

Lagare, J. B. (2023, August 17). DA allows fish importation for wet markets in Oct. to Dec.. Daily Guardian, pp. 9, 15.