Representatives coming from the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) recently identified possible joint venture investment projects on various high-value aquaculture products. Private sectors from the Philippines, with a majority coming from Mindanao, was able to form nine possible business partnerships with their EAGA counterparts, particularly on the development of aquaculture products such as soft-shell crab, pangasius, tuna, grouper, as well as provision of feeds, fingerlings, and marketing.

Crismundo, M. U., & Basa, M. M. (2010, May 2). Aquaculture projects mulled. Manila Bulletin, p. 21.