Scenes from the Tuna Trade

Workers at Gensan Aqua Traders, an export company that buys fish at the Fish Port, weigh incoming yellowfin
Photograph for TIME by Thomas Lee / Atlas Press

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Workers at Gensan Aqua Traders, an export company that buys fish at the Fish Port, weigh incoming yellowfin. The biggest and best sashimi-grade tuna coming in to General Santos go for about $700 wholesale.

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