SOCSKSARGEN Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries, Inc. a non-government, non-profit organization, established in 1999 as an umbrella organization of 7 associations with a total over 100 companies involved in fishing, canning, fish processing, aquaculture production & processing and other allied industries. Its membership cuts across the entire value chain from the capture fisheries sector, composed of the hand line fishermen, the small, medium & large commercial ring netters and purse seine operators, to the fish processing sector and exporters composed of the big canning operators, fresh chilled, frozen fish value-adding sector. It is based in General Santos City governed by a Board of 14 Directors and by the Executive Director handling the day-to-day operations.