Throughout its 18 years of existence, leaving out an effort to operate its own fishing supply store, the BFCA has spent most of its resources chiefly in the following areas:

• Fostering, strengthening and maintaining closer cooperation among the cooperatives;
• Providing information to member societies pertaining to anything that affected the industry especially efforts that threatened the protected interest among the producers and their relative control over commercial fishery;
• Keeping watch over the fisheries laws and regulations and influencing changes for the protection and preservation of the industry;
• Assisting the cooperatives in areas that would enhance their productivity and survival;

• The joint purchase and ownership of a fishing boat for the conducting of exploratory fishing and demonstration of new fishing techniques;
• The publication of a monthly newsletter for the dissemination of information concerning fisheries for distribution to all fishermen; this is now done on a quarterly basis and has gained acclaim locally and internationally.
• The conducting of educational programs for all personnel at all levels of the fishing cooperative movement countrywide. (Some of this has been done).
• The preparation of joint programs in marketing and secondary processing, to name a few.