Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction
Letter of Instructions No. 1261, issued on July 28, 1982, directs the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Local Governments to enhance the management and protection of municipal fishing grounds in the Philippines. It mandates the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to report on fishing grounds available to municipal fishermen and identify communal fishing areas, particularly in depressed regions, for exclusive use by sustenance fishermen. Additionally, it calls for the development of a new fish auction system to replace the existing "Bulungan" scheme. Local governments are assigned jurisdiction over municipal waters, and existing appropriations can be used for these initiatives.
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- What is Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 1261, issued on July 28, 1982, directs the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Local Governments to enhance the management and protection of municipal fishing grounds in the Philippines. It mandates the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to report on fishing grounds available to municipal fishermen and identify communal fishing areas, particularly in depressed regions, for exclusive use by sustenance fishermen. Additionally, it calls for the development of a new fish auction system to replace the existing "Bulungan" scheme. Local governments are assigned jurisdiction over municipal waters, and existing appropriations can be used for these initiatives.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 1261?
- Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction (Letter of Instructions No. 1261) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction enacted?
- Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction (Letter of Instructions No. 1261) was enacted on Jul 28, 1982.
- What is the citation for Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction?
- Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction, Letter of Instructions No. 1261, Jul 28, 1982 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 1261
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 28, 1982
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1261
| TO | : | The Ministry of Natural Resources |
| The Ministry of Local Governments |
In order to assist municipal fishermen to fully exploit as well as protect municipal fishing grounds of the country from over exploitation; and
In pursuit of the objectives of Presidential Decree No. 704 to keep the fishery resources of the country in optimum productive condition and within easy reach of sustenance fishermen, you are hereby directed to undertake the following: acd
1. Cause the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to prepare and submit a report without delay on the location, extent and overall assessment of fishing grounds outside municipal waters but within the economical and safe range of municipal fishermen or are traditionally being exploited by such group of fishermen. The report shall be the basis for the designation by Fisheries administrative order, fishing grounds for the exclusive use of sustenance fishermen.
2. Mobilize the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources for the identification of communal fishing grounds throughout the Philippines especially those within depressed regions. This shall be done as soon as possible to serve as basis for the immediate designation by fisheries administrative orders of such grounds as provided for in Section 31 of Presidential Decree No. 704. aisa dc
3. Initiate thru the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority, the formulation and pilot testing of a vocal and open scheme of fish auction aimed at the gradual phase out of the "Bulungan" scheme of fish auction throughout the country.
The municipality or local government shall have jurisdiction and responsibility in the management of the municipal waters. aisa dc
Existing appropriations of agencies involved in the implementation of this project could be utilized subject to Section 40 of Presidential Decree No. 1177.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Two. acd
Cite This Law
Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction, Letter of Instructions No. 1261, Jul 28, 1982 (Philippines)
Identification of Communal Fishing Grounds and Pilot Testing of a Vocal and Open Scheme of Fish Auction, Letter of Instructions No. 1261 (Phil. 1982)
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