EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 488 - CONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE PRAWN INDUSTRY

WHEREAS, the prawn industry has become a major foreign exchange earner for the country;  

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to unite all sectors of the Philippine prawn industry for it to remain competitive in the world market; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Government and the private sector to work together in active partnership to realize the full potential of the industry;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. There is hereby constituted a Presidential Coordinating Committee on the Prawn Industry, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, composed of the following:

a. Secretary, Department  of Agriculture   — Chairman

b. Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry — Member

c. Secretary, Department of Science and Technology — Member

d. Secretary, Department  of Finance — Member

e. Chief, Aquaculture Department, South East
Asian Fisheries Development Center    — Member

f. President, Philippine Federation of Prawn
   Growers, Incorporated     — Member

g. President, Hatchery Operators Association
of the Philippines     — Member

h. President, Feed Millers
Association of the Philippines,
  Incorporated   — Member

i. President, Shrimp Exporters of the Philippines,
  Incorporated   — Member