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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 929 |
The Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources
The Minister, Ministry of National Defense
The Minister, Ministry of Public Works
WHEREAS, the Fishing Industry contribute 4.9 percent to the Philippines gross national product;
WHEREAS, some 2.2 Million Filipinos depend directly on the fishing industry for livelihood;
WHEREAS, municipal fishing contributes 60 percent to total fish production and employs approximately half a million fishermen;
WHEREAS, several area studies reveal that more than half of the population of fishermen and their families live in poverty; income from fishing of the municipal fishermen is relatively low due to seasonality and often subject to vagaries of weather and other conditions; there is evident depletion of our natural resources due to pollution, illegal and destructive fishing methods; municipal fishermen are most often unorganized and do not effectively derive benefits from the existing government programs;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines do hereby direct the following for the implementation of the agencies concerned:
1.
The Minister of Labor shall accelerate the formation
and organization of small fishermen's associations in coordination with
the Bureau of Cooperative Development and the Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources in order to strengthen their capabilities to benefit
from existing government programs;
2. The
Minister of National Defense jointly with the Minister of Natural
Resources and the Minister of Public Works shall conduct intensive
campaigns against illegal fishing, illegal construction of fishponds,
dikes, fish pens, and the like;
3. The
Minister of Natural Resources upon the recommendation of the Director
of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources shall deputize small
fishermen who are officials of duly recognized and registered fishermen
associations as fish wardens to guarantee and ensure the proper
enforcement of all fishery laws, rules and regulations;
This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 8th day of September, 1979.
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