PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF “SUDSUD” (SCISSOR OR PUSHNET) IN PANGUIL BAY

Pursuant to the provision of Section 4 and 7 of Presidential Decree
No. 704, otherwise known as the “Fisheries Decree No. 1975”, the
following rules and regulations are hereby promulgated for the
information and guidance of all concerned:

SECTION 1. Definition of Terms – “Sudsud”
(scissor or puh net) means a fishing gear with nettings mounted on two
(2) collapsible bamboo or wooden poles fitted with or without wooden
flat shoelike device and operated on a motorized fishing boat.

SECTION 2. Prohibition – It shall be unlawful for
any person, corporation , association , partnership or cooperative to
operate “sudsud” (scissor or puh net) in catching fish and/or other
fishery aquatic products in Panguil Bay.

SECTION 3. Penal Clause – Any violation of this
Order shall subject the offender to the penalty of fine from Five
Hundred Pesos (P5,00.00 ) to Five Thousanf Pesos (P5,000.00) or
imprisonment in the discretion of the Court: Provided, however, That
the Director of Fisheries And Aquatic Resources is hereby empowered to
impose upon the offender an administrative fine of not more than Five
Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or to cancel the commercial fishing boat
license or to impose both such fine and cancellation of the license at
his discretion.

SECTION 4. Repealing Clause – All existing administrative
orders, rules and regulations and parts thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of the Order are hereby modified or repealed
accordingly.

SECTION 5. Effectivity – This Order shall teke effect
fifteen, (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette and/or
in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Adopted: 10 Aug. 1990

(SGD.) SENEN C. BACANI Secretary

(SGD.) JUANITO B. MALIG Director, BFAR