BANNING THE EXPORTATION OF BANGUS FINGERLINGS (HATIRIN)
and 18 of Presidential
Decree No. 704, as amended, otherwise known as the “Fisheries Decree of
1975”, the following rules banning the exportation of bangus fingerlings
( hatirin) are hereby promulgated:
SECTION 1.
Definition — Bangus fingerlings (
hatirin) means young bangus which have attained the length of not less
than 25 millimeters in total length, are covered by scales, and which
have been grown for some time in the bangus nursery pond.
SECTION
2. Prohibition — It shall be
unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to export or cause to be
exported bangus fingerlings (hatirin).
SECTION 3. Penal
Clause — Violation of the
provision of this Order shall subject the offender to a fine of from
Five Hundred (P500.00) Pesos to Five Thousand (P5,000.00) Pesos or
imprisonment from six (6) months to four (4) years, or both such fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court:
Provided, 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 (P5,000.00) Pesos, and the confiscation of the bangus
fingerlings and other paraphernalia used therein.
SECTION 4. Repealing
Clause — All administrative
orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed.
SECTION
5. Effectivity — This
administrative
order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette and/or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Adopted: 5 Feb. 1991
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(SGD.) SENEN C.
BACANI |
(SGD.) JUANITO B.
MALIG |
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Secretary of |
Director
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources |