DECLARING THE LAST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS FISH CONSERVATION DAY AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE.

WHEREAS, man is largely dependent upon fish and other
aquatic products for protein food, medicine and other necessities of life, but
considerable fish and other aquatic animals are wantonly destroyed by
thoughtless and unscrupulous fishermen through the use of explosives and
poisons in fishing;

WHEREAS, it is important to set aside a day of each year so
that through appropriate ceremonies, the people’s attention could be drawn to
the importance of fish and other aquatic animals in their everyday life and
their interest awakened; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to inculcate in the minds of our
people the need of conserving the fish supply and other aquatic resources
through wise utilization thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim
the last Saturday of October of each year as Fish Conservation Day, to be
observed in schools and elsewhere with appropriate ceremonies.

The following Committees are hereby created to take charge
of the observance of Fish Conservation Day:

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE

CHARTERED CITY COMMITTEE

MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE

(Where there is no Fishery Officer in the locality, the
Chairman of the Committee shall appoint the Executive Officer thereof.)

The above Committees are hereby empowered to appoint such
sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives of this
proclamation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Baguio, this 26th day of October, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of
the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By
the President:

TEODORO
EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

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