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- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 267-1: Series of 2023. Rules & regulations governing the landing and transshipping of fish and fishery products that have not been previously landed, and other port services in the Philippines by foreign-flagged fishing vessels.(Department of Agriculture, 2023-12-14)
- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 270: Series of 2023. Rules and regulations on the operations of the Philippine flagged fishing vessels operating in distant waters (beyond national jurisdiction).(Department of Agriculture, 2023-01-27)This Administrative Order provides for the conditions on the registry of the fishing vessels further to Republic Act No. 8550 and the requirements for the implementation of flag state responsibilities to not engaging vessels in IUU fishing. The Order requires update of fishing vessel listing that are operating in the High Seas area by BFAR and compliance with the vessel marking and specification requirements of the RFMO. This Order applies to all Philippine- flagged fishing vessels engaged in distant water fishing regardless of type. The text consists of 27 Articles divided into 5 Chapters as follow: General Provisions (I); Measures for High Seas (II); Measures for Vessels Operating in Waters of Other Coastal States (III); Prohibited Acts and Penalties (IV); Miscellaneous Provisions (V). The text has one Appendix on list of acronyms.
- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 1. Organization and functions of the Bureau of Fisheries.(Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1947-07-01)
- Saving coastal, marine environment through Marine Protected AreasMayuga, Jonathan L. (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2022-07-31)As part of the Plastic Free July, a global movement that amplifies the call for strengthened efforts to solve the global plastic crisis, ocean conservation advocate nongovernment organization, Oceana Philippines, called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to protect marine protected areas against plastic pollution. Environmental lawyer Gloria Estenzo-Ramos, vice president of Oceana Philippines, said the country’s marine ecosystems hold immense potential in the efforts to curb the impact of the global food crisis. But the threat of destruction and losses is becoming more pronounced as plastic waste make their way to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that are supposed to be set aside for conservation in different parts of the country.