2025-04-272010-10-29https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14697/336This Administrative Order, consisting of seven sections, establishes the Regulations Requiring the Installment of Juvenile and Trash Fish Excluder Device (JTED) in Trawls in Philippine Waters. This Order shall cover all commercial trawls in Philippine waters and prohibits for any person to operate fishing vessels using trawl nets, including all variations and modification of trawls without V12 or H15 JTEDs in Philippine waters. The construction and installation specifications are indicated in the attached device assembly technical data sheets, and shall be a requirement for the issuance of Commercial Fishing Vessel Gear License (CFVGL). Persons, associations, cooperatives, partnerships or corporations engaged in trawl fishing shall be given a period of three months from the effectivity of this Order to conform and/or comply with. The operator, boat captain or three highest officers of the boat who violates this Order shall upon conviction be punished by a fine equivalent to the value of catch or P10,000.00 Pesos whichever is higher, and imprisonment of six months, confiscation of catch and fishing gears, and automatic revocation of license.enLegislationFisheriesFishery law and legislationTrawls and trawlingFishingFisheriesOtherSDG 14 - Life below waterSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionfishery regulationsfisheries lawregulationstrawlingfisheriesfishingpenaltiesoffencesfishery management and conservationmarine fisheriesfishing methodsuse restrictionsfishing vesselsChallenge 2: Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversityChallenge 3: Sustainably feed the global populationChallenge 4: Develop a sustainable and equitable ocean economy