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Chapter 1 - Declaration of Policy and Definitions Flashcards

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The title of Republic Act No. 8550

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An act providing for the development, management and conservation of the fisheries and aquatic resources, integrating all laws pertinent thereto, and for other purposes

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RA 8550 was amended during this year as RA 10654

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2015

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Meaning of IUUF

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illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

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RA 8550 is an Act also known as

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“The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998”

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Policies declared in RA 8550

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  • food security
  • limited access
  • sustainable development
  • rights of fisherfolk
  • support to fisery sector
  • integrated coastal area management (ICM)
  • private fishery sector support
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Objectives of the fishery sector in RA 8550

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  • conservation, protection, and sustained management
  • poverty alleviation and the provision of supplementary livelihood
  • improvement of productivity of aquaculture
  • optimal utilization of offshore and deep-sea resources
  • upgrading post-harvest technology
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Applications of provisions

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  • all Philippine waters (200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone)
  • all aquatic and fishery resources
  • all lands devoted to aquaculture, or businesses and activities relating to fishery
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Firms or companies related to the supply, construction and maintenance of fishing vessels, gears, nets, and other fishing paraphernalia

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Ancillary industries

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Adaptable technology that is ecologically sound, locally source-based and labor intensive

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Appropriate fishing technology

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The introduction by human or machine, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy to the aquatic environment which result or is likely to result in such deleterious effects

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Aquatic pollution

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Includes fish, all other aquatic flora and fauna, and other living resources of the aquatic environment

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Aquatic resources

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Any structure of natural or man-made materials placed on a body of water to serve as shelter and habitat, source of food, breeding areas for fishery species, and shoreline protection

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Artificial reefs

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The annual catch limits allowed to be taken, gathered, or harvested from any fishing area in consideration of the need to prevent overfishing and harmful depletion of breeding stocs

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Catch ceilings

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The period during which the taking of specified fishery species by a specified fishing gear is prohibited

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Closed season

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A band of dry land and adjacent open space in which terrestrial processes and uses directly after oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa

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Coastal area/land

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The taking of fishery species by passive or active gear for trade, business and profit beyond substinence or sports fishing

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Commercial fishing

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Three categories of commercial fishing

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  • Small scale commercial fishing
  • Medium scale commercial fishing
  • Large scale commercial fishing
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Fishing with passive or active gear utilizing fishing vessels of 3.1 gross tons up to 20 GT

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Small scale commercial fishing

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Utilizing active gears and vessesls of 20.1 GT to 150 GT

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Medium scale

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Utilizing active gears and vessels of more than 150 GT

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Large scale

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A scheme of producing a minimum harvest per hectare per year of species

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Commercial scale

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The hard calcareous substance made up of skeleton of marine coelentrate polyps which include reefs, shelves, and allots

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Coral

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Characterized as having rigid axis of compact calcareous or horny spicules

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Anthozoan coelenterates (genus corallium)

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Red, pink, and white corals

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Precious corals

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Thorny, horny axis such as antipatharians represented by the black corals

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Semi-precious corals

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Any kind of corals that are not precious nor semi-precious

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Ordinary corals

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A natural aggregation of coral skeleton, with or without living coral polyps, occurring in intertidal and subtidal marine waters

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Coral reef

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Boundaries defined by markers and assigned exclusiely to specific individuals or organizations

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Demarcated areas

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Department of Agriculture

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Department

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30
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The use of electricity generated by batteries, electric generators and other source of electric power to kill, stupefy, disable, or render unconscious fishery speices

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Electrofishing

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31
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Aquatic plants and animals that are in danger of extinction as provided for in existing fishery laws, rules, and regulations

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Endangered rare and/or threatened species

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32
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Protected areas of endangered species

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Wildlife bureau of the department of environment and natural resources (DENR), convention on the international trade of endangered species of flora and fauna (CITES)

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An area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles

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Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

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Meaning of FARMCs

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Fisheries and aquatic resources management councils

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35
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Include roads linking the fisheries production sites, coastal landing points and other post-harvest facilities to major market and arterial roads

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Farm-to-market roads

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36
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Net with mesh size of less than 3 cm measured between two opposite knots of a full mesh when stretched

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Fine mesh net

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37
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Not only finfish but also other species of aquatic flora and fauna and all other products of aquatic living resources

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Fish and fishery/aquatic products

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38
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An enclosure which is either stationary or floating made up of nets or screens sews or fastened together and installed in the water with opening at the surface

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Fish cage

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39
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A stationary weir or trap devised to intercept and capture fishing consisting of rows of bamboo stakes, plastic nets and other materials fenced with split bamboo mattings

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Fish corral or “Baklad”

40
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A stage in the life cycle of the fish measuring to about 6-13 cm

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Fish fingerlings

41
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A stage at which a fish has just been hatched usually with sizes from 1-2.5 cm

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Fish fry

42
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An artifical enclosure constructed within a body of water for culturing fish and fishery/aquatic resources

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Fish pen

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People directly or personally and physically engageed in taking and/or culturing and processing fishery and/or aquatic resources

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Fisherfolk

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A duly reistered association of fiserfolk

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Fisherfolk cooperative

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An organized group, association, federation, alliance or institution of fisherfalk with at least 15 members, a set of officers, a constitution and by-laws, an organizational structure and a program of action

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Fisherfolk organization

46
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All activities relation to the act or business of fishing, culturing, preserving, processing, marketing, developing, conserving, and managing aquatic resources

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Fisheries

47
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A land-based facility enclosed with earthen or stone material to impound water for growing fish

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Fish pond

48
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A permit to operate specific types of fishing boat/gear for specific duration in areas beyond municipal waters

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Fishing boat/gear license

49
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One who owns and provides the means for fishing but does not personally engage in fishery

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Fishing operator

50
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A designated area where fishing or other forms of activities which may damage the ecosystem of the area is prohibited

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Fishery refuge and sanctuaries

51
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A designated area where activities are regulated

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Fishery reserve

52
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All aquatic flora and fauna

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Fishery species

53
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The taking of fishery species

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Fishing

54
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Any instrument or device and its accessories utilized in taking fish and other species

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Fishing gear

55
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A fishing device characterized by gear movements, and/or the pursuit of the target species

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Active fishing gear

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The absence of gear movements and/or the pursuit of target speices

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Passive fishing gear

57
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Any boat, ship, or watercraft equipped to be used for taking of fishery species

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Fishing vessel

58
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The use of dynamite and other explosives or chemical compounds that contain combustile elements

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Fishing with explosives

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The use of any substance, plant extracts or juice thereof, sodium cyanide and/or cyanide compounds or other chemicals

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Fishing with noxious or poisonous substances

60
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A person regularly or not regularly employed in commercial fishing and related industries

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Fishworker

61
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Refers to any plan, policy, or strategy aimed at ensuring adequate supplies of appropriate food at affordable prices

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Food security

62
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A string of land margining a body of water

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Foreshore land

63
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A clean leveled area enclosed by dikes, at least one foot higher than the highest floodwater level

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Fully-developed fishpond area

64
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Includes the underdeck tonnage, prmanently enclosed spaces above the tonnage deck

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Gross tonnage

65
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The freshwater fishery and brackishwater fishponds

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Inland fishery

66
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An inland body of water, an expanded part of the river, a reservoir formed

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Lake

67
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A fishery policy by which a system of equitable resource and allocation is established by law through fishery rights

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Limited access

68
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A community of intertidal plants including all species of trees, shrubs, vines and herbs

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Mangroves

69
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The largest average quantity of fish that can be harvested

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Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

70
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Any fishery species which in the course of their life can travel from freshwater to marine water or vice versa

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Migratory species

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Marine fishes which migrate to freshwater areas

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Anadromous species

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Freshwater fishes which migrate to marine areas

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Catadromous species

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The requirement of continuously observing

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Monitoring

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The regulatory conditions under which the exploitation, utilization, and disposition of the resources may be conducted

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Control

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The degree and types of observations required to maintain compliance with regulations

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Surveillance

76
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Persons who are directly or indirectly involveed in municipal fishing

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Municipal fisherfolk

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Fishing within municipal waters using fishing vessels of 3 gross tons or less

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Municipal fishing

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Includes not only bodies of water within the municipality which are not inluded within the protected areas as per the RA 7586 (NIPAS Law), but also marine waters included between 2 lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points

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Municipal waters

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An agency, institution, a foundation, or a goup of persons whose purpose is to assist people’s organizations/associations

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Non-governmental organization (NGO)

80
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A fish aggregating device consisting of a loating raft anchored by a weighted line with suspended materials

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Payao

81
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Public waters leased for the purpose of producing cultured pearls

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Pearl farm lease

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A bona fide association of citizens with demonstrated capacity to promote the public interest and with identifiable leadership

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People’s organization

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Natural or juridical entities such as individuals, associations, partnership, cooperatives, or corporations

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Person

84
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Include all bodies of water within the Philippine territory

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Philippine waters

85
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Facilities such as fishport, fishlanding, ice plants and cold storages, fish processing plants

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Post-harvest facilities

86
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A form of encircling net having a line at the bottom passing through rings attached to the net

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Purse-seine

87
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The difference between the value of the products produced from harvesting a publicly owned resource less the cost of producing it

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Resource rent

88
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The stocking of natural or hatchery-produced marine plants or animals

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Sea farming

89
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The release of the young of fishery species reared in hatcheries an nurseries into natural bodies of water

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Sea ranching

90
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The secretary of the Department of Agriculture

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Secretary

91
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Also called magic light, a type of light using halogen or metal halide bulb which mat be located above the sea surface or submerged in water

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Superlight

92
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The maximum harvest allowed to be taken during a given period of time from any fishery area

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Total allowable catch (TAC)

93
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An active fishing gear consisting of a bag shaped net with or without otter boards to open its opening which is dragged or towed along the bottom or through the water column to take fishery species

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Trawl

94
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Sections in chapter 1

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Section 1 - Title, Section 2 - Declaration of Policy

95
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Chapter 1 title

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Declaration of policy and definitions

Fisheries 12 (8 decks)

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