Chapter 6 - Prohibitions and Penalties Flashcards

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Title of chapter 6

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Prohibitions and Penalties

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Shall be constituted when a person and/or vessel is engaged in unauthorized fishing

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prima facie presumption

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Unauthorized fishing or engaging in other unauthorized fisheries activities

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  • Php 10,000
  • imprisonment of six months
  • confiscation of catch and fishing gears
  • automatic revocation of licence
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Not listed in the registry of municipal fisherfolk to engage in any commercial fishing activity in municipal waters

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  • confiscation of catch
  • Php 500
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Shall be constituted when there is poaching in Philippine waters

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prima facie evidence

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Shall be constituted when there is fishing through explosives, noxious or poisonous substance, and/or electricity

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prima face evidence

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Mere possesion of explosive, noxious or poisonous substances or electrofishing device

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imprisonment of 6 months to 2 years

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Dealing in, selling, or in any manner disposing of, for profit, illegaly caught/gathered fisheries species

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imprisonment of 6 months to 2 years

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Possession and actual use

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explosives, noxious or poisonous substances, electrical devices, fishing bessels, equipment, and catch to be foreited

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Use of fine mesh net

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  • Php 2,000 to Php 20,000
  • imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years
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Use of active gear in the municipal waters and bays and other fishery management areas

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  • boat captain and master fisherman - imprisonment from 2 to 6 years
  • owner/operator of the vessel - Php 2,000 to Php 20,000
  • catch shall be confiscated and forfeited
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Ban on coral exploitation and exportation

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  • imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years
  • Php 2,000 to Php 20,000
  • both
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Ban on Muro-Ami other methods and gear destructive to coral reefs and other marine habitats

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  • operator, boat, captain, master fisherman, recruiter: 2 to 10 years of imprisonment
  • Php 100,000 to Php 500,000
  • person or corporation: 2 to 10 years of imprisonment
  • Php 100,000 to Php 500,000
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Illegal use of superlights

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  • 6 months to 2 years of imprisonment
  • Php 5,000 per superlight
  • both
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Conversion of mangroves

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  • imprisonment of 6 years and 1 day to 12 years
  • Php 80,000
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Fishing in overfished area and during closed season

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  • imprisonment of 6 months and 1 day to 6 years
  • Php 60,000
  • forfeiture of the catch and cancellation of fishing permit/license
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Fishing in fishery reserves, refuge, and sanctuaries

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  • imprisonment of 2 to 6 years
  • Php 2,000 to Php 20,000
  • forfeiture of the catch and the cancellation of fishing permit/license
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Capture of sabalo (mature milkfish) and other breeders/spawners

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  • imprisonment of 6 months and 1 day to 8 years
  • Php 80,000
  • forfeiture of the catch and fishing equipment used, revocation of license
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Fishing or taking of rare, thretened or endangered species

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  • imprisonment of 12 to 20 years
  • Php 120,000
  • forfeiture of the catch, cancellation of fishing permit
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Exportation of breeders, spawners, eggs or fry

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  • 8 years of imprisonment
  • Php 80,000
  • destruction of live fishery species/forfeiture of non-live fishery species
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Violation of catch ceilings

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  • imprisonment of 6 months and 1 day to 6 years
  • Php 50,000
  • forfeiture of the catch and fishing equipment, revocation of license
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Aquatic pollution

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  • imprisonment of 6 years and 1 day to 12 years
  • Php 80,000
  • Php 8,000 per day
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Failure to conduct a yearly report on all fishponds, fish pens and fish cages

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  • first offense - Php 500
  • subsequent offenses - Php 1,000
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Failure to comply with minimum safety standards

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suspension of the license to operate the commercial fishing vessel

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Obstruction to navigation or flow and ebb of tide in any stream, river, lake, or bay

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  • Php 2,000 to Php 10,000
  • imprisonment from 1 month and 1 day to 6 months
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Commercial fishing vessel operators employing unlicensed fisherfolk or fishworker or crew

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  • owner/operator - Php 500 each for every month
  • unlicensed crew member - Php 1,000 for every month
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Obstruction of defined migration paths

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  • imprisonment of 7 years to 12 years
  • Php 50,000 to Php 100,000
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Obstruction to fishery law enforcement officer

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  • Php 10,000
  • cancellation of the registration, permit and/or license of the vessel inlcuding the license of the master fisherman