Chapters 3, 4, and 5 Flashcards
Title of chapter 3
Reconstruction of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Creation of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils
Title of Article 1
Reconstruction of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
The position created by the DA for attending to the needs of the fishing industry, to be appointed by the President.
Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Functions of the undersecretary for fisheries and aquatic resources:
- set policies and formulate standards
- exercise overall supervision
- establish regional, provincial and other fishery officers; organize interal structure of BFAR
- perform other necessary functions
The BFAR is constituted as a line bureau under the ____.
Department of Agriculture
Main implementations of the BFAR
- Comprehensive National Fisheries Industry Development
- Comprehensive Fishery Research and Development Program
- Comprehensive Fishery Information System
As a line bureau, BFAR should be headed by ____ and assisted by ____.
a Director, two Assistant Directors
Has a purpose of monitoring and regulating the importation and exportation of fishery/aquatic resources
Fisheries Inspection and Quarantine Service
Functions of the Fisheries Inspection and Quarantine Service:
- fisheries quarantine and quality inspection
- international agreements/commitments on bio-safety and bio-diversity
- quarantine aquatic animals/fishery products with fishery pests and diseases
- examine all fishery products coming into or going out of the country
- movement or trade of fish and fishery products
Title of Article 2
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils (FARMCs)
FARMCs should be established in these levels.
National, municpalities/cities
Those who form FARMCs
Fiserfolk organizations/cooperatives and NGOs
Composition of the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (NFARMC):
- Undersectretary of Agriculture as Chairman
- Undersecretary of the Interior and Local Governent
- 5 members representing the fisherfolk and fishworkers
- 5 members representing commercial fishing and aquaculture operators and the processing sector
- 2 members from the academe
- 1 representative of NGOs
Term of office of NFARMC
3 years without reappointment
Functions of the NFARMC:
- national policies for the protection, sustainable development nd management of fishery and aquatic resources
- preparation of the National Fisheries and Industry Development Plan
- other functions provided by law