Dilg MC 2018-59

POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ON THE
REGULATION AND MONITORING OF

FISHERY ACTIVITIES IN MUNICIPAL
WATER
DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2018-59

April 23, 2018
ART HENRHEY Y. BULIC

OIC – MLGOO
PURPOSE
• Ensure that LGU play an active role, and hold them

accountable to their action/inaction towards the
monitoring and regulation of fishery activities in the
municipal waters as part of their territorial jurisdictions
POLICY CONTENT AND GUIDELINES
1. Establishment of Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Management Council (MFARMC)
2. Enacting of Municipal Fisheries Ordinance
3. Registration and Issuance of License and Permits
4. Monitoring of Water Quality and Marine
Resources
5. Regulation of Prohibited Fishery Activities
A. Regular members of MFARMC:
(i) Municipal Planning Development Officer;
(ii) Chairperson, Agriculture/Fishery Committee of the
Sangguniang Bayan;
(iii) Rep. from the Municipal Development Council;
(iv) Rep. from the accredited NGO’s;
(v) Rep. from private sector;
(vi) Rep. from the Department of Agriculture; and
(vii) At least eleven (11) fisherfolk representatives which
include a representative from the youth and women
sector
B. Responsibilities of MFARMC:
(i) preparation of Municipal Fishery Development Plan,
(ii) enactment of municipal ordinances through
recommendation from its Committee on Fisheries,
(iii) enforcement of fishery laws, rules, and regulations
in municipal waters, and
(iv) perform such other functions stated in the act, and
assigned by the Sangguniang Bayan
Resources
- enact a basic ordinance that at the minimum shall
include provision on the following:
(i) Delineation of boundaries of municipal waters;
(ii) Rules and regulations on licensing and permits for
fishery activities, including the number of licenses and
permits that may be issued in accordance with Harvest
Control Rules (HCR) and Reference Points that may be
adopted for the municipal waters;
(iii) Authorizing fisherfolk with boats that weigh less than
three (3) gross tons within the fifteen (15) kilometer area
to fish in municipal waters, pursuant to Section 149 of
the RA 7160
(iv) Regulationon the entry of small and medium commercial
fishing vessels authorized to enter the 10.1-15km municipal
waters,
(v) Penal Provisions on non-compliance with Vessels
Monitoring Measures (VMM) Transmitting Municipal
Waters and Docking in Municipal Ports. For purposes of
monitoring commercial fishing vessels within municipal
waters, all commercial fishing vessels transmitting within
the municipal waters are required to install a VMM device
on their fishing vessels within a period form the effectivity of
the Ordinance.
Resources
3.1 For Municipal Fisherfolk
(i) LGU shall undertake the maintenance of a registry of
municipal fisherfolk, and a list of accredited fisherfolk
organizations/cooperatives and NGOs, where such lists
should be updated annually, and shall be open to public
inspection for purposes of validation of correctness;
(ii) Municipal Agriculturist Officer of LGU shall support
and supervise the implementation of the National
Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration or FishR;
(iii) LGU shall undertake the issuance of licenses and
permits for fisheries activities to registered municipal
fisherfolk, where rules, regulations, processes, including
license fees, shall be institutionalized through the
enactment of an ordinance.
3.2 For Municipal Fishing Vessels and Gears
(i) LGU shall undertake maintenance of registration of
municipal fishing vessels three (3) gross tonnage and
below, and shall furnish Department of Agriculture –
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR)
and Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) the list of
registered and licensed municipal fishing vessels;
(ii) LGU shall maintain a registry of municipal fishing gears
owned by registered municipal fisherfolk; and
(iii) LGU shall undertake the issuance of license of fishing
vessels and gears owned by registered municipal
fisherfolk and in consultation with MFARMC, shall
prescribe the rules, regulations, processes and
procedures, including license fees, formalizing through
enactmentof an ordinance.
3.3 For Fishery Operators
(i) LGU shall establish and designate zones where fish pens,
fish cages, fish traps and other fishery products may operate,
provided that not over ten percent (10%) of the suitable water
surface area of all lakes and rivers shall be allotted for
aquaculture purposes;
(ii) LGU shall prescribe minimum standards for fish
hatcheries, fish breeding facilities, and private fishponds, and
shall undertake the registration of such facilities. LGU shall
monitor the submission of annual report which includes type
of species and volume production; and
3.4 For Auxillary Invoices
(i) LGU shall issue auxillary invoice prior to the transport of
all fish and fishery products and shall provide a monthly
summary thereof to the DA-BFAR Provincial Fisheries Office.
Resources
Resources
(i) LGU shall develop their Integrated Coastal Management
(ICM) Plans in line with the National ICM Programme to be
developed by DENR.
(ii) LGU, in coordination with the MFARMC and BFAR shall
monitor the status of municipal waters and its potential
threat to overfishing based on available data.
(iii) LGU in partnership with concerned national government
agencies, are encouraged to provide capacity development to
aquaculture operators on feeds management, and rehabilitate
undeveloped/ unutilized fishponds to its original mangrove
state
Resources
(i) Unathorized Fishing;
(ii) Unathorized Fisheries Activities
(iii) Unreported Fishing;
(iv) Unregulated Fishing;
(v) Fishing through explosives, noxious, poisonous substance
or electricity;
(vi) Use of fine mesh net;
(vii) Coral exploitation and exploration;
(viii) Muro-ami and other methods and gears that are
destructive to coral reefs and marine habitats;
(ix) Illegal use of super light attractors;
(x) Fishing during closed season;
(xi) Fishing on taking of rare, threatened or endangered
species;
(xii) Importation or exportation of (not allowed) fish or
fishery species;
(xiii) Violation of Harvest Control Rules;
(xiv) Aquatic pollution;
(xv) Falsifying, concealing, or tampering with vessel
marking, identity registration;
(xvi) Gathering and marketing of not allowed shell fishes or
other aquatic species;
(xvii) Fishing in Marine Protected Areas Fishery Refuge,
Fishery Reserves and Sanctuary
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POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ON THE

REGULATION AND MONITORING OF

DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2018-59

ART HENRHEY Y. BULIC

• Ensure that LGU play an active role, and hold them

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