An open letter to the President
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House Bill No. 7366 "An Act to Codify all laws of Fisheries all laws on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources" is about to be presented by the Special Fisheries Committee headed by Congressman Jose T. Villarosa to the plenary body. The final Draft contains a provision which totally prohibits commercial fishing within fifteen (15) kilometers distance from the shoreline.
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An open letter to the President. (1996, September 3). Manila Bulletin, p. 15.
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Fishery regulations; Commercial fishing; Fishing; Fishers; Pelagic fish; Fishing grounds; Fishing technology; Livelihoods; Fishery resources; Governments; Fishery economics; Fisheries; Chamber of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (CFAR); South Cotabato Purse Seiners Association (SOCOPA); Federation of Fishing Associations of Western Visayas; Negros Occidental Commercial Fishing Association; Bicol Federation of Fishing Associations; Estancia Fishing Boat Operators Association; Camarines Norte Fishing Association; Panay Fishing Boat Operators Association; Inter-Island Deepsea Fishing Association; Federation of Fishing Associations of the Philippines; Ramos, Fidel V.; Villarosa, Jose T.; Sarrosa, Edgardo G.; Tan, Marfin Y.; Divinagracia, Jose; Vijandre, Roy; De Guzman, Conrado; Lim, Ernesto R.; Lim, Ernesto R. Jr.; Navarro, Eduardo; Borres, Arnaldo M. J r.; Tan, Alonso L.; Laurelc, Francisco Tiu
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