AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROVINCIAL FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCT CENTER IN EACH OF THE PROVINCES OF LEYTE, SOUTHERN LEYTE, BILIRAN, EASTERN SAMAR, SAMAR, AND NORTHERN SAMAR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Year:
2016
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
May 23, 2016
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This Act establishes Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Training, Development, and Product Centers in the provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Samar, and Northern Samar. It aims to enhance the capabilities of local fisherfolk through training, technical assistance, and access to resources for sustainable fish production and development.Full Text
Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10861
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROVINCIAL FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCT CENTER IN EACH OF THE PROVINCES OF LEYTE, SOUTHERN LEYTE, BILIRAN, EASTERN SAMAR, SAMAR, AND NORTHERN SAMAR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. There shall be established in each of the provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Samar, and Northern Samar a Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Training, Development, and Product Center, under the supervision of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture (BFAR-DA).
The BFAR shall collaborate with, and tap the expertise, resources and facilities of, the state universities and colleges in the aforementioned provinces in the establishment, management and operation of these centers.
SECTION 2. Each provincial center shall, at a minimum, provide onsite and online access to the following:
SECTION 3. The Secretary of Agriculture shall include in the Department’s programs the establishment of the Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Training, Development, and Product Centers, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The local government units concerned shall set aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate to support the operation of these centers.
SECTION 4. The Department of Agriculture, through the BFAR, shall issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on September 14, 2015, amended by the Senate on February 1, 2016, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on February 1, 2016.
Approved: MAY 23 2016
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III
President of the Philippines
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