Resolution No. 1
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL LIFTING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S YELLOW CARDWARNING ON THE PHILIPPINES AS PART OF ITS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE
Resolution No. 2
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL QUALIFICATION OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION’S ENHANCED GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES (GSP+)
Resolution No. 3
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR PASSING INTO LAW REPUBLIC ACT NO10668 ENTITLED, “ AN ACT ALLOWING FOREIGN VESSELS TO TRANSPORT AND CO-LOAD FOREIGN CARGOES FOR DOMESTIC TRANSSHIPMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CABOTAGE LAW
Resolution No. 4
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR THE SUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENT OF PHILIPPINES’S MARITIME BOUNDARIES WITH THAT OF INDONESIA
Resolution No. 5
RESOLUTION REQUESTING FOR AN IN-DEPTH STUDY AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE VIABILITY OF THE PHILIPPINE FISHERY OPERATIONS BEFORE ISSUING THE JOINT DEPARTMENT ORDER ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF FISHERS EMPLOYED IN FISHING VESSELS ENGAGED IN COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATION
Resolution No. 6
RESOLUTION STRONGLY REITERATING THE REQUEST FOR BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS TO EXPEDITE THE PASSAGE OF THE LAW CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES AND FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CERTIFY URGENT THE BILL AS PROPOSED
Resolution No. 7
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE TALKS ON FISHERIES COOPERATION WITH INDONESIA
Resolution No. 8
RESOLUTION REQUESTING BOTH HOUSES OF THE CONGRESS TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT 10635 ENTITLED, “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AS THE SINGLE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE 1978 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS, AS AMENDED, AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OR COVENANTS RELATED THERETO”, SPECIFICALLY THE INCLUSION OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FISHERIES INDUSTRY SECTOR IN THE MARINA BOARD
Resolution No. 9
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO CONSIDER THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SOCSKSARGEN FEDERATION OF FISHING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES, INC. AS ONE OF THE TWO PRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Resolution No. 10
RESOLUTION REITERATING THE REQUEST TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO DEFER THE RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION CONVENTION 188 ENTITLED “CONVENTION CONCERNING WORK IN THE FISHING SECTOR” AND ITS ACCOMPANYING ILO RECOMMENDATION 199 ENTITLED, “RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING WORK IN THE FISHING SECTOR,” PENDING A FAVORABLE CONSENSUS AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAS BEEN ATTAINED AFTER AN IN-DEPTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTATION PROCESS
Resolution No. 11
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO CREATE A TASK FORCE TO FACILITATE THE PREPARATION OF A REHABILITATION PLAN OF THE GENERAL SANTOS FISHPORT COMPLEX AND TO INCLUDE IN THE STUDY THE VIABILITY OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THEREOF
Resolution No. 12
RESOLUTION REQUESTING MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS THE PHILIPPINE SECRETARIAT TO THE BIMP-EAGA TO INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FISHERY SECTOR TO THE PHILIPPINE WORKING COMMITTEE
Resolution No. 13
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY TO EXPEDITE THE APPROVAL OF THE UPGRADING OF THE FISHERIES SECTION OF THE CITY AGRICULTURE OFFICE TO A DIVISION PROVIDING FOR REINFORCED FUNCTIONS TO SUPPORT FISHERFOLKS AND FISHERIES RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Resolution No. 14
RESOLUTION STRONGLY REITERATING THE REQUEST FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) TO CRAFT AND IMPLEMENT A SEPARATE MARINA CIRCULAR ON MINIMUM SAFE MANNING SPECIFICALLY FOR FISHING VESSELS
Resolution No. 15
RESOLUTION STRONGLY REITERATING THE REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CREATE A HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION UNDER THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES
Resolution No. 16
RESOLUTION STRONGLY REITERATING THE REQUEST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR) OF REPUBLIC ACT 9379, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “HANDLINE FISHING LAW”
Resolution No. 17
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT SECTION 117 OF THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998 ON THE INCLUSION OF FISHERIES CONSERVATION IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND SECTION 118 ON EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN AT ALL LEVELS
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