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(NAR) VOL.8 NO. 3 / JULY - SEPTEMBER 1997

[ DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2, S. 1997, January 16, 1997 ]

GRANTING OF AUTHORITY TO DA REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF DA RFU NO. XI, DAVAO CITY TO ISSUE PERMIT/CLEARANCE TO IMPORT BANGUS FRY FOR THAT REGION ONLY



To provide for an effective procedure and in order to facilitate bangus fry importations and distribution in Region XI, the Regional Director, or his duly authorized representative, of DA Regional Field Unit No. XI based in Davao City, is hereby authorized to issue Permits/Clearances to Import bangus fry from that region only.

In dispensing the function, the Regional Director, or his duly authorized representative is enjoined to observe the following requirements on bangus fry importation:

1.         To require the importer to submit in writing his request for importation of bangus fry, containing pertinent information as source country, volume, and purpose of importation.

2.         That clearance to be issued should contain the following requirements to be complied by the importer:
a.       That the imported fry, upon arrival, should be presented for inspection to the Fisheries Quarantine Service at the port of entry;

b.       That the imported fry should be covered with a Health Certificate issued by a competent authority of country of origin, on a per shipment basis, stating that the fry are free of diseases and parasites;

c.       That adequate sample of the fry be provided to the laboratory of DA Region XI for laboratory examination; and,

d.       That should partial importations be undertaken, each shipment must be covered with an individual permit/clearance to import.                                 
3.         Monthly report on bangus fry importations be submitted to BFAR, Attention: Regulatory & Quarantine Division, for recording and monitoring purposes.

This authority shall take effect immediately and shall remain in force until revoked in writing. All memoranda, laws, and regulations incompatible with this authority are hereby deemed revoked or repealed accordingly.

Adopted: 16 Jan. 1997

(SGD.) SALVADOR H. ESCUDERO III
Secretary
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