(NAR) VOL. 15 NOS. 1-2 / APRIL - JUNE 2004
SECTION 1. Devolution to Local Government Units - The Municipal/City Governments shall undertake the registration of fishing vessels three (3) gross tonnage and below. Said LGUs, in consultation with the Municipal/City Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council (FARMC), shall enact ordinance prescribing the procedures for registration and imposing penalties for non-registration.
SECTION 2. Transition Period - There shall be a transition period not to exceed one (1) year from the effectivity hereof, during which time the Municipal/City Governments shall train its technical personnel with the assistance of the MARINA and PCG and prepare the appropriate officers for the full discharge of this devolved function. The DOTC, through the MARINA and PCG, is hereby directed to extend its assistance and support to ensure that the services needed by the public are not disrupted.
SECTION 3. Record-Keeping and Submission of Reports. The Municipal/City governments shall maintain up-to-date records of fishing vessels three (3) gross tonnage and below under their jurisdiction, and regularly submit to the MARINA Central Office or MARINA Regional Office concerned, the PCG Station/Detachment and DA-BFAR the list of vessels registered.
SECTION 4. Implementing Guidelines - The Department of Justice, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Transportation and Communications, Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Maritime Industry Authority, Philippine Coast Guard, PNP Maritime Group, NAPC-Fisherfolk Sector, the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and League of Cities of the Philippines, shall jointly formulate the guidelines to implement this Order.
SECTION 5. Repealing Clause - All Executive Orders, Department Orders, Memorandum Circulars, Rules and Regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Executive Order and its Implementing Guidelines are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. Effectivity - This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette, or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation and upon its filing with the Office of the National Administrative Register.