The government through its legislative body, in acknowledgement to the importance of fisheries for the economic development of the country, recently passed a Senate Bill No. 1354. known as 'The Fisheries Code'. The code seeks to "review and consolidate all laws affecting fisheries, and institute all these matters of concern for the development, advancement and optimal use of fisheries and marine resources ..."
Hopefully, with the passing of Senate Bill No. 1354 as an appropriate response to the need of in the region, crisis affecting legal and administrative interpretation of laws, procedures and processes in the use of fishery resources could be cleared aforehand. Apparently, effective utilization of natural resources on fisheries could be implemented and attained with cloth of assurance, authority and legal sanctions.
