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Policy Type	Policy Number	Policy Year	Congress	Policy Title	Policy Description	Policy Objective	Policy Link	Commodity	Classification	info_encoder_stamp	info_date_stamp	info_quashing_remarks	filepath
Order	Fisheries Administrative Order No. 269	2023	Null	Rules And Regulations On Tuna Purse Seine/Ring Net Operations In The Pacific Seaboard Of The Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	WHEREAS, the WCPFC has advised the Philippines that the limits for purse seine and ringnet in its EEZ and the adjacent High Seas should be separated and recalibrated accordingly; WHEREAS, an inventory has been conducted to determine the number of purse seine and ringnet vessels operating within the Pacific EEZ and adjacent High Seas; WHEREAS, in view of the limits established, a Fisheries Administrative Order is necessary to provide the rules and regulations on the operations of purse seine and ringnet in the Pacific EEZ and its adjacent High Seas;	This order aims to provide the rules and regulations on the operations of purse seine and ringnet in the Pacific EEZ and its adjacent High Seas.	https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FAO-269.pdf	Tuna	Null	Jeff	11/22/2024		C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Tuna_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx
Bill	House Bill No. 4641	2022	19th	An Act Declaring The City Of General Santos As The Tuna Capital Of The Philippines	The City of General Santos is host to six (6) of the eight (8) tuna canneries in the Philippines and other allied industries that employ around 120,000 people for an industry value of around fifty-eight (58) million US dollars. Even with the advent of emerging markets in other provinces with tuna as the main driver of local economics, the City of General Santos remains as the Tuna Capital of the Philippines for all practical intents and purposes as evidenced by the conduct of the annual National Tuna Congress, now on its 24th edition in the City of General Santos and every year before that, an acknowledgement without doubt to our claims to the title.	This bill seeks to declare the City of General Santos as the Tuna Capital of the Philippines in recognition of its status as the largest producer of fresh and canned tuna products for the last four (4) decades.	https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB04641.pdf	Tuna	Null	Jeff	11/22/2024		C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Tuna_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx
Order	Fisheries Administrative Order No. 258	2018	Null	Establishment Of Tuna Conservation And Management Zones (TCMZ) In The Mindanao/Celebes Sea	WHEREAS, the Philippines as a signatory to the WCPFC and various RFMOs commits to comply and promote effective management in order to achieve the long-term conservation and sustainable use of highly migratory fish stocks; WHEREAS, reports of Philippine Fisheries Observer Program (PFOP) indicate high incidence of juvenile skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna catch in Mindanao-Celebes Sea Area; WHEREAS, the country also implements compatible measures within Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in compliance with the relevant WCPFC CMMs;	This order seeks to establish the Tuna Conservation and Management Zones (TCMZ) in the Mindanao – Celebes Sea and other fishery management areas for the conservation and protection of small tunas and provide fishing zones to handline fisherfolk for sustainable tuna fish production.	https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FAO-258-s.-2018.pdf	Tuna	Null	Jeff	11/22/2024		C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Tuna_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx
Order	Fisheries Administrative Order No. 244	2012	Null	National Tuna Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Management Policy	SECTION 2. Scope – The scope of this policy pertains to the following: a) FADs (anchored & drifting) deployed by Philippine registered purse seine and ring net fishing vessels including any of its support vessels licensed to fish in the Philippine EEZ. b) FADs (anchored & drifting) deployed by Philippine flagged purse seine and ring net fishing vessels including any of its support vessels as duly registered in the WCPFC roster of vessels allowed to operate in the high seas; c) FADs (anchored & drifting) deployed in the Philippine EEZ for the purpose of tuna handline fishing;	This order aims to regulate the deployment and number of FADs associated with tuna fishing operations and to impose reportorial requirements on those engaged in its operations, in order to significantly reduce the amount of juvenile yellowfin and bigeye tuna species and ensure the sustainability of their population in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean region.	https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FAO-No.-244-s.-2012.pdf	Tuna	Null	Jeff	11/22/2024		C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Tuna_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx
Order	Fisheries Administrative Order No. 224	2004	Null	Establishment Of Tuna Productivity Project In Davao Gulf	WHEREAS, the indiscriminate utilization of the Philippine fishing grounds has resulted to the massive depletion of fish stocks, thereby compelling the small-scale and medium-scale commercial fishing vessels to venture farther out to the international waters to fish; WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to revive the viability of the local fishing grounds by discouraging the harvest of juvenile fish and by encouraging the practice of environmentally sound fishing methods; WHEREAS, one of the effective fish attracting devices is the payao while the traditional handline or hook and line is found to be an environmentally sound fishing method; WHEREAS, the small-scale and medium-scale commercial fishing boat operators of Malita, Davao del Sur and Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental have organized into a cooperative and, in order to revitalize the fishing grounds in the Southern Philippines, have embarked on a tuna fishing project where the use of “payao” and the traditional handline or hook and line fishing method shall be integrated into the Tuna Productivity Project in Davao Gulf ;	This order aims to establish a tuna productivity project in Davao Gulf.	https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FAO-No.-224-s.-2004.pdf	Tuna	Null	Jeff	11/22/2024		C:\Users\trist\Documents\Formatting\Output\Tuna_2024-11-22_processed.xlsx