Bureau of Fisheries Act (No. 177 of 1947). Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 1947 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to create the Bureau of Fisheries. Subject Fisheries Keyword Institution Marine fisheries Inland fisheries Fishing area Fishing gear/fishing method Fishery management and conservation Protected fishing area Seasons Size Stock enhancement/repopulation Total allowable catch Fishing authorization Protection of species Authorization/permit Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract There is hereby created under the Department of Agriculture and Commerce an office to be known as the Bureau of Fisheries. The Bureau of Fisheries shall have one chief who shall be known as the Director of Fisheries. The divisions, sections, field districts, experimental stations, and all activities and agencies of the National Government connected with fishery work are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries. The Director of Fisheries shall have the powers, duties, and functions outlined in section 4. This officer shall supervise and control the demarcation, protection, management, development, reproduction, occupancy, and use of all public fishery reserves and national and municipal fisheries and fishery reservations, grant licences and permits, to conduct studies of fishing practice and methods, to make a survey of the fishing areas, and to promote further the development of the fishing industry in the Philippines. (8 sections) Full text English