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Fisheries Administrative Order No. 265, Series of 2020 regulating the Catching, Possession, Transporting, Selling, Trading and Exporting of Puerulus, Juvenile and Gravid Spiny Lobsters (Palinuridae).

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Crustaceans Protection of species Use restrictions Authorization/permit Transport/storage Internal trade International trade Fishery management and conservation Offences/penalties Aquatic animals Wetlands
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Order shall take effect 15 days after its publication in the official gazette and/or in two newspapers of general circulation.
Abstract

This Fisheries Administrative Order regulates the Catching, Possession, Transporting, Selling, Trading and Exporting of Puerulus, Juvenile and Gravid Spiny Lobsters (Palinuridae). It shall be unlawful for any person, association, cooperative, partnership or corporation to undertake the following activities: a) Catching, transporting, possessing, trading and selling of gravid spiny lobsters, and juvenile spiny lobsters from the wild measuring less than the maturity Carapace Length (CL) at first sexual maturity as prescribed in Table 1 of this Order; b) Exportation of wild-sourced puerulus of spiny lobsters; and c) Exportation of spiny lobsters' breeders, spawners, eggs or fry as per provisions of Section 104 of the amended Fisheries Code.

Full text
English
Website
www.bfar.da.gov.ph