Thursday, July 7, 2011

Stiffer penalties for plunder of the seas

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SENATE
S.B. No. 2870
Introduced by SENATOR MANNY VILLAR

AN ACT DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR MORE SEVERE PENALTIES FOR LARGE SCALE
EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF CORALS, CORALS REEFS, AND THE FISHING OR TAKING OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTS OF DESTRUCTION OF OUR MARINE AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998