Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____________ 
Introduced by 
HON. CHRISTOPHERSON “COCO” M. YAP 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SATELLITE MULTI-SPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY 
OF SAN JUAN, PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This measure intends to hasten the Province of Southern Leyte’s recovery from Super 
Typhoon Odette, achieve food security, and alleviate poverty. Towards these ends, a 
satellite multi-species marine hatchery in the Municipality of San Juan, Province of 
Southern Leyte, will be established. 
There are about fifteen thousand (15,000) people in the Municipality of San Juan, per 
data from the most recent census conducted by the Philippine Statistic Authority, with 
most of its inhabitants depending on agriculture and fisheries to live.  
In December of 2021, Super Typhoon Odette visited this small coastal municipality and 
left it nothing but devastation. 
The satellite hatchery established under this measure is poised to serve the two adjacent 
towns of Saint Bernard and Anahawan, Southern Leyte. Like the town of San Juan, these 
two coastal municipalities were at the mercy of Super Typhoon Odette’s wrath.  
Today, families in the area are still trying to regain what they once had before the storm. 
Fish hatchery technology has already demonstrated its pivotal role in global food 
security and economic development. However, adoption of this technology here in the 
Philippines has been slow due primarily to the prohibitive cost of its establishment.  
With the goal of food sustainability and the development of the countryside, the 
government should expand its investment in hatcheries to more depressed localities in 
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the country, especially in areas still on the road to recovery from devastating calamities 
such as Super Typhoon Odette. 
For the reasons stated above, ug sa ngalan sa SERBISYONG TINUORAY, the 
undersigned requests the immediate approval of this measure. 
 
 
 
CHRISTOPHERSON “COCO” M. YAP 
Representative, Second District of Southern Leyte 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____________ 
Introduced by 
HON. CHRISTOPHERSON “COCO” M. 
YAP  
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A SATTELITE MULTI-SPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN , PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1.  There shall be established by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic 
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Resources of the Department of Agriculture (DA-BFAR), a satellite multi-
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species marine hatchery in the Municipality of San Juan, Province of Southern 
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Leyte.  
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SEC. 2.  Within three (3) years after the start of operations, the DA-BFAR shall transfer 
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the management of the satellite multi-species marine hatchery to the local 
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government of the Municipality of San Juan, Province of Southern Leyte. In 
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preparation for the said transfer, a training and phasing-in program shall be 
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implemented by DA-BFAR for the local government personnel on the 
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management and operation of the satellite hatchery as early as the start of 
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operations.  
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SEC. 3.  The amount necessary for establishing and operating the satellite multi-species 
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marine hatchery shall initially come from the savings of the DA. Thereafter, 
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such sum as may be required for the efficient operation and maintenance of such 
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office shall be included in the allocation of the DA in the annual General 
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Appropriations Act. The local government of the Municipality of San Juan shall 
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set aside funds from any available local revenue in an amount deemed 
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appropriate for the operation of the hatchery.  
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SEC. 4.  Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of 
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Agriculture shall issue the rules and regulations on the establishment, 
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management, operation, supervision, monitoring, and transfer of the multi-
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species marine hatchery and the exit of DA-BFAR personnel from the facility. 
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SEC. 5.  All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof that 
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are contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or 
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modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 6.  Should any part or provision of this Act be held unconstitutional or invalid, the 
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provisions not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
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SEC. 7.  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official 
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Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation. 
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Approved,     
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