INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICIIAEL A. AMATONG
ErmANATORy NOTE
This  bill  seeks to  establish a fish  port with ice plant and cold  storage
facility in Barangay Lintangan, Municipality of Sibuco, Province of Zamboanga
del Norte.
Under the Constitution, the State has a mandate to "protect the right of
subsistence fishermen, especially of local communities, to the preferential use
of the  communal  marine  and  fishing  resources,  both  inland  and  offshore."
Moreover,   the   State   must  "provide   support   so   such   fishermen   through
appropriate  technology  and  research,   adequate  financial,   production  and
marketing assistance and other services."
The  Municipality  of Sibuco,  Zamboanga  del  Norte  has  several  fishing
grounds  rich  in  marine  resources,  as  it  faces  the  Sulu  Sea.  "High-valued
species" of fish or those fish which have greater price in the market are caught
in  the  municipality's  waters  such  as  tuna,  red  grouper,  Salay-salay  Gint
(scad), and cuttlefish.
This potential for high volume of fisheries production remains untapped,
however,  as  most  fisherfolk  in  the  Municipality  of  Sibuco  are  small-time
fisherfolk who  have  no  means to  store  large  quantities  of fish.  Worse,  some
fisherfolk have to travel farther to Zamboanga City in order to unload their fish
catch, as there are few fish landing areas in Sibuco.
The establishment of a PFDA-managed fish port with ice plant and cold
storage  facility  in  Barangay  Lintangan,  Municipality  of Sibuco  will  address
these  problems.  It  will  also  uplift  the  livelihood  of,  and  provide  adequate
production and marketing assistance to,  the subsistence fisherfolk in Sibuco
and   other   nearby   areas,   in   line   with   the   State's   mandate   under   the
Constitution.
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
A. AMATONG


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
Nineteenth Congress
F`irst Regular Session
HoUsEBnLHo.7788
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE AI)RIAN MICIIAEL A. AMATONG
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FISH PORT WITH ICE PLANT
AND COLD STORAGE FACILITY IN BARANGAY LINTANGAN,
MUNICIPALITY OF SIBUCO, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
B_e  it  ervacted  by_ _th€  Serute  a,nd the  Horuse  Of Represeuta,tiues  Of the  Philippines  in
Congress assembled:
SECTION   1.   There   shall   be   established,   under   the   supervision   of  the
Department  of  Agriculture,   through  the   Philippine   Fisheries  Development
Authority  (PFDA),   a  fish  port  with  ice  plant  and  cold  storage  facility  in
Barangay Lintangan, Municipality of Sibuco, Province of Zamboanga del Norte.
SEC.  2.  Within two  (2) years after the construction of the  fish port with ice
plant   and   cold   storage   facility,   the   PF`DA,   through   a   memorandum   of
agreement,  shall transfer its management to the local government unit (LGU)
concerned. It shall implement a training and phasing-in program for the local
government personnel on the management and operation of the fish port with
ice plant and cold storage facility.
SEC.   3.   The   Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  include  in  the  Deparfuent's
programs  the  establishment of the fish port with ice  plant and cold  storage
facility,   the   funding  of  which   shall  be  included   in   the   annual  General
Appropriations  Act.   The   LGU  concerned   shall  set  aside   funds  from  any
available local revenue the amount necessary for the operationalization of the
fish port with ice plarit and cold storage facility.
SEC.  4. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of
Agriculture   shall   issue   the   rules   and   regulations   on   the   supervision,
monitoring, and transfer of the said fish port with ice plant and cold storage
facility by the PFDA to the LGU concerned.
SEC.  5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Oj7j7ia.az Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,