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EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This bill seeks to establish a multi-purpose fish breeding farm and hatchery in the
Municipality of Quezon, Province of Quezon. It is a municipality located in the southern part
of Alabat island. The people of this coastal town rely upon fishing as their main source of
food and livelihood.

Recently, it was reported that a hatchery in Unisan town has put Quezon Province
on the map of the country’s aquaculture industry. Dr. Wesley Rosario, chief of the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development
Center was quoted as saying that the Unisan fish hatchery will catalyze the development of
aquaculture in Quezon, which supplies almost half of the demand in markets nationwide
(Philippine Daily Inquirer, Hatchery putting Quezon on map of aquaculture, (09/19/2013).

This proposal aims to duplicate said initiative that is now gaining ground in the
Province of Quezon. The establishment of a multi-purpose fish breeding farm and hatchery
in the island municipality of Quezon presents a viable solution to the problem of livelihood
and poverty.

The rearing of fry and fingerlings and their dispersal in communal bodies of water in
Quezon will replenish our supply and help keep pace with the increasing demand for fish
and other marine resources.

In view thereof, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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ANGELINA “HELEN” D.L. TAN, M.D.
4% District, Quezon



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No.__ 3064

Introduced by: Hon. Angelina “Helen” D.L. Tan, M.D.

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture, a multi-purpose fishery
breeding farm and hatchery in the Municipality of Quezon, Province of Quezon.

SEC. 2. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of
Agriculture shall conduct continuing research and experimentation, especially as they
apply to local conditions, to discover new methods and technology that will rejuvenate the
fishing industry.

SEC. 3. The Department of Agriculture and its related agencies shall promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Agriculture shall include in the Department's program the
establishment and operationalization of the multi-purpose fishery breeding farm and
hatchery in the Municipality of Quezon, Province of Quezon, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,