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SEC. 26. Management Policy.-The National government, through the Department of National Resources, shall establish a system of rational exploitation of fisheries and aquatic resources within the Philippine teritory and shall encourage citizen participation therein to maintain and/or enhance the optimum and continous productivity of the same.
SEC. 27. Measures for National Exploitation.-Measures for the rational exploitation of fisheries and other aquatic resources may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a) undertaking manpower and expertise development; b) acquiring the necessary facilities and equipments; c) regulating the marketing of threatened species of fish or other aquatic resources; d) reviewing all existing rules and regulations on the exploitation of fisheries and aquatic resources with the view of formulating guidelines for the systematic and effective enforcement thereof; and e) conserving the vanishing species of fish and aquatic resources such as turtles, sea snakes, crocodiles, corals, as well as maintaining the mangrove areas, marshes and inland waters, coral reef-areas and islands serving as sanctuaries for fish and other aquatic life.
SEC. 28. Management Policy.-The national government, through the Department of Natural Resources, shall establish a system of rational exploitation and conservation of wildlife resources and shall encourage citizen participation in the maintenance and/or enhancement of their continous productivity.
SEC. 29. Measures for Rational Exploitation.-Measures for rational exploitation of wildlife resources may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a) regulating the marketing of threatened wildlife resources. b) reviewing all existing rules and regulations on the exploitation of wildlife resources with a view of formulating guidelines for the systematic and effective enforcement thereof; and c) conmserving the threatened species of fauna, increasing their rate of reproduction, maintaining their original habitat, manipulation, determining bag/creel limits, population control in relation to the carrying capacity of any given area banning of indiscriminate and/or destructive means catching or hunting them.
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