Composition and Organization.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Composition and Organization.—The Philippine Fisheries Commission shall have a chief to be known as Commissioner and two assistants to be known as Deputy Commissioners who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. The Commissioner shall receive a salary range of 68, the Deputy Commissioners a salary range of 62 in accordance with the salary pattern of the Wage and Position Classification Office (WAPCO). The Commissioner shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, organize the commission into such divisions, sections, and other units as he deems proper to insure the maximum efficiency of its operation; establish and maintain field offices and stations at suitable and appropriate places in the Philippines as may be needed to carry out the purposes of this Act; and create an advisory committee on fishery and allied matters to be composed of the Commissioner as chairman, with the two Deputy Commissioners and four from the private sector engaged in deep-sea fishing, fish culture, fish processing and allied industries, as members. Each member from the private sector shall receive a per diem not exceeding twenty pesos for each meeting actually attended which meetings shall be held not more than twice each month.