MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ PROCLAMATION NO. 101, October 26, 1948 ]
DECLARING THE LAST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS FISH CONSERVATION DAY AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, man is largely dependent upon fish and other aquatic products for protein food, medicine and other necessities of life, but considerable fish and other aquatic animals are wantonly destroyed by thoughtless and unscrupulous fishermen through the use of explosives and poisons in fishing;
WHEREAS, it is important to set aside a day of each year so that through appropriate ceremonies, the people’s attention could be drawn to the importance of fish and other aquatic animals in their everyday life and their interest awakened; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to inculcate in the minds of our people the need of conserving the fish supply and other aquatic resources through wise utilization thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim the last Saturday of October of each year as Fish Conservation Day, to be observed in schools and elsewhere with appropriate ceremonies.1âшphi1
The following Committees are hereby created to take charge of the observance of Fish Conservation Day:
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
| 1. Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Chairman |
| 2. Secretary of Education |
Member |
| 3. Director of Fisheries |
Executive Officer |
| 4. Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philippines |
Member |
| 5. A private citizen to be appointed by the President |
Member |
PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE
| 1. Provincial Governor |
Chairman |
| 2. District Fishery or Local Fishery Officer |
Executive Officer |
| 3. Division Superintendent of Schools |
Member |
| 4. Provincial Agricultural Supervisor |
Member |
| 5. Municipal Mayor of Provincial Capital |
Member |
| 6. A private citizen to be appointed by the Chairman |
Member |
CHARTERED CITY COMMITTEE
| 1. City Mayor |
Chairman |
| 2. District Fishery or Local Fishery Officer |
Executive Officer |
| 3. Supervising Teacher or Principal Teacher |
Member |
| 4. Local Agronomist |
Member |
| 5. A private citizen to be appointed by the Chairman |
Member |
MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE
| 1. Municipal Mayor |
Chairman |
| 2. Local Fishery Officer |
Executive Officer |
| 3. Supervising Teacher or Principal Teacher |
Member |
| 4. Municipal Agricultural Supervisor |
Member |
| 5. A private citizen to be appointed by the Chairman |
Member |
(Where there is no Fishery Officer in the locality, the Chairman of the Committee shall appoint the Executive Officer thereof.)
The above Committees are hereby empowered to appoint such sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives of this proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Baguio, this 26th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
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