Pursuant to Sections 11 and 97 of R.A. No. 8550, this Order on the conservation of rare, threatened and endangered fishery/aquatic species is hereby issued for the information and guidance of all concerned:

SECTION 1.       Definition. - As used in this Order, the following terms shall be construed as:

1. Rare - Fishery/aquatic resources with small world populations that are not endangered or vulnerable at present.
   
   
2. Threatened - A general term which may be used to describe a fishery or aquatic species the population of which is endangered, vulnerable or rare.
   
   
3. Endangered - refers to the species, subspecies, including the eggs, offspring, parts and derivatives of plants and animals listed in the CITES Appendices.
   
   
4. CITES - The acronym for the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
   
   
5. CITES Appendices - refer to Appendix I, II and III of the Convention which are lists of species of plants and animals endangered by trade.

SEC. 2.   Prohibition. - It shall be unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to take or catch or cause to be taken or caught the following fishery/aquatic species:

A. RARE SPECIES
	Scientific Name		English Name
	Bolma girgyllus		Girgyllus star shell
	Clypeomorus aduncus		bent cerith
	Recluzea lutea		recluzia snail
	Separatista blainvilliana		true separatista
	Malluvium lissus		deep sea cap
	Strombus thersites		thersite stromb
	Varicospira crispate		network beak shell
	Tibia martini		Martini's tibia
	C. childreni		children's cowrie
	C. beckii		Beck's cowrie
	C. guttata		great spotted cowrie
	C. porteri		porter's cowrie
	C. teramachii		Teramachi's cowrie
	C. martini		Martini's cowrie
	C. saulae		Saul's cowrie
	C. katsuae		Katsue's cowrie
	C. leucodon		white toothed cowrie
	C. aurantium		golden cowrie
	C. valentia		Prince cowrie
	Phenacovolva dancei		dance volva
	Cypraeacassis rufa		bullmouth helmet
	Phalium coronadoi wyvillei		Wyville's bonnet
	P. glabratum glabratum		smooth bonnet
	Morum kurzi		Kurzi's morum
	M. grande		giant morum
	M. watsoni		Watson's morum
2. Bivalves:
	Amusium obliteratum		smudged moon scallop
	Eufistulana mumia		club-shaped boring clam
B. THREATENED SPECIES
1. Gastropods
	Scientific Name	English Name	Local Name
	Turbo marmoratus	green snail	laong, bulatok
	Trochus niloticus	smooth top shell	samong; simong; tuwad
	Barnea manilensis	angel wing shell	diwal
2. Crabs
	Birgus latro	coconut crab	tatus, umang, alimangong lupa
C. ENDANGERED SPECIES
1. Whales and dolphins
	Scientific Name	English Name	Local Name
	Stenella longirostris	spinner dolphin	lumba-lumba
	Stenella attenuata	Pantropical spotted dolphin	lumba-lumba; balakiki
	Stennela coeruleoalba	striped dolphin	lumba-lumba
	Lagenodelphis hosei	Fraser ™s dolphin	mayahon
	Tursiops truncates	long-snouted bottle- nose dolphin	lumba-lumba; lumod
	Grampus griseus	Risso ™s dolphin	lumba-lumba, kabang
	Peponocephala electra	melon-headed whale	lumod
	Feresa attenuata	pygmy killer whale	lumod
	Globicephala macrorhynchus	short-finned pilot whale	pakatang-ambuhatan
	Pseudorca crassidens	false killer whale	balyena
	Orcinus orca	killer whale	balyena
	Steno bredanensis	rough toothed dolphin	lumba-lumba
	Kogia breviceps	pygmy sperm whale	balyena
	Kogia simus	dwarf sperm whale	balyena
	Mesoplodon densirostris	Blainville ™s beaked whale	balyena
	Ziphius cavirostris	Cuvier ™s beaked whale	balyena
	Physeter macrocephalus	sperm whale	balyena
	Megaptera novaeangliae	humpback whale	balyena
	Balaenoptera edeni	Bryde ™s whale	balyena, bongkaras
	Balaenoptera physalus	fin whale	balyena
2. Clams:
	Tridacna gigas	true giant clam	taklobo
	T. derasa	smooth giant clam	taklobo
	T. squamosa	fluted/scaly giant clam	hagdan-hagdan
	T. maxima	elongated giant clam	manlet, manlot
	T. crocea	boring/crocus clam	let-let
	Hippopus hippopus	strawberry/horse hoof clam	kukong kabayo
	H. porcellanus	china/porcelain clam	kukong kabayo
3. Sea Snakes
	Cerberus rhynchops	dogfaced water snake	kalabukab

SEC. 3.   Penalty. - Violation of this Order shall hold the offender liable to the penalty of imprisonment from twelve years to twenty years or a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand pesos, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, including forfeiture of the catch subject of the offense and cancellation of his fishing permit, if applicable.

SEC. 4.   Repeal. - All orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 5.   Effectivity. - This  Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after is publication in the Official Gazette and/or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation and fifteen (15) days after its registration with the Office of the National Administrative Register.

Adopted: 17 May 2001

(SGD.) LEONARDO Q. MONTEMAYOR Secretary
Recommended by:
(SGD.) MALCOLM I. SARMIENTO, JR.	(SGD.) CESAR M. DRILON, JR.
Director, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources	Undersecretary for Fisheries and concurrently Chairman, NFARMC