In order to effectively protect the municipal fisheries of San Miguel Bay, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, and to conserve fish and other aquatic resources of the area, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order that:

1. Fishing by means of trawls (utase, otter and/or paranzella) of any kind, in the waters comprised within San Miguel Bay, is hereby prohibited.

2. Trawl shall mean, for the purpose of this Order, a fishing net made in the form of a bag with the mouth kept open by a device, the whole affair being towed, dragged, trailed or trawled on the bottom of the sea to capture demersal, ground or bottom species.

3. Violation of the provisions of this Order shall subject the offender to the penalty provided under Section 83 of Act 4003, or a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-four and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary