In order to effectively protect the municipal fisheries in Sorsogon Bay, Province of Sorsogon, 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:

1. Fishing by means of trawls (utase, otter, and or paranzella) of any kind, in the waters comprised within Sorsogon Bay, including the municipal waters of Magallanes, Province of Sorsogon, 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 12th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

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