HB 5818

House·20th Congress·Filed Nov 11, 2025

An Act Amending Sections 17 and 21 of Republic Act No. 8550 Otherwise Known as “an Act Providing for the Development, Management and Conservation of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Integrating All Laws Pertinent Thereto, and for Other Purposes” as Amended

In plain language

The proposal amends the Philippine Fisheries Code to give municipal fisherfolk and their cooperatives exclusive, preferential rights to fish in municipal waters, and to repeal any rules that conflict with this priority.

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Author · Representative

Bai Dimple I. MasturaReceipts →

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HB 2152· Filed Jul 21, 2025
An Act Amending Section 17 of Republic Act No. 8550 Entitled �an Act Providing for the Development, Management and Conservation of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Integrating All Laws Pertinent Thereto, and for Other Purposes� as Amended
Pending with the Committee on AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES since 2025-07-30Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez +1
HB 9201· Filed May 12, 2026
An Act Declaring the Preferential Rights of Municipal Fisherfolk by Declaring the Fifteen (15)-Kilometer Municipal Waters as Exclusively Reserved for Their Use, Protecting Municipal Waters from Commercial Fishing, Providing Support Measures for Sustainable Livelihoods, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES since 2026-05-18Rep. Audrey Kay T. Zubiri
HB 6627· Filed Dec 4, 2025
An Act Granting Exclusive Fishing Rights to Small-Scale and Subsistence Fisherfolk Within the Fifteen (15) Kilometer Municipal Waters, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 8550 as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998," and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES since 2025-12-10Rep. Rosalie A. Salvame
SB 1007· Filed Aug 6, 2025
Amending Sec. 108 of R.A. No. 8550 (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998)
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada
HB 6556· Filed Dec 2, 2025
An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act Number 8550, as Amended by Republic Act Number 10654, Otherwise Known as the Fisheries Code of 1998
Pending with the Committee on AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES since 2025-12-09Rep. Nathaniel M. Oducado

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