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Natural and Environmental marginal fisherman. Besides,
Laws; Constitutional Law; Section 2 of Article XII aims
Regalian Doctrine primarily not to bestow any
GR No. 110249; August 21, right to subsistence
1997 fishermen, but to lay stress
on the duty of the State to
protect the nation’s marine
FACTS: wealth. The so-called
On Dec 15, 1992, the “preferential right” of
Sangguniang Panglungsod ng subsistence or marginal
Puerto Princesa enacted an fishermen to the use of
ordinance banning the marine resources is not at all
shipment of all live fish and absolute.
lobster outside Puerto In accordance with the
Princesa City from January 1, Regalian Doctrine, marine
1993 to January 1, 1998. resources belong to the state
Subsequently the and pursuant to the first
Sangguniang Panlalawigan, paragraph of Section 2,
Provincial Government of Article XII of the
Palawan enacted a resolution Constitution, their
prohibiting the catching , “exploration, development
gathering, possessing, and utilization...shall be
buying, selling, and shipment under the full control and
of a several species of live supervision of the State.
marine coral dwelling aquatic
organisms for 5 years, in and In addition, one of the
coming from Palawan waters. devolved powers of the LCG
Petitioners filed a special civil
on devolution is the
action for certiorari and enforcement of fishery laws
prohibition, praying that the in municipal waters including
court declare the said the conservation of
ordinances and resolutions as mangroves. This necessarily
unconstitutional on the includes the enactment of
ground that the said ordinances to effectively
ordinances deprived them of carry out such fishery laws
the due process of law, their within the municipal waters.
livelihood, and unduly In light of the principles of
restricted them from the decentralization and
practice of their trade, in devolution enshrined in the
violation of Section 2, Article
LGC and the powers granted
XII and Sections 2 and 7 of therein to LGUs which
Article XIII of the 1987 unquestionably involve the
Constitution. exercise of police power, the
validity of the questioned
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