Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City 1100 Philippines
FISHERIES ADMINISTRATIVE) ORDER NO. 192 - 1 Series of 1997 )

SUBJECT: Amending Section 3 of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 192 Series of 1997. SECTION 1.
Section 3 of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 192, series of 1997 is hereby an ended, to read as
follows:

"SEC. 3. Appointment and designation of Fisheries Quarantine Officers. - The Secretarp of the
Department of Agriculture, being the Chief Quarantine officer, shall appoint and/or designate Fisheries
Quarantine Officers, upon recommendation of the concerned Regional Director of the Department of
Agriculture, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and \quatic Resources. However,
the Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources may also reco nmend personnel in his Office to be
assigned in International Airports and Seaports of the country to e nhance technical manpower capability
and effectiveness thereat.

"The concerned Regional Field Unit of the Department of Agriculture shall exercise admini ;trative
control and supervision over the operation of Fisheries Quarantine Service units while the Bt reau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources shall provide technical expertise and general authority er said Units
through the promulgation of fisheries quarantine administrative orders, policies, guidelines and other
related fishery issuances."

SEC. 2. Effectivity. - This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette and/or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

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ISSUED this 16 day of September 1997 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

(SGD) SALVADOR H. ESCUDERO 111

Secretary

RECOMMENDED BY:

(SCID) DENNIS B. ARAULLO

Director
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
As shown in Table 1, the BFAR already has a human resource complement of 3,933
excluding the regional offices of CAR, IV-B, and XIII when it was still a line bureau in
1975. Following the devolution in 1987, the number of positions was dr Istically reduced to
636 as a staff bureau. Subsequently, the BFAR was reconstituted as a line bureau by virtue
of RA 8550. However, the number of positions was not restored and actually suffered a
reduction.
 PD 704 EO 116 NOSCA 1 NO SCA Il
Jan. 30, RA8550
May 16, Oct. 22, 24,
1975 1987 1998 up to present 2014 2016
REGION
LINE STAFF LINE LINE
LINE BUREAU
BUREAU BUREAU BUREAU BU REAU
Existing Filled-up

NCR 91
1 273 35 27 46
2 195 29 27 57 19
CAR 23 17 16 54

3 234 48 49 65 29
347 151 87 51 29
4B 61 55 25
5 306 97 85 64 67
6 321 56 52 60 13
7 216 121 117 54 59
8 232 62 54 66 56
9 232 41 33 52 04
10 230 43 42 51 120
11 242 53 49 45
12 169 69 53 41
13 28 31 55 03
REGIONAL
SUBTOTAL
3,088 856 784 778 1,760
Central 845 636 636 498
17
Office
RFTC

Sub-Total 2,177
NFRDI 01
TOTAL 3,933 636 1,492 1,282 2,278
Table 1. Comparison of BFAR personnel complement under PD 704, EO 116, and RA 8550.

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