The paper analyzes the Philippine Fisheries Code in relation to the objective of sustainable development in the fisheries sector. The paper finds that some of the provisions in the Code promote sustainable development while a few other provisions are contentuous. It argues that the good provisions be implemented forcefully and immediately by the pertinent offices while the bad provisions be further studied and amended in time, if need be.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Publisher Info
Paper provided by Philippine Institute for Development Studies in its series Discussion Papers with number
DP 1999-01.