REPUBLIC ACT NO. 177 DATE: July 1, 1947 SYNOPSIS: AN ACT TO CREATE THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES Sec. 1. There is hereby created under the Department of Agriculture and Commerce an office to be known as the Bureau of Fisheries. Sec. 2. The Bureau of Fisheries shall have one chief who shall be known as the Director of Fisheries, to be appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress and shall receive a compensation of seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum. Subject to the general supervision and control of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, the Director of Fisheries shall possess the powers generally conferred upon Bureau Chiefs. There shall be in the said Bureau such experts and other officials and employees to be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce as may be required to carry out the purposes of this Act and of the Fisheries Act. Sec. 3. The divisions, sections, field districts, experimental stations, and all activi...