PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 534PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 534DATE: August 8, 1974DEFININGILLEGAL FISHING AND PRESCRIBING STIFFER PENALTIES THEREFORWHEREAS,the productive potentialities of the vast fishing grounds and other fisheryresources in the country upon which the people depend as major and cheap sourceof food are being greatly reduced through the employment of various methods ofillegal fishing;WHEREAS,loss of human lives oftentimes occur and varied diseases and ailments aresuffered by those who partake of fish and fisheryproducts which havebeen illegally caught or gathered;WHEREAS,in the interest and welfare of the people who depend mostly upon fish and seaor marine products for their daily-food, positive steps must be adopted by thegovernment through interrelated programs and projects including subsidiary lawsand measures towards the implementation thereof.NOW,THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue ofthe powers vested in me by the Constitution, do he...