INTENSIFYING THE PROTECTION OF THE WHALE SHARK (RHINCODON TYPUS), POPULARLY KNOWN AS "BUTANDING", IN THE PHILIPPINE WATERS

AN ACT DECLARING PROTECTED AREAS AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS) ACT OF 1992”, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.