Fisheries Administrative Order No. 199 Series of 2000 Promulgating the Guidelines on Fish Transshipment.

This set of Guidelines aims to carry out and implement various functions of government agencies relative to fish transshipment activities other requirements relative to the transshipment operation of the foreign fishing vessels in the Davao Fish Port Complex in Davao City or any duly designated government-owned or controlled regional fishport complexes in the Philippines.
The Guidelines provide for the conditions, procedures and requirements for entry and berthing of foreign fishing vessels, fish unloading, processing, and eventual transshipment of fish and by-products to the foreign markets and to facilitate and expedite the processing of the necessary documents. Foreign fishing vessels wishing to avail of land, air and sea facilities available in the Philippines to transport fishery products which are caught outside Philippine territorial waters to its final destination shall call only at duly designated government-owned or -controlled regional fishport complexes after securing clearance from the Department of Agriculture, thru the BFAR. Discharging of human waste within the harbor basin is strictly prohibited. Discharge of bilged water and oil is strictly prohibited in the harbor basin.