The MARINA was created on 01 June 1974 with the issuance of PD 474 and started functioning as an agency attached to the office of the President (OP) on 29 August 1979 with the issuance of PD 761 mandating the agency to integrate the development, promotion and regulation of the country?s maritime industry. In 1979, MARINA, pursuant to EO 546 dated 23 July of the same year, was made an attached agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) for policy and program coordination