Alejawan Marine Sanctuary

MPA name: 
Alejawan Marine Sanctuary
Year established: 
1999
Type of management: 
Locally managed
Area of the MPA
Size (ha): 
10.67
How was the area derived: 
Survey
Location
Province > Municipality: 
  • Bohol›Duero
Barangay: 
Alejawan
Habitats
  • Coral reef›Offshore Reef / Shoal
  • Coral reef›Patch
  • Rocky intertidal
  • Seagrass bed
Documentation
History: 

Community-Based Resource Management Project (CBRMP) Sale Implementation.

Reason for establishment: 

1) to develop and improve the habitat and the offspring ground of the various species of marine lives,
2) to rehabilitate and prevent depletion of marine resource in the concerned areas; and
3) to enhance fish population in adjacent areas where fishing is allowed.

Legal basis: 

No. 06-02, No. 2 series of 2003

Source: 

CBRMP Sale Duero; Municipal Ordinance No. 02-2003

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