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The Tubbataha Natural Park, also known as the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Filipino: Bahurang Tubbataha), is a protected area of the Philippines located in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The marine and bird sanctuary consists of two huge atolls (named the North Atoll and South Atoll) and the smaller Jessie Beazley Reef covering a total area of ...
In October 2012, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park won the Future Policy Award for marine resource management, the first Philippine site to receive the prestigious international conservation award. [38] On the same month, the Heritage City of Vigan was recognized for "best practice in World Heritage Site management."
On 17 January 2013, Guardian ran aground on Tubbataha Reef, in a protected area of the Philippines in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The vessel was turned and pushed further onto the reef by wave action. Unable to be recovered, the vessel was decommissioned and struck from the US Naval Vessel Register on 15 February 2013.
The U.S. will no longer allow the import of seafood linked to the bycatch of marine mammals. Each year, over 650,000 marine mammals, including seals, whales, and dolphins, are killed by ...
Ban Than Reef (Taiwan) -The flag below the flag for Itu Aba Island (T). Higgens Reef (Vietnam) -The flag sandwiched between the flags for Sin Cowe Island (V) and Landsowne Reef (V). Whitson Reef (China) -The flag nearest the Chigua Reef label. Based on the coordinates of Whitson Reef which is 10°00'N 114°43'E, it should lie there.
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