Come to Siquijor’s latest marine protected space

The Bitaug marine protected space is now the most recent and largest one in Siquijor. Here is what you’ll want to know.

MANILA, Philippines – Siquijor’s latest and largest marine protected space (MPA) can now be present in Barangay Bitaug within the city of Enrique Villanueva. It was formally launched because the island’s twenty third sanctuary on June 20, with a complete space of 149.46 hectares.

Distinctive species of marine life, like lato (nudibranch), barracuda, feather stars, coral, and mandarin fish, could be sighted beneath the waves. Siquijor’s largest mangrove forest, the place sea turtles could be discovered, can be beside the MPA.

It took 18 years for the MPA to be established, by means of the efforts of the native fisherfolk affiliation and the assistance of a number of companions in authorities, the academe, and non-government organizations.

However the struggle to guard the world just isn’t over. The Bitaug neighborhood says it nonetheless wants all the assistance it may get to verify the Bitaug MPA continues to thrive. – Rappler.com

Presenter, author, videographer, and video editor: Shay Du
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