Apo Reef Natural Park

The 34 km2 Apo Reef in the Mindoro Strait (Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro) is the second-largest contiguous coral reef system in the world and the Philippines' second-largest no-take zone after Tubbataha. Declared a Natural Park by Presidential Proclamation 868 (1996); the PAMB declared a full No-Take-Zone Policy in 2007 (PAMB Resolution No. 005 / Ordinance No. 001, S. 2007), completely banning fishing, collecting and harvesting of any marine life - including spearfishing - within the protected area (reinforced by Sec. 101 of the Fisheries Code).