Site establishment and baseline activities report of RARE sites

April – May 2011

AGCA MPA

• Gradual reef slope• Area exposed to high

energy = low-profile lifeforms of corals

• Acropora corals mostly branching and tabular

• Dead coral with algae, high algal cover as results of bleaching events

• Dominant corals– Porites– Favids– Galaxea

Tinambac, Camarines Sur

AGCA MPA

• Fish abundance low• Large schools of roving

parrotfishes and juvenile and adult fusiliers noted

• Other observed fish*– Angelfish– Groupers– Surgeonfish*in their optimum sizes

Tinambac, Camarines Sur

AGCA MPATinambac, Camarines Sur

Arbor MPA

• Narrow strip of reef with fair coral cover

• Dominant benthos:– Massive, branching

Porites– Encrusting and Foliose

Montipora and Pavona

Boljoon, Cebu

Arbor MPA

• Fish abundance high• Dominant fish– Damselfish– Fairy basslets

• Other present fish– Parrotfish– Surgeonfish– Fusiliers

Boljoon, Cebu

Arbor MPABoljoon, Cebu

Ayoke MPA

• Sloping fringing reef• Shallow, exposed to

strong waves• Dominant corals:– Table and branching

Acropora – massive Porites

Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

Ayoke MPA

• Fish abundance low• Abuntant species– Butterflyfish

• Target species:– Parrotfish– Surgeonfish– Breams

Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

Ayoke MPACantilan, Surigao del Sur

Hambungan MPA

• On a shoal, gradually sloping with patchy coral cover

• Sheltered• Corals in 10-40 ft, better

cover in deeper areas• With monospecific stands

of Anacropora, abundant Acropora

• Fungiids relatively bigger

Inabanga, Bohol

Hambungan MPAInabanga, Bohol

• Spur and groove fringing reef

• With strong wave surges, low visibility

• Dominant benthos:– Table Acropora– Branching and

submassive corals

Lanuza, Surigao del SurLanuza Marine Park and Sanctuary

• Fish abundance low• Dominant fish:– Butterflyfish

• Frequently encountered:– Surgeonfish– Snappers– Fusiliers

Lanuza, Surigao del SurLanuza Marine Park and Sanctuary

Lanuza Marine Park and Sanctuary Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

Mabaw MPA

• On a Shaol , abrupt slope

• Excellent coral cover and diversity

• Branching Porites abundant on slope

• Montipora dominant in shallow area

• Fish diversity and biomass high

Taloto, Tagbilaran, Bohol

Mabaw MPATaloto, Tagbilaran, Bohol

Punta MPA

• Partially covered by sand and silt due to landslide

• Branching Acropora, foliose Turbinaria, Pavona protruding from sediments

• Aggregations of mushroom corals

• Remarkably high cover of foliose Montipora outside MPA

San Francisco, Southern Leyte

Punta MPA

• Fish abundance and diversity exceptionally high

• Dominant fish:– Damselfish– Fairy basslets

• Target species present:– Parrotfish– Fusiliers– Breams

San Francisco, Southern Leyte

Punta MPASan Francisco, Southern Leyte

San Pablo MPA

• Monospecific stands of branching Porites (“Chocolate hills”)– Some are damaged due

to anchors• Heliopora very

abundant outside MPA• Caulerpa and

Sargassum noted in the sites

• Crown-of-thorns Starfish present

Hinunangan, Southern Leyte

San Pablo MPA

• Fish abundance slightly below average

• Dominant fish:– Damselfish– Wrasses

Hinunangan, Southern Leyte

San Pablo MPAHinunangan, Southern Leyte

Sanipaan, MPA

• On a Shoal, includes seagrass beds, mangroves

• Strong current conditions

• Dominant benthos:– Foliose Montipora– Goniopora– Branching Porites

• Crown-of-thorns Starfish observed

• Sea urchins in shallows

Sanipaan, Samal City

Sanipaan, MPA

• Fish abundance moderate

• Dominant fish:– Damselfish– Wrasses

• Special sightings:– Mandarinfish

Sanipaan, Samal City

Sanipaan, MPASanipaan, Samal City

Santiago MPA

• Covers shallow seagrass area, deeper reef crest and slope

• Patchy coral distribution

• Dominant benthos:– Branching, Table

Acropora– Porites– Favia

• Crown-of-thorns Starfish, drupellids present

San Francisco , Camotes, Cebu

Santiago MPA

• Diverse reef fish community

• Dominant fish:– Damselfish– Butterflyfish– Wrasses

• Target species present:– Parrotfish– Breams– Soldierfish– Tuskfishes

San Francisco , Camotes, Cebu

Santiago MPASan Francisco , Camotes, Cebu

Tamisan MPA

• Patchy coral cover• Coral growth in large

mounts• Monospecific stands of

branching Porites (like in Hinunangan, Leyte)

• Fish abundance moderate– Schooling Damselfish– Cardinal fish and other

small fishes among coral branches

Mati, Davao Oriental

Tamisan MPAMati, Davao Oriental

Tandayag MPA

• Low visibility• Monospecific stands of

branching and table Acropora

• Massive Porites usually with scarid bitemarks

• Other dominant corals:– Pocillopora– Favids (Favidae)

• Hook-and-line fishing observed outside MPA

Amlan, Negros Occidental

Tandayag MPA

• Fish abundance moderately high

• Dominant fish:– Parrotfish– Snappers– Surgeonfish– Breams

• Schooling Fusiliers

Amlan, Negros Occidental

Tandayag MPAAmlan, Negros Occidental

Uba MPA

• Low visibility• Dominant corals:

Branching, Table Acropora

• Halimeda abundant• MPA includes seagrass

area

Cortes, Surigao del Sur

Uba MPACortes, Surigao del Sur

• Dominant fish– Damselfish – Butterflyfish

• Commercially important species:– Goatfish– Parrotfish– Snappers– Wrasses

Uba MPACortes, Surigao del Sur