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a divers’ paradise that is located 150km southeast of Puerto<br />
Princesa City, at the heart of the Coral Triangle, the global<br />
centre of marine biodiversity in the Sulu Sea, Philippines<br />
– at the geographic center of world marine biodiversity –<br />
lies an underwater<br />
...at the geographic<br />
center of world<br />
marine biodiversity<br />
– lies an underwater<br />
nature reserve...<br />
nature reserve<br />
that is considered<br />
both a mecca for<br />
scuba divers and<br />
model for coral reef<br />
conservation. The<br />
reef is a marine<br />
protected area<br />
of some 97,000<br />
hectares. Tubbataha<br />
is composed of two huge coral atolls – the north atoll and<br />
the south atoll – and the Jessie Beazley Reef, a smaller coral<br />
structure about 20 kilometers north of the atolls.<br />
The reefs of Tubbataha and Jessie Beazley are considered<br />
part of Cagayancillo, a remote island municipality roughly<br />
130 kilometers to the northeast, inhabited mainly by<br />
fisherfolk. Water sports in Puerto Princesa is a fast growing<br />
industry, so much so that it has attracted the largest marine<br />
dealer in the Philippines Broadwater Marine to set up a<br />
showroom in Puerto Princesa to be able to give first class<br />
service to the industry in Palawan.<br />
Puerto Princesa bay<br />
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