Site establishment and baseline activities report of RARE sites

1. Site establishment and baseline activities report of RARE sites April – May 2011

2. AGCA MPA Tinambac, Camarines Sur • Gradual reef slope • Area exposed to high energy = low-profile lifeforms of corals • Acroporacorals mostly branching and tabular • Dead coral with algae, high algal cover as results of bleaching events • Dominant corals • Porites • Favids • Galaxea

3. AGCA MPA Tinambac, Camarines Sur • Fish abundance low • Large schools of roving parrotfishes and juvenile and adult fusiliers noted • Other observed fish* • Angelfish • Groupers • Surgeonfish *in their optimum sizes

4. AGCA MPA Tinambac, Camarines Sur

5. Arbor MPA Boljoon, Cebu • Narrow strip of reef with fair coral cover • Dominant benthos: • Massive, branching Porites • Encrusting and Foliose Montipora and Pavona

6. Arbor MPA Boljoon, Cebu • Fish abundance high • Dominant fish • Damselfish • Fairy basslets • Other present fish • Parrotfish • Surgeonfish • Fusiliers

7. Arbor MPA Boljoon, Cebu

8. Ayoke MPA Cantilan, Surigao del Sur • Sloping fringing reef • Shallow, exposed to strong waves • Dominant corals: • Table and branching Acropora • massive Porites

9. Ayoke MPA Cantilan, Surigao del Sur • Fish abundance low • Abuntant species • Butterflyfish • Target species: • Parrotfish • Surgeonfish • Breams

10. Ayoke MPA Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

11. Hambungan MPA Inabanga, Bohol • 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

12. Hambungan MPA Inabanga, Bohol

13. Lanuza Marine Park and Sanctuary Lanuza, Surigao del Sur • Spur and groove fringing reef • With strong wave surges, low visibility • Dominant benthos: • Table Acropora • Branching and submassive corals

14. Lanuza Marine Park and Sanctuary Lanuza, Surigao del Sur • Fish abundance low • Dominant fish: • Butterflyfish • Frequently encountered: • Surgeonfish • Snappers • Fusiliers

15. Lanuza Marine Park and Sanctuary Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

16. Mabaw MPA Taloto, Tagbilaran, Bohol • On a Shaol , abrupt slope • Excellent coral cover and diversity • Branching Poritesabundant on slope • Montipora dominant in shallow area • Fish diversity and biomass high

17. Mabaw MPA Taloto, Tagbilaran, Bohol

18. Punta MPA San Francisco, Southern Leyte • 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

19. Punta MPA San Francisco, Southern Leyte • Fish abundance and diversity exceptionally high • Dominant fish: • Damselfish • Fairy basslets • Target species present: • Parrotfish • Fusiliers • Breams

20. Punta MPA San Francisco, Southern Leyte

21. San Pablo MPA Hinunangan, Southern Leyte • Monospecific stands of branching Porites(“Chocolate hills”) • Some are damaged due to anchors • Heliopora very abundant outside MPA • Caulerpaand Sargassumnoted in the sites • Crown-of-thorns Starfish present

22. San Pablo MPA Hinunangan, Southern Leyte • Fish abundance slightly below average • Dominant fish: • Damselfish • Wrasses

23. San Pablo MPA Hinunangan, Southern Leyte

24. Sanipaan, MPA Sanipaan, Samal City • 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

25. Sanipaan, MPA Sanipaan, Samal City • Fish abundance moderate • Dominant fish: • Damselfish • Wrasses • Special sightings: • Mandarinfish

26. Sanipaan, MPA Sanipaan, Samal City

27. Santiago MPA San Francisco , Camotes, Cebu • 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

28. Santiago MPA San Francisco , Camotes, Cebu • Diverse reef fish community • Dominant fish: • Damselfish • Butterflyfish • Wrasses • Target species present: • Parrotfish • Breams • Soldierfish • Tuskfishes

29. Santiago MPA San Francisco , Camotes, Cebu

30. Tamisan MPA Mati, Davao Oriental • 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

31. Tamisan MPA Mati, Davao Oriental

32. Tandayag MPA Amlan, Negros Occidental • 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

33. Tandayag MPA Amlan, Negros Occidental • Fish abundance moderately high • Dominant fish: • Parrotfish • Snappers • Surgeonfish • Breams • Schooling Fusiliers

34. Tandayag MPA Amlan, Negros Occidental

35. Uba MPA Cortes, Surigao del Sur • Low visibility • Dominant corals: Branching, Table Acropora • Halimeda abundant • MPA includes seagrass area

36. Uba MPA Cortes, Surigao del Sur • Dominant fish • Damselfish • Butterflyfish • Commercially important species: • Goatfish • Parrotfish • Snappers • Wrasses

37. Uba MPA Cortes, Surigao del Sur