Visayan Sea region

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The Visayan Sea region is a central Philippine marine area known for its rich biodiversity and productive fishing grounds, encompassing key waterways such as the Tañon Strait.

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Surface form Occurrences
Central Philippine marine ecoregion 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fishing ground
marine region
biogeographicRegion Coral Triangle NERFINISHED
bodyOfWater Visayan Sea NERFINISHED
connectedTo Tañon Strait Protected Seascape NERFINISHED
country Philippines
ecosystemType marine ecosystem
governedBy Philippine environmental regulations
Philippine national fisheries laws
hasHabitatType coral reef habitats
mangrove areas
seagrass beds
hasManagementConcern biodiversity conservation
sustainable fisheries management
includesWaterway Tañon Strait NERFINISHED
knownFor productive fishing grounds
rich marine biodiversity
locatedIn Central Philippines NERFINISHED
majorEconomicSector fisheries
marineBiodiversity high species richness
partOf Philippine archipelagic waters NERFINISHED
Visayas NERFINISHED
supportsActivity aquaculture
commercial fisheries
small-scale fisheries
supportsLivelihoodsOf coastal communities in the Visayas
threatenedBy habitat degradation
illegal fishing
overfishing
pollution

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Tañon Strait partOf Visayan Sea region
Visayan Sea marineEcoregion Visayan Sea region
this entity surface form: Central Philippine marine ecoregion
Panay Gulf partOf Visayan Sea region
Iloilo Strait partOf Visayan Sea region
San Juanico Strait locatedInBody Visayan Sea region
Tabuelan locatedOnBodyOfWater Visayan Sea region
Jintotolo Channel locatedInBodyOfWater Visayan Sea region
Camotes Islands locatedIn Visayan Sea region
Tanon Strait partOf Visayan Sea region
Biliran Strait partOf Visayan Sea region
Hilutungan Channel locatedIn Visayan Sea region
Cebu diving circuit locatedIn Visayan Sea region