Parks director says 100,000-hectare bay with unique pair of underwater sinkholes has potential to be gazetted by then.
The Sabah Parks will gazette two areas, namely, Pulau Mantanani Complex in Kota Belud and Darvel Bay in Lahad Datu as marine protected areas before 2023.
As such, he said that currently, the 100,000-hectare Darvel Bay encompassing 50 surrounding islands had the potential to be gazetted earlier. He said this when met after a programme to clear rubbish from the sea bottom and beaches of the Tun Sakaran Marine Park in Semporna.In a scientific expedition organised by the Sabah Foundation in February, researchers found numerous interesting and unique marine data in Darvel Bay, Lahad Datu which could be conserved and used for international tourism.
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