there reef check at island sabang

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in tourism info only Indonesia

twelve diver volunteers arrive from Jakarta after previous visit national park komodo and derawan, their aim is visits sabang. island sabang enough known with ecosystem umbu the cliff that reside in island sea park we broadly area 2.600 hectare and concentrated at island rubiah and vinicity, but almost around 38 up to 44,25 percents umbu cliff experience activities consequence damage pengeboman, use potassium cyanide and tiger seine.

cliff cover percentage lives by 4 transect that taken to range from 9 up to 47 percents. while, indicator fish many met among others chaetodontidae (butterflyfish), haemulidae (sweet lips), lutjanidae (snapper), scaridae (parrotfish), indicator fish abundance in turn.

invertebrate that met among others banded coral shrimp, sea cucumber (thelenota pineapple, stichopus chlorinates, holothurians edulis), the abundance in turn, to invertebrate remote kind urchin, collector urchin, crown of town, triton, lobster the abundance in low turn, while for kind mengadema urchin and giant clam the abundance in tall turn.