Sabah Parks director: Tighter restrictions for Sipadan diving permits to preserve marine life

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KOTA KINABALU, Sept 30 — Sabah Parks has put in stricter controls for diving at Sipadan island to preserve its marine life which has borne the brunt of commercialisation over the...

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KOTA KINABALU, Sept 30 — Sabah Parks has put in stricter controls for diving at Sipadan island to preserve its marine life which has borne the brunt of commercialisation over the past few years.

Other restrictions include a maximum of 50 divers per dive site at any one time and there can’t be a repeat of the same dive site. “The coral reef has degraded slowly over time. The slight change of rules is introduced due to increase number of divers while the intensity or frequency of diving needs to be retained.Malay Mail.

Overnight guests were banned from the island in 2004 as the five resorts were asked to move out. In 2008, even day trippers were restricted to 120 divers per day but this has since been revised to 178 per day as of 2019 to accommodate the increase of tourist interest.

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