Apo Reef in 1980. This was followed with the local government of Sablayan declaring the reef a special "Tourism Zone and Marine Reserve" three years later. In 1996, the entire reef was declared a protected natural park by then-president Fidel Ramos. In 2006, the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources submitted the reef to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre for consideration as a World Heritage Site. Following a survey by the local chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature, fishing within the reef was banned by the Philippine government in September 2007. The
Naples Reef tidewater goby, the white-tailed kite, and the red-legged frog. Naples reef faces a variety of threats including overfishing, coastal development and climate change. It is one of the most biologically productive locations in all of Southern California and despite being a mainland reef, it is ecologically more connected to the northern Channel Islands. The area has immense historic and cultural importance for local Native American tribes. The United States Department of the Interior has declared the adjacent undeveloped coastline "globally significant". Naples Reef Naples Reef is a reef located off the Gaviota Coast of Santa Barbara County, California. It is