By Brad Rantayy
MIRI, July 22: Fifty divers have sailed to Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park today for a coral reef cleaning campaign.
The event, hosted by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC), was held in conjunction with Sarawak Day.
The campaign focused on four areas: Siwa Reef, Sunday Reef, Anemone Garden, and Nemo City.
The boat ride from Miri Marina jetty to Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park took about 45 minutes.
The teams consist of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Department of Fisheries Malaysia (LKIM), Miri City Council (MCC), Miri Resident Office, Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6, Northern Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA), Borneo Ghost Net Hunters, Sarawak Tourism Board (STB), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), Reef Check Malaysia, Honorary Wildlife Malaysia, Pantai Bayu Indah Sdn Bhd, Kenyalang Underwater Service Sdn Bhd, Borneo Dive Network, Special Park Committee, and the Malaysian Civil Defence Force.
This is the second time that SFC has organised a coral reef cleaning campaign since the first in 2020.
The Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park was gazetted as a national park on April 19, 2007, and spanning a whopping 186,930 hectares in the South China Sea, it’s the largest offshore national park in Sarawak.
Present at the event to flag off the divers were Petronas programme implementation manager Azam Abang Nawawi and SFC deputy chief executive officer II Abang Arabi Abang Aimran. — DayakDaily
