Apo Island is one of the world's best known community-organized marine sanctuaries,and as such it has been well documented by the global science community. The project was started when Dr. Angel Alcala, a marine scientist from the Siliman University Marine Laboratory explained to the local fishermen the importance of creating a marine sanctuary in the area. Initially, there was hesitation on the part of the locals; but after a 3-year dialogue, Dr. Alcala was able to convince the island community to establish the sanctuary. Assisted by the staff of the SU Marine Laboratory in 1982, the local fishermen selected an area along 450 meters of shoreline and extending 500 meters from shore as the sanctuary site.Since then, the project initiated on the island led to the creation of hundreds of other marine sanctuaries in the Philippines.
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