Tun Sakaran Marine Park

To protect the environment of these 8 islands, their surrounding reefs, and sea, and to promote sustainable use of natural resources.

Species of Concern: giant clam

Restrictions

Without prejudice to any right or privilege lawfully acquired before the commencement of this Enactment and to the provisions of any law relating to mining or prospecting for minerals in any Park, no person, other than a person acting for or in accordance with the written permission of the Board, or the Director, or any Park Officer authorized by the Director in that behalf, shall:
(a) cut, fell damage, remove, injure, destroy or set fire to any tree or protected plant in a Park or Nature Reserve;
(b) cut, damage, remove, injure, destroy or bomb any coral (whether living or dead) in a Park or Nature Reserve;
(c) convey into a Park or Nature Reserve or, being within the confines thereof, be in possession of any weapon, explosive, trap, poison or noxious substance, boat, tractor, logging truck, heavy machineries or vehicles for moving logs or earth, chain saw, apparatus or tools for collecting specimen of plant or animal;
(d) within a Park or Nature Reserve, hunt, kill, injure, capture or disturb any animal other than coral (whether living or dead) or take or destroy any egg or nest;
(e) cut, damage, injure or destroy or set fire to any vegetation (other than trees and protected plants) or any object of geological, prehistorical, archeological, historical or other scientific interest in a Park or Nature Reserve;
(f) introduce any animal, or permit or cause any domestic animal to enter or stray into a Park or Nature Reserve or introduce any vegetation into a Park or Nature Reserve;
(g) remove from a Park or Nature Reserve any animal or vegetation whether alive or dead;
(h) remove from a Park or Nature Reserve any mineral or object of geological, prehistorical, archaeological, historical or other scientific interest;
(i) destroy or deface any object, whether animate or inanimate, in a Park or Nature Reserve;
(j) erect or attempt to erect any building in a Park or Nature Reserve;
(k) clear or break up any land in a Park or Nature Reserve;
(l) damage, set fire or destroy any vegetation in a Park area or Nature Reserve as a result of any activity carried out from outside the Park area or Nature Reserve;
(m) spread, discharge or cause the discharge of oil, chemical, poison, or other toxic or waste matters including solid waste capable of harming vegetation and/or animals in or adjacent to rivers, lakes and water in or flowing into a Park or Nature Reserve;
(n) obstruct or divert any rivers, pools or other bodies of water in or flowing into a Park or Nature Reserve;
(o) recording or take any film or video recording or take still photographs for commercial purposes within the Park or Nature Reserve:
(p) enter any area of the Park or Nature Reserve except areas developed for public usage by the Park;
(q) carry out any research and/or collecting scientific or social and cultural data, with or without the collection of specimen of any sort.

Allowed

Certain activities are permitted, according to applicable local laws and with proper authorization.