The Visayan Sea is a sea in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
surrounded by the islands of the
Visayas
The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Bisayan languages, Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; Filipino language, Filipino: ''Kabisayaan'' ), are one of the three Island groups of the Philippines, principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, a ...
. It is bounded by the islands
Masbate to the north,
Panay to the west,
Leyte to the east, and
Cebu and
Negros to the south.
The sea is connected to several bodies of water: the
Sibuyan Sea
The Sibuyan Sea is a small sea in the Philippines separating Luzon and the Visayas.
It is bounded by the island of Panay to the south, Mindoro to the west, Masbate to the east, and to the north Marinduque and the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon.
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to the northwest via the
Jintotolo Channel, the
Samar Sea to the northeast, the
Guimaras Strait to the southwest which leads to
Panay Gulf, the
Tañon Strait to the south, and the
Camotes Sea to the southeast.
The largest island within this sea is
Bantayan Island of Cebu province.
The sea is a major fishing ground for sardines, mackerel, and herring the Philippines.
In 2020, the Western Visayas accounts for 20 percent of sardines total production in the Philippines.
[ The sea covers an area of roughly with 22 municipalities along its coastline. A closed season is imposed annually from November 15 to March 15 in portions of the sea through Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 167 since 1989.]
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Geography of the Visayas
Seas of the Philippines
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