We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
Royal Decree 26/79 Issuing the Law of National Parks and Protected Natural Sites and its amendments,
and Royal Decree 10/82 Issuing the Law on Environmental Protection and Pollution Control and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The area, the dimensions of which are specified in the attached annex and map, is hereby designated a protected natural site named the “Turtle Reserve”.
Article II
The Minister of Regional Municipalities and Environment shall issue the regulations and decisions implementing this decree, in coordination with the relevant ministries and entities, provided that they include the rules governing entry to the reserve, the fees prescribed for it, the timing of visits, the activities allowed to be practised and those that are prohibited to be carried out, and the appropriate penalties in each case.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 5 Dhu Al-Hijja 1416
Corresponding to: 23 April 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 574 issued on 4 May 1996.
Annex Specifying the Dimensions of the Turtle Reserve
The dimensions of the mentioned Turtle Reserve are hereby determined in accordance with the following coordinates:
– Northwest 59 degrees 41 minutes east 22 degrees 33 minutes north.
– Northeast 59 degrees 48 minutes East 22 degrees 33 minutes North.
– East 59 degrees 51 minutes East 22 degrees 25 minutes North.
– Northeast 59 degrees 48 minutes East 22 degrees 13 minutes North.
– South 59 degrees 45 minutes East 22 degrees 11 minutes North.
– West 59 degrees 48 minutes East 22 degrees 19 minutes North.
The total area of the reserve is 120 (one hundred and twenty) square kilometres.