LEGAZPI CITY: The City Government of Legazpi has declared the three-hectare Demson Reef, locally known as “Pulang Buya,” in Albay Gulf as off-limits to fishermen.

The move marks the start of rehabilitation work on the 1,200-square-meter coral reef destroyed by a Vietnamese cargo vessel that ran aground last month at the city’s shallow reef, said City Agriculture Office chief Jess Kallos on Thursday.