Notice is hereby given to all mariners and other parties concerned that:

1.   Reference: Approved Disposition Form, from Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Stuff for Operation CG-3 dated 24 January 2018.

2.  The Chinese scientific research vessel MV KE XUE HAO is conducting a hydrographic research activities in the eastern seaboards of the Philippines specially at the waters off Cagayan Valley, areas in the Philippines Rise (Benham Rise) and Surigao from 24 January to 25 February 2018, bounded with the following coordinates: 

Location of CTD and Moorings Sites

3. In this connection, all ships/watercrafts transiting the vicinity of the abovementioned areas are advised to take note of the information and take necessary precautionary measures at all times.

4. The cooperation of all concerned in effecting widest dissemination of this information is requested.