This book is about Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) identified by various names such as marine reserves, fish sanctuaries, marine sanctuaries, etc located in various parts of the country and managed or co-managed primarily by fisher communities and people’s organizations (Pos). The book deals with the social component of marine and coastal resources management (CRM) including mode of local community management of MPAs, their historical development and their physical and biological features. Fifty five MPAs are described in this book. Community management of natural resources, particularly agricultural resources, first became popular in the Central Visayas in the early 1970s. This concept found application to conservation and management of coastal ad marine resources in the mid 1970s through the early 1980s. The decades of the 1990s and 2000s saw the proliferation of community based MPAs and their integration to the larger concept of integrated coastal resources management (ICRM) in the country. The atlas highlights the distinction and importance of community-based MPAs in coastal resources management. The atlas calls that CBMPA remains consistent with CBCRM by continuing to benefit the local poor and to learn from their experiences in CBMPA on the ground. The first four chapters deal with the Philippine coastal and marine environment, and the concepts about community based marine protected areas as well as a review of their status. Chapter 6 deals with Luzon Pamana marine sanctuary member sites, Chapter 7 with Visayas Pamana marine sanctuary member sites and Chapter 8 with Mindanao Pamana marine sanctuary member sites.