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Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Megaptera novaeangliae gray whale Eschrictius robustus

Marine Region 1: Antarctic Marine Region 10: Central Indian 1-1 Ross Sea MPA, may be proposed 10-1 Sundarbans World Heritage Site, partly proposed as a dolphin 1-2 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 165o 150o 135o 120o 105o 90o 75o 60o 45o 30o 15o 0o 15o 30o 45o 60o 75o 90o 105o 120o 135o 150o 165o 180o sanctuary 10-2 1-3 Prince Edward Island Reserve ARCTIC Sangu River, may be proposed as a dolphin sanctuary 1-4 Marion Island Reserve 10-3 National Chambal Sanctuary OCEAN 10-4 Franz Josef Land Zakaznik Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary 10-5 proposed for national park (2-15) Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, proposed for expansion 10-6 Eidhigali Kulhi and Koattey Protected Area, proposed 10-7 Lampi Island Marine National Park 10-8 Royal Bardia National Park, proposed for expansion Northeast National Park (2-2) Franz 10-9 Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar Marine International Park, Josef Svalbard National Park Land Ellesmere proposed Island proposed (2-28) orca 2-20 Orcinus orca 2-24 2-18 Severnaya Zemlya Marine Region 2: Arctic Svalbard Cuvier's beaked whale Arctic Ring of Life Ziphius cavirostris 2-1 Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area, proposed for higher protection Barents Sea International Marine 2-2 2-19 International Marine Park Russian Arctic National Park Northeast Greenland National Park 2-22 Biocultural Reserve Taymirskiy Zapovednik (2-12) 2-3 proposed (2-16) Marine Region 11: Arabian Seas Melville Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Melville Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (2-3) 2-25 proposed proposed 2-4 Breidafjördur MPA 2-23 11-1 Daymaniyat Islands National 2-5 Skjalfandi Bay MPA, under discussion 2-26 11-2 Bar al Hikman MPA, proposed 2-21 2-6 2-1 11-3 Masirah Island MPA, proposed Tysfjord and Hellemofjord MPA, proposed o Devon Island Baffin Novaya o 75 Bay Zemlya 75 2-7 Great Arctic Zapovednik Bear Island Ust'-Lenskiy Zapovednik (2-13) 11-4 Indus River, or Sind, Dolphin Reserve 2-8 to 2-14 Six Russian Arctic zapovedniks and one national park (2-8) 2-27 Gydanskiy Zapovednik 2-15 Franz Josef Land Zakaznik, proposed for national park Banks 4-9 (2-7) Beaufort Island Greenland Arctic Great Arctic Zapovednik 2-16 Russian Arctic National Park, proposed Sea (Den) 2 2-17 Solovetskiy Islands Biosphere Reserve and Zapovednik, Davis Strait Wrangel Island proposed Risso's dolphin Igaliqtuuq National Wildlife Area 2-14) Grampus griseus 2-18 to 2-27 Victoria Wrangel Island Zapovednik ( Svalbard nature reserves and national parks 4-8 Island and Biosphere Reserve, proposed (4-7) 2-28 Beringia Heritage Marine Region 12: East Svalbard National Park, proposed International Park Shoynenskiy National Park (2-11) 12-A Marine Mammal Sanctuary proposed 12-1 Mohéli Marine Park 12-2 to 12-6 Five Kenyan marine national parks and reserves (4-5) 2-6 (2-10) Auyuittug National Park 2-5 Nenetskiy Zapovednik 12-7 Kiunga Marine National Reserve, proposed for expansion short-beaked common dolphin Foxe Basin Baffin 12-8 Delphinus delphis Island Manannara North Biosphere Reserve Kandalakshskiy Zapovednik (2-9) 12-9 Masoala National Park, including Itampolo, Masoala and Marine Region 3: Mediterranean Alaska (US) 2-4 Tanjona reserves 3-1 Losinj Dolphin Reserve, proposed 12-10 Baie d'Antongil-Sainte Marie Island Humpback Whale 3-2 to 3-5 Finland Two French parks and two marine reserves Sweden Solovetskiy Islands Biosphere Reserve and Zapovednik Sanctuary, proposed 3-6 Scandola Nature Reserve, proposed proposed (2-17) 12-11 Toliara-Nosy Ve Candidate World Heritage Site, proposed for 3-7 Kalamos MPA, proposed Gulf of expansion 3-8 Bothnia Russia 12-12 to 12-13 Southern Crete Sperm Whale MPA, proposed Norway Passe en S and Saziley reserves 3-9 to 3-16 12-14 Seven Italian MPAs and one national park o o Bazaruto Archipelago National Park 60 5-49 Gulf of Finland 60 3-17 National Park, proposed for extension Baltic 12-15 Bay- Island Machangalo Candidate World 3-18 Capo Testa-Punta Falcone MPA, proposed Hudson (5-45) proposed for expansion Glacier Bay Bay Moray Firth Candidate SAC, proposed Estonia (16-19) Koryakskiy Zapovednik (16-12) Heritage Site, 3-19 Pelagie Islands MPA, proposed Dogger Bank SAC 6 Magadanskiy Zapovednik 12-16 River Delta Candidate World Heritage Site, proposed National Park and Preserve (15-21) (16-11) 3-20 Island National Park, proposed for extension 5-50 proposed Dzhugdzhurskiy Zapovednik 12-17 Réunion Marine Park, proposed Baltic Latvia Kamchatka Komandor Islands Biosphere Reserve 3-21 National Park, proposed for extension 5-48 Denmark Sea 12-18 to 12-30 Thirteen Tanzanian marine parks, reserves, Southeastern Bering Sea Wadden Sea 6-2 and Zapovednik (16-8) 3-22 Regno di Nettuno MPA, proposed (Waddensee) 6-3 6-5 Shantar Archipelago National Park South Kamchatka sanctuaries and conservation areas Right Whale Critical Habitat 5-A Lithuania (16-23) (16-14) Commander Islands 3-23 Dwejra Area 5-24 Nature Reserve Kaliningrad proposed Sanctuary (Russia) 12-31 to 12-33 Three Tanzanian marine reserves and conservation proposed (15-22) (Russia) 3-24 to 3-25 Two Maltan marine conservation areas, proposed 15-7 5-23 United North areas, proposed Robson Bight/Michael Bigg 5-27 Kingdom Sea 5-21 6-1 6-4 Belarus Northeast Sakhalin Whale Zakaznik Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 3-26 Al Hocemia National Park Queen Charlotte Shannon River Estuary SAC (5-22) Ireland Islands Ecological Reserve (15-1) 5-47 5-20 5-19 and Zapovednik (16-13) 3-27 Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park 5-29 proposed for expansion (16-22) 5-26 5-46 The Poland 3-28 Gwaii Haanas National Marine Southern Strait of Georgia Nalychevo Nature Park finless porpoise Marine and Land National Park of the Cabrera Archipelago 5-28 Celtic Germany Sakhalin Island 15-6 15-8 Sea (Russia) and Marine Nature Reserve (16-9) Neophocaena phocaenoides 3-29 to 3-50 Twenty-two Spanish SACs in Mediterranean waters, Conservation Area Reserve National Marine Conservation Area Northeast 5-25 Belgium (Alaska) proposed for expansion (15-2) (15-5) Celtic Shelf Luxembourg (US) proposed proposed Czech Botchinskiy Zapovednik (16-7) (16-20) Marine Region 13: East Asian Seas 15-24 4-6 4-11 Atlantic Republic Poronayskiy Zapovednik 3-51 to 3-53 15-9 Break MPA La Galite, Zembra and Zembretta, and Kneiss MPAs and Slovak Ukraine 13-A Indonesian Marine Mammal Management Area, proposed 15-4 15-23 5 proposed Republic Kazakhstan Maliy Kurils Zakaznik (16-16) SPAMIs Saguenay-St Lawrence Marine Park (4-1) Switzerland 13-1 Mekong River Ramsar Site, proposed for expansion 3-54 to 3-56 15-3 Austria Kuril Islands Three Tunisian MPAs, proposed Hungary Moldovia 13-2 to 13-4 Bunaken, Wakatobi and Cendrawasih Bay marine 3-57 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (15-20) Iroise Marine National Park, proposed (5-18) Pelagos Sanctuary Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve Gökçeada Marine Reserve Bay of Slovenia Mongolia national parks Orca Pass 4-10 Biscay for Mediterranean Romania and Zapovednik (16-18) 3-58 Sochinskiy National Nature Park Croatia 13-5 45o International Marine 4-3 Marine Mammals Sochinskiy National Nature Park (3-58) 45o Komodo National Park, Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage 3-59 Cape Sarych to Cape Khersones MPA, proposed Stewardship Area (4-2) 5-42 5-43 Losinj Dolphin Reserve, proposed (3-1) The Gully '' 5-44 Monaco 3-15 Kurilskiy Zapovednik (16-15) Site, proposed for expansion 4-4 Nova Scotia 5-41 3-4 3-3 3-9 Bosnia & 13-6 Northeast proposed 4-18 3-2 3-16 3-17 Herzegovina 3-59 Semayang Lake National Park, proposed 5-37 to 5-40 3-30 Yugoslavia Black Sea Hokkaido 13-7 to 13-17 Pacific Gerry E Studds Stellwagen Bank 3-29 3-6 Bulgaria Eleven Indonesian MPAs, proposed 3-32 3-5 Georgia Uzbekistan Lazovskiy Zapovednik (16-17) 4-15 National Marine Sanctuary (4-12) 5-1 3-33 3-31 Corsica 3-10 (3-22) Kyrgyzstan 13-18 Community Conservation Zones (FCZ) of Muang- 15 5-7 5-8 3-21 Regno di Nettuno MPA, proposed 16-21) Atlantic white-sided dolphin United 4-14 5-3 5-16 3-34 3-46 3-47 3-20 Macedonia Vostok Gulf Marine National Park ( Khong District, may be proposed Lagenorhynchus acutus 5-2 3-41 3-18 3-13 Albania Azerbaijan 16-10) Northwest States 4-13 4-16 5-10 3-45 & 3-49 Greece 3-57 Armenia North Far Eastern Marine Zapovednik ( 13-19 to 13-21 Three Malaysian marine parks 5-6 3-48 Capo Carbonara MPA (3-11) Turkmenistan Korea Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (15-18) 5-9 5-34 Turkey Pacific 13-22 Marine Park, proposed Marine Region 4: Northwest Atlantic 5-5 3-44 3-40 3-12 Capo Rizzuto Island MPA (3-14) Tajikistan California Northwest 3-35 3-42 3-28 3-51 16 13-23 Lawas Marine Park, proposed 4-A 5-4 (Port) Sado Estuary Natural Reserve 3-50 La Galite Kalamos MPA, proposed (3-7) Whale Sanctuary Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (15-17) Atlantic 3-27 3-36 3-43 13-24 to 13-33 Ten Philippine protected seascapes, marine and 4-1 5-11 proposed as a ZEC (5-33) South Saguenay-St Lawrence Marine Park 5-35 3-37 3-23 Southern Crete Sperm Whale MPA 4-17 5-12 I de Alborán 3-52 3-25 natural parks and sanctuaries 4-2 4 5-14 5-17 5-36 (UK) Mediterranean (3-8) Korea The Gully 'Marine Protected Area' (15-16) 5-13 3-38 3-24 Sea proposed 13-34 Hon Mun MPA, proposed 4-3 to 4-4 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 5-15 3-54 to 3-56 Crete Syria Bay of Fundy and Roseway Basin right 3-39 3-19 Mediterranean Channel 5-B 3-26 Afghanistan areas Islands 3-53 Lebanon (Port) Iran 4-5 Bermuda 5-31 3 Israel 16-5 Auyuittug National Park (UK) 5-32 Iraq Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (15-19) 7-43 16-6 bottlenose dolphin (offshore form) 4-A West Bank r 4-6 e Manicouagan 'Marine Protected Area', proposed 8-20 & Gaza iv Tursiops truncatus 5-30 R 7-44 e (16-3) tz 4-7 Igaliqtuuq National Wildlife Area and Biosphere Reserve, 8-4 Baiji Natural Reserve ng Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta 8-1 a 7-46 Jordan Y proposed 30o (15-14) 8-2 8-6 Indus River 30o Biosphere Reserve Florida Marine Region 14: South Pacific 8-11 8-7 r e Midway Is 4-8 Kuwait (11-4) v Beaufort Sea Beluga 'Marine Protected Area', proposed 8-13 Dolphin Reserve i 14-6 R (US) Canary us 14-A d 10-8 American Samoa Whale and Turtle Sanctuary 4-9 to 4-11 8-12 n National Chambal Three NW Atlantic national marine conservation areas, (15-10) Florida Keys 7-4 Islands 8-A I 14-B Northwestern Hawaiian Islands El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve National Marine Sanctuary (7-45) (Sp) 8-9 Sanctuary (10-3) Nepal Bhutan Bonin Is Cook Islands Whale Sanctuary proposed but suspended 8-5 8-3 Daymaniyat Islands (Japan) 14-C 4-12 Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve 7-1 8-10 Bahrain Fiji Whale Sanctuary Gerry E Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Loreto Bay National Park 7-5 8-8 (11-1) Gang National Nature Reserve es River 14-D French Marine Mammal Sanctuary 4-13 to 4-14 Great South Channel and Cape Cod Bay Northern Right proposed as a NMS (14-7) (15-13) Gulf of (Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto) The Western Qatar 16-2 14-E 7-14 Bahamas Wider Caribbean Sahara Whale Sanctuary Whale critical habitat areas 7-32 7-17 7-2 (Morocco) Vikramshila Gangetic 7-18 7-25 United Arab 14-F 4-15 to 4-16 15-15 7-3 (10-4) Whale Sanctuary Cape Cod Bay and Cape Cod ocean sanctuaries México 7-28 7-26 7-7 7 Saudi Emirates Arabian Dolphin Sanctuary 14-G 4-17 Cuba 7-41 Arabia Sea Papua New Whale Sanctuary Monitor National Marine Sanctuary 15-12 7-21 7-31 Turks and Caicos Lung Kwu Chau and Sha Chau Marine Park (16-1) Hawaii (US) 7-20 Oman Myanmar 14-H Samoa Whale, Turtle and Sanctuary 4-18 Is (UK) Marine Mammal Sanctuary Hong Kong (China) Jeffreys Ledge MPA, proposed 7-B 7-24 7-23 7-29 7-42 Banc d' National Park 16-4 14-I (7-34) (8-19) Red 10-1 Tongan Whale Sanctuary Revillagidedo Islands 7-27 7-19 7-6 of the Dominican Republic and Biosphere Reserve 11-3 (Mex) 7-22 7-36 Sea 10-2 13-28 14-J Marine Mammal Sanctuary 7-15 India Wake (US) Cayman 7-16 Haiti Puerto 11-2 Laos 15-11 7-9 Is (UK) 7-30 Dominican Rico (US) 7-37 14-1 Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Republic British Bay of Calayan Island Northern 15-A and 13-30 Mariana 7-11 7-38 Jamaica US Virgin Is (US) Virgin Is Cape Bengal (13-29) 14-2 National Park of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary (14-5) Belize 7-35 (UK) Barbuda Verde Protected Area Islands (US) Johnston 7-10 Mekong River Ramsar Site 14-3 bottlenose dolphin (inshore form) Atoll (US) (Neth) St Kitts (Fr) Luzon Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Arabian Seas proposed for expansion (13-1) South China Sea Tursiops truncatus 7-8 and 7-A 8-14 8-21 13-18 14-4 Parques Marinos de Rapa Nui, must be expanded o Guatemala 7-39 7-33 o 15 Dominica Yemen 11 Central Indian Spratly Islands 15 14-5 (Fr) Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Marine Region 5: Northeast Atlantic 7-40 St Lucia Ocean Marine Sanctuary 14-6 St Vincent and 8-15 to 8-16 Socotra Viet Midway National Wildlife Refuge El Netherlands Barbados (US) 5-A Antilles (Neth) the Grenadines Gulf (Yemen) Andaman Cambodia Nam may be proposed Mindoro Marshall 14-7 Irish Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary Salvador Nicaragua Burkina 10 and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, Grenada of Aden Nicobar Mekong Philippines Islands 5-B (8-17) River Madeiran 'Marine Mammal Sanctuary' 7-12 7-48 Kiang West National Park Islands 13-34 13-24 Panay proposed as a national marine sanctuary Lakshadweep (India) 13-33 South Pacific 5-1 to 5-16 Sixteen Azores ZECs Trinidad and Guinea Bissau Guinea Islands Palawan Cebu 14-8 to 14-9 Rock Islands and Ngeremendu Bay conservation areas Ballena Marine Costa 7-13 (India) Pamilacan Island 13-32 5-17 Rica Tobago 10-9 Lampi Island Negros 14 Formigas Islets and Dollabarat Reef Natural Reserve, proposed National Park (17-10) (13-26) Bohol () iver Marine National Park (10-7) Marine Mammal Sanctuary oco R 8-18 Sierra 14-8 5-18 Iroise Marine National Park, proposed Panama Venezuela Orin Federated States 14-10 Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 17-17 Leone 13-27 Tañon Strait Mindinao of 5-19 to 5-21 Three porpoise SACs, two proposed, one with Ctô e Sri Langkawi Island Marine Park (13-20) Palau 14-11 Milne Bay MPA, proposed d’Ivoire Central African 10-5 Lanka Protected Seascape (13-25) Palmyra Coiba National Park (17-16) 13-22 14-12 to 14-13 proposed extension Atoll (US) 17-15 7-47 Republic Aleipata and Safata MPAs (Samoa) Cocos I 17-18 Guyana 13-21 13-23 14-9 5-22 Shannon River Estuary SAC, nominated 17-9 17-7 13-31 14-14 Marovo Lagoon World Heritage Area (14-10) (Costa Rica) French Sabah Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 17-8 Brunei () 5-23 to 5-29 Seven Irish SACs, proposed Guiana (Fr) Malaysia 14-15 Arnavon Islands Marine Conservation Area, proposed for Colombia 13-12 5-30 Eastern Tropical Malpelo I 9-18 Ilhas Desertas Natural Reserve and ZEC (Col) expansion 5-31 to 5-32 Pacific Seascape 17-6 Equatorial Sarawak Bunaken Marine National Park (13-2) 14-16 Two Madeiran ZECs, proposed Guinea Eidhigali Kulhi and Koattey (Malaysia) Ha'apai Marine Conservation Area (13-19) 5-33 to 5-34 Two Portuguese reserves, proposed for expansion as (17-13) (9-19) Johore Marine Park Howland (US) 14-17 Funufuti Conservation Area Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve Protected Area, proposed (10-6) Maha 13-16 k a o n o ZECs Amanã Sustainable R 0 Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve 17-A Sumatera Kalimantan iver Moluccas 13-15 0 Galapagos Sao Tome Kiunga Marine National Reserve () Baker (US) 5-35 to 5-38 Four Spanish parks, proposed for expansion as SACs and Galápagos Whale Sanctuary (17-11) Islands Development Reserve (9-21) and Principe Congo (Ecuador) Ecuador 12-3 (12-7) Nauru r proposed for expansion Semayang Lake 5-39 to 5-44 Six Spanish SACs in Atlantic waters, proposed ive 17-12 Amazon R 12-5 National Park, proposed (13-6) Sulawesi Cendrawasih Bay 5-45 Moray Firth Candidate SAC, proposed Machalilla National Park 9-22 9-23 Democratic 12-2 Sanctuary 14-G West Africa Republic Marine National Park (13-4) short-finned pilot whale 5-46 Cardigan Bay Candidate SAC, proposed proposed for expansion (17-14) of Congo 12-4 Indonesia Irian Jaya 12-31 to 12-33 13-3 Globicephala macrorhynchus 5-47 Fernando 8 12-6 13-10 13-8 (Indonesia) Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau SAC, proposed Pacaya-Samiria Mamirauá Sustainable De Noronha Seychelles East Asian Seas Komodo National Park 5-48 National Reserve (17-20) Development Reserve (9-20) 12-26 & 12-30 12-19 (13-5) Papua Marine Region 15: Northeast Pacific Hebridean Marine National Park, proposed 13 proposed for expansion 13-14 13-11 New Peninsula Bayovar MPA 12-29 12-27 British Indian Ocean 13-9 14-15 5-49 Atlantic Frontier MPA and World Heritage Site, proposed 12-A (UK) Guinea 15-A Mexican Whale Refuge proposed (17-21) 12-28 Jawa 13-A 13-13 Solomon 5-50 Ascension (12-18) 14-17 15-1 St Kilda Archipelago SAC, proposed Conservation Area Bali Islands Robson Bight/Michael Bigg Ecological Reserve Island 12-22 to 12-25 Flores ATLANTIC (St Helena) 12-21 Alor-Solor MPA, proposed (13-7) 14-14 15-2 Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, 13-17 Timor South Pacific Agalega Is Sumba American proposed for expansion OCEAN 12-20 18-20 Samoa (US) Iles Glorieuses () 18-46 Milne Bay MPA, proposed (14-11) 15-3 Race Rocks Candidate 'Marine Protected Area', proposed harbor porpoise 14 (Réunion) 14-12 Phocoena phocoena Shelf of the Northern Coast Christmas I 15-4 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, proposed for expansion 12-12 Cocos (Keeling) (Aus) 14-13 Environmental Protection Area (9-25) 12-1 Is (Aus) Ashmore and Samoa 15-5 Paracas National Reserve (17-19) (Fr) Cartier Is (Aus) 14-A Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area, 18-A 18-14 Wallis and Marine Region 6: Baltic 12-13 Futuna Is (Fr) proposed 15o 14-H 6-1 to 6-4 12-9 18-19 18-13 Vanuatu 14-1 15-6 Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area, proposed Four German harbor porpoise SACs, proposed St Helena (UK) Tromelin 18-4 18-3 Juan de (Réunion) 14-3 6-5 Nova I Cargados Carajos 14-2 15-7 Candidate 'Marine Protected Area', proposed Kurshskaya Kosa National Park (Fr) Bolivia (9-24) 12-8 Is (Mauritius) INDIAN Coral Abrolhos National Marine Park (Réunion) Sea 14-J Fiji 15-8 St Helena Biosphere Reserve, proposed (8-45) OCEAN 18-17 Gabriola Passage Candidate 'Marine Protected Area', proposed Cook PACIFIC Baie d'Antongil-Sainte Marie Island 18-43 Northern 15-9 Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, proposed for greater Islands Territory 14-C Niue (NZ) (NZ) 14-D OCEAN 12-16 Humpback Whale Sanctuary, proposed (12-10) Southeast Martin Vaz 18-45 Tonga protection Islands Rodrigues Pacific (Brazil) Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 15-10 to 15-14 Four Mexican biosphere reserves and one national 14-B Bassas da Mauritius (Mauritius) Ha'apai Marine Conservation Area (14-16) 14-F pantropical spotted dolphin India (Réunion) Réunion (Fr) Ningaloo Marine Park and World Heritage Area (18-1) park Stenella attenuata 17 Trindade 14-I 9-31 (Brazil) 12-11 proposed for expansion (18-9) 18-15 9-26 Réunion Marine Park, proposed (12-17) 14-E 15-15 Bahía Magdalena National Gray Whale Refuge, proposed Paraguay Europa I 15-16 to 15-20 Marine Region 7: Wider Caribbean 9-29 9-34 (Réunion) 18-18 18-16 New Caledonia (Fr) Five US national marine sanctuaries 9-28 Bazaruto Archipelago Shark Bay Marine Park Queensland 15-21 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve 7-A Guadeloupe Sanctuary, or Sanctuary of the South Antilles, 9-30 Minerva Reefs Pitcairn 17-2 National Park (12-14) and World Heritage Area (18-42) 15-22 Southeastern Bering Sea Right Whale Critical Habitat, proposed Island (UK) (9-27) Hervey Bay Marine Park Laje de Santos State Marine Park (18-12) Cape Byron Marine Park proposed 7-B Mexican Whale Refuge Easter Island Swaziland Western proposed for expansion 18-11 (Chile) Maputo Bay- Machangalo Australia (including Byron Bay Sanctuary) (18-21) 15-23 San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, proposed for 7-1 to 7-7 Seven Bahamian land and sea parks 9-32 8-31 Candidate World Heritage Site Elizabeth and expansion 7-8 Port Honduras Marine Reserve Middleton Reefs Norfolk I 14-4 8-30 18-6 (Aus) (Aus) 15-24 7-9 Humboldt Penguin National Reserve Right Whale Environmental proposed for expansion (12-15) 18-41 South Kermadec Is Northwest Straits 'management area', proposed but suspended Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site South East Africa Australia (18-2) (NZ) o (17-4) (9-33) 8-29 Solitary Islands Marine Reserve and Marine Park o 7-10 Swallow Cay Wildlife Sanctuary 30 proposed for expansion Protection Area Africa 30 8-27 12 18-40 Lord Howe and 7-11 South Pacific 18-5 Ball’s Pyramid Turneffe Atoll MPA and Biosphere Reserve, proposed Whale Sanctuary South Atlantic Sanctuary (Aus) 7-12 Tortuguero National Park 8-35 to 8-39 18-39 New South proposed proposed 8-32 8-28 Wales Dall's porpoise 7-13 Uruguay 8-23 18-23 Gondoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Reserve, proposed for expansion West Coast National Park, proposed (8-34) 8-43 8-24 Great Australian Bight Phocoenoides dalli 7-14 to 7-21 Eight Cuban PAs with marine components 8-26 Marine National Park (18-36) 9-37 8-41 18-22 7-22 to 7-32 Eleven Cuban PAs with marine components, proposed The Capes Marine Park 8-25 Great Australian Bight Marine Region 16: Northwest Pacific 8-40 8-44 proposed (18-44) Victoria 7-33 Soufrière/Scotts Head Marine Reserve 9-35 9-36 18-34 Cape Howe Marine 8-46 (UK) 8-33 8-42 Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary 18-32 (18-26) 16-1 Lung Kwu Chau and Sha Chau Marine Park 7-34 Marine Mammal Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic De Hoop MPA (8-22) 18-37 National Park West Coast Marine Park South Atlantic Inaccessible Island Amsterdam I (Fr) proposed (18-38) 18-33 18-27 16-2 Xiamen Marine National Park and Conservation Areas 7-35 East National Park, proposed for expansion Chile (Tristan da Cunha) proposed (18-52) 9 18-28 18-31 16-3 Baiji Natural Reserve (and the Shishou and Tong Ling semi- 7-36 Bayahibe Marine Sanctuary, proposed St Paul I (Fr) 18-35 18-29 Tasman New 8-B 18-25 Sea natural reserves) 7-37 St-Barthélemy MPA Bahía Anegada Nature Reserve (9-1) 17-3 9-7 Zealand 16-4 Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta Ecosystem Protected Area, 7-38 Montego Bay Marine Park (Tristan da Cunha) 18-30 18-24 8-47 Bonney Blue Whale proposed 7-39 Miskito Coast Protected Area 9-4 18-B Banks Peninsula Feeding critical habitat MPA Tasmania 16-5 7-40 9-2 Australia- 18-47 Seto-naikai National Park Soufrière Marine Management Area Chiloe Island Península Valdés Nature Reserve (9-6) may be proposed (18-10) Marine Mammal Sanctuary 16-6 7-41 (18-49) Finless Porpoise Gathering Area National Natural Monument Princess Alexandra Marine National Park 9-5 18 proposed 16-7 to 16-21 7-42 9-3 Chatham Is Eleven Russian zapovedniks and four other national Mouchoir Bank Marine Sanctuary, may be proposed o Chiloe National Park (NZ) o 7-43 45 45 parks, refuges and sanctuaries Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Biosphere Reserve proposed for expansion (17-5) Doubtful Sound Marine Sanctuary 18-50 16-22 7-44 9-10 Prince Northeast Sakhalin Whale Zakaznik, proposed for expansion Southeastern Right Whale Critical Habitat Edward Marion proposed (18-51) 9-9 Island (SA) 16-23 Shantar Archipelago National Park, proposed 7-45 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Island (SA) Existing international sanctuary 9-13 1-3 Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve (18-7) 7-46 Fort Clinch State Park Aquatic Preserve 1-4 Bounty Is 9-8 9-12 (NZ) 7-47 Caño Guaritico Wildlife Refuge Proposed international sanctuary Gough Island (UK) o Kerguelen Commerson's dolphin 7-48 Península San Julián 0 Islands (Fr) Venezuelan Cetacean Sanctuary, proposed 4-A Existing national sanctuary Antipodes Is Cephalorhynchus commersonnii 9-16 and Bahía de San Julián (NZ) ATLANTIC Auckland Is 7-A Proposed national sanctuary Nature Reserve (9-11) (NZ) Marine Mammal Sanctuary Marine Region 17: Southeast Pacific OCEAN o o and Marine Reserve (18-48) 1-2 9-17 30 30 17-A Whale Natural Refuge (Refugio Natural de Ballenas) Existing MPA McDonald Islands (Aus) Campbell I striped dolphin (Islas Malvinas) 9-A (NZ) 17-1 Francisco Coloane National Marine Park Stenella coeruleoalba Prince 1-1 South 1-2 Heard Island (Aus) 17-2 to 17-5 Proposed MPA Costa Atlántica de Tierra del Fuego Georgia Edward Four Chilean MPAs, parks and reserves, proposed for Island Bouvet (Nor) Island (SA) 9-15 Nature Reserve (9-14) Macquarie I expansion Marine Region 8: West Africa 1-3 (Aus) Francisco Coloane Marion Macquarie Island Marine Park 17-6 to 17-7 Two Colombian national parks 8-A National Marine Park (17-1) Island (SA) 1-4 Cetacean Marine Sanctuary, proposed South Georgia and World Heritage Area (18-8) 17-8 Malaga Bay MPA, proposed 8-B Island (UK) South Sandwich Tristan da Cunha Cetacean Sanctuary Islands (UK) 17-9 Cocos Island Marine and Terrestrial Conservation Area 8-1 Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park (Fr) 17-10 Ballena Marine National Park Sanctuary 8-2 Natural Marine Park of the Whales and Franja Marina Teno Rasca Antarctic 17-11 Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve and Galápagos Whale SAC 60o 60o Sanctuary o 1 o 8-3 to 8-12 60 South Orkney 60 17-12 to 17-13 Ten Canary Islands SACs Islands Two Ecuadorean reserves 8-13 o o o o o o o o o o Falkland Islands o o o o o o o o o o Southeastern Fuerteventura MPA, proposed 165 150 135 120 105 90 75 60 45 30 (Islas Malvinas) INDIAN 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 17-14 Machalilla National Park, proposed for expansion 8-14 Humpback Whale MPA, proposed OCEAN 17-15 to 17-18 Argentina South Shetland Three Panamanian national parks and one wetland 8-15 to 8-17 Three Gambian national parks and reserves Islands 17-19 to 17-20 Two Peruvian national reserves 8-18 Konkoure Estuary MPA 17-21 Peninsula Bayovar MPA, proposed Chile Kerguelen 8-19 Banc d'Arguin National Park and Biosphere Reserve Islands (Fr) Weddell 8-20 Dakhla National Park Sea McDonald Islands (Aus) 8-21 Saloum Delta National Park and Siné-Saloum Biosphere Heard Island (Aus) 1-2 Reserve Hector's dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori 8-22 to 8-32 Eleven South African MPAs 8-33 Whale Sanctuary This world map shows marine protected areas (MPAs) in 102 countries and overseas which protect the habitat of whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans). International Sanctuaries Marine Region 18: Australia-New Zealand

8-34 o o West Coast National Park, proposed (includes 8-35 to 8-39) Worldwide, across the 18 marine regions covering every ocean and sea, there are 358 MPAs with cetacean habitat, 41 of which are proposed for expansion, plus 176 90 Peter I 90 18-A Australian Whale Sanctuary 8-35 to 8-39 Island South Five South African MPAs Southern Ocean Sanctuary (Marine regions 1, 18) 18-B New Zealand Marine Mammal Sanctuary 8-40 newly proposed MPAs for a total of 534 proposed or existing MPAs with cetacean habitat (Hoyt 2004). In addition, there are five existing and nine proposed international Pole Cape Peninsula MPA, proposed (includes 8-41) Arctic Ring of Life International Marine Biocultural Reserve, proposed (2) 18-1 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area 8-41 Castle Rock MPA sanctuaries and 19 existing and four proposed national sanctuaries which provide lesser degrees of cetacean habitat protection. Barents Sea International Marine Park, proposed (2) 18-2 to 18-8 Seven Australian commonwealth marine parks and 8-42 to 8-43 Betty's Bay MPA, proposed for expansion as part of Beringia Heritage International Park, proposed (2) nature reserves Kogelberg MPA/Biosphere Reserve Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals (3) 18-9 Ningaloo Marine Park, proposed for expansion 8-44 Goukamma MPA, proposed for expansion This map is based on and designed to accompany the book, Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A world handbook for cetacean Wadden Sea (Waddensee) Nature Reserve (5) 18-10 Bonney Upwelling Blue Whale Feeding critical habitat MPA, 8-45 St Helena Biosphere Reserve, proposed Ross may be proposed habitat conservation, by Erich Hoyt. Published 2004 by Earthscan, London. [Hardcover ISBN: 1844070638; paperback ISBN:1844070646] Sea Celtic Shelf Break MPA, proposed (5) 8-46 Inaccessible Island Nature Reserve Dogger Bank SAC, proposed (5) 18-11 Moreton Bay Marine Park 8-47 Gough Island Wildlife Reserve PACIFIC 18-12 Hervey Bay Marine Park, proposed for expansion Ross Sea MPA South Atlantic Sanctuary, proposed (8, 9) Base world map: Data supplied by MapInfo Ltd, all rights reserved 18-13 to 18-17 Five Queensland marine parks OCEAN may be proposed (1-1) Indian Ocean Sanctuary (10, 11, 12, 13, 18) Map design: Lesley Frampton Spratly Islands Marine Sanctuary, may be proposed (13) 18-18 to 18-20 Two Queensland marine parks and one indigenous o Balleny o South Pacific Whale Sanctuary, proposed (14, 17, 18) protected area, proposed Amazon River dolphin Text and research: Erich Hoyt 120 Islands 120 Inia geoffrensis Orca Pass International Marine Stewardship Area, proposed (15) 18-21 blue whale Cape Byron Marine Park (including Byron Bay Sanctuary) Cetacean illustrations: © 2003, 2004 Pieter Arend Folkens / A Higher Porpoise Design Group Balaenoptera musculus Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (17) 18-22 Jervis Bay Marine Park Marine Region 9: South Atlantic Book cover photograph: Hal Sato, Far East Russia Orca Project (WDCS) 18-23 Port Stephens Marine Park, may be proposed 9-A 18-24 to 18-35 Falkland Islands Marine Mammal Sanctuary Creating and managing effective MPAs for cetaceans depends upon: Abbreviations and Acronyms Eleven Victoria marine national parks and one 9-1 to 9-15 Fifteen Argentine reserves and parks The MPA boundaries and locations shown are based on the best possible information available, some of which is sanctuary 9-16 Isla Monte León Provincial Reserve, proposed as a national park sometimes contradictory; in other cases, distortions have occurred due to the projection used, particularly in the Arctic. MPA = marine protected area 18-36 Great Australian Bight Marine National Park Campbell Macquarie NMCA = national marine conservation area (Canada) 9-17 Cabo Virgenes Nature Reserve, proposed for expansion Island (NZ) Islands (Aus) 18-37 Encounter Bay MPA, proposed the identification and strict protection of substantial areas of cetacean critical habitat, the places where whales and dolphins hunt, feed, court, play, mate and reproduce; NWR = national wildlife refuge (US) 9-18 Cabo Orange National Park Tasmania 18-38 Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, proposed Auckland (Aus) NMS = national marine sanctuary (US) 9-19 to 9-21 This poster has its own website dedicated to the study and conservation of cetacean habitat. o Islands (NZ) o 18-39 to 18-43 Three Brazilian river dolphin reserves 150 150 the implementation of an overall ecosystem-based management approach to ensure that ecosystems will remain healthy and support cetaceans into the future; PA = protected area Five Western Australia marine parks 9-22 Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve To order the book or additional copies of the poster, please go to www.cetaceanhabitat.org. SAC = special area of conservation 18-44 The Capes Marine Park, proposed 9-23 Fernando de Noronha National Marine Park SPAMI = special area of Mediterranean Interest 18-45 Monte Bellos/Barrow Island Marine Reserve, proposed ZEC = zona especial de conservação 9-24 Abrolhos National Marine Park New the institution of MPA networks to link the protected habitats of cetaceans throughout a population and a species' range; 18-46 Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (Cobourg Marine Park) o 9-25 Shelf of the Northern Coast Environmental Protection Area Funding and support provided by WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society 180 Zealand 18-47 Governor Island Marine Reserve 9-26 Arraial do Cabo Sustainable Reserve Brookfield House a generous use of the precautionary approach when choosing and designing MPAs; 18-48 Auckland Islands Marine Mammal Sanctuary and Marine 9-27 to 9-31 Five Brazilian state marine parks and ecological stations Reserve 9-32 Anhatomirim Environmental Protection Area 38 St Paul Street a good management plan with periodic review developed in conjunction with all stakeholders, including researchers, MPA managers, community members, boat operators, visitors and others; 18-49 Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary, proposed for 9-33 Right Whale Environmental Protection Area Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1LJ expansion 9-34 narwhal family 18-50 Marine Tucuxi Environmental Protection Area of Paraty Bay, Monodon monoceros identification and effective control of all cetacean threats (pollution, marine traffic, fishing conflicts); legislation and enforcement may be necessary; and Akaroa Harbour Marine Reserve, proposed proposed 18-51 Doubtful Sound Marine Sanctuary, proposed 9-35 to 9-37 Three Uruguayan MPAs, proposed web: www.wdcs.org a push to identify and protect high seas habitats for cetaceans through regional and international agreements. 18-52 West Coast Marine Park, proposed