Select | MPA name in English | MPA name local | Location |
| Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | • The sanctuary consists of southern hemisphere waters S of 40°S between 130°W and 130°E, S of 55°S between 130°E and 20°E, S of 40°S between 20°E and 50°W, S of 60°S between 50°W and 130°W |
| 1st Edition (only): Ross Sea MPA 2nd Edition: See 1.I | 1st Edition (only): Ross Sea MPA 2nd Edition: See 1.I | • Ross Sea, off Antarctica: waters S of the 1640 fathom (10,000ft or 3000m) isobath, which extends from 69°S, 170°E to 76°S, 155°W; includes continental slope and shelf of the Ross Sea |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | • 2800mi (4500km) SW of Australia and 900mi (1500km) N of Antarctica in Indian Ocean sector of Southern Ocean, 53°05'S, 73°30'E |
| 1st Edition: Prince Edward Island Reserve 2nd Edition: Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area | 1st Edition: Prince Edward Island Reserve 2nd Edition: Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area | • 1680mi (2700km) SE of Cape Town |
| 1st Edition (only): Marion Island Reserve 2nd Edition: See 1.3 | 1st Edition (only): Marion Island Reserve 2nd Edition: See 1.3 | • Marion Island. 1680 mi (2700 km) southeast of Cape Town, South Africa, part of 'Prince Edward Islands' |
| 1st Edition (only): Arctic Ring of Life International Marine Biocultural Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Arctic Ring of Life International Marine Biocultural Reserve | • along the permanent Arctic ice cap including the zones or leads of open water and polynyas in the Arctic Ocean waters of Canada, Russia, Norway, Greenland and Alaska (US) |
| 1st Edition (only): Barents Sea International Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Barents Sea International Marine Park | • Barents Sea including Svalbard, Bear Island, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land and the sea area between |
| Beringia Heritage International Park | Beringia Heritage International Park | • Bering Strait between Chukotsk Peninsula, Russia and Alaska – the Bering Land Bridge – including national waters and high seas portions of the Bering and Chukchi Seas |
| 1st Edition: Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area 2nd Edition: Nirjutiqavvik (Coburg Island) National Wildlife Area | 1st Edition: Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area 2nd Edition: Nirjutiqavvik (Coburg Island) National Wildlife Area | • Coburg Island, Nunavut |
| Northeast Greenland National Park | Northeast Greenland National Park | • N and NE Greenland, where the Arctic Ocean (Lincoln Sea, Wandel Sea, Independence Fjord) meets the Greenland Sea (N from Kong Oscar Fjord) |
| Melville Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | Melville Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | • NW Greenland, stretching along the coast for 155mi (250km) between N of Upernavik and S of Thule, on Baffin Bay |
| 1st Edition: Breidafjördur MPA 2nd Edition: Breidafjördur Conservation Area | 1st Edition: Breidafjördur MPA 2nd Edition: Breidafjördur Conservation Area | • Breidafjördur, NW Iceland |
| Skjálfandi Bay MPA | Skjálfandi Bay MPA | • Skjálfandi Bay, NE Iceland |
| Tysfjord and Hellemofjord MPA | Tysfjord and Hellemofjord MPA | • Tysfjord and Hellemofjord, Nordland county, Norwegian Sea |
| Great Arctic Nature Reserve | Bolshoy Arktichesky Zapovednik | • Karskoye Sea along the Taimyr Peninsula, Taymura and Pyasina river deltas |
| Gydanskiy Nature Reserve | Gydanskiy Zapovednik | • N coast of the Gydan Peninsula, Karskoye Sea |
| Kandalakshskiy Nature Reserve | Kandalakshskiy Zapovednik | • White Sea and Barentsevo (Barents) Sea |
| Nenetskiy Nature Reserve | Nenetskiy Zapovednik | • 60mi (100km) N of Naryan-Mar town, Pechorskoye Sea, Barents Sea |
| 1st Edition (only): Shoynenskiy National Park | 1st Edition (only): Shoynenskiy National Park | • White Sea, Nenetskiy Territory, northwest Russia |
| Taymirskiy Biosphere Reserve | Taymirskiy Zapovednik | • Taymir Peninsula, Laptev Sea |
| Ust'-Lenskiy Nature Reserve | Ust'-Lenskiy Zapovednik | • Laptevih Sea, Russia |
| Wrangel Island Nature Reserve | Ostrov Vrangelya Zapovednik | • N of Chukotka mainland, Chukotskoye (Chukchi) Sea |
| Franz Josef Land Wildlife Refuge
Post 2nd Edition see 2.16 | Franz Josef Land Wildlife Refuge
Post 2nd Edition see 2.16 | • Franz Josef Land, N of Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia |
| Russian Arctic National Park | Russian Arctic National Park | • N Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, Victoria Island |
| Solovetskiy Islands Biosphere Reserve | 1st Edition: Solovetskiy Zapovednik | • Off Cape Beluzhiy, White Sea |
| 1st Edition (only): Various Russian Arctic MPAs | 1st Edition (only): Various Russian Arctic MPAs | • Arctic Russia |
| Northeast Svalbard Nature Reserve | Nordaust-Svalbard Naturreservat | • NE Svalbard including territorial waters to 12nm (13.8mi or 22.2km), Barents Sea |
| Southeast Svalbard Nature Reserve | Søraust-Svalbard Naturreservat | • SE Svalbard including territorial waters |
| Northwest Spitsbergen National Park | Nordvest-Spitsbergen Nasjonalpark | • NW Svalbard including territorial waters |
| South Spitsbergen National Park | Sør-Spitsbergen Nasjonalpark | • SW Svalbard including territorial waters |
| Forlandet National Park | Forlandet Nasjonalpark | • Prins Karls Forland, large island off W Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, including territorial waters |
| Nordenskjöld Land National Park | Nordenskjöld Land Nasjonalpark | • SW Svalbard, territorial waters on Bellsund and Van Mijenfjorden, Greenland Sea |
| Nordre Isfjorden National Park | Nordre Isfjorden Nasjonalpark | • Inner Isfjorden, including Nordfjorden, W Svalbard |
| Sassen-Bünsow Land National Park | Sassen-Bünsow Land Nasjonalpark | • At E end of inner Isfjorden, W Svalbard |
| Hopen Nature Reserve | Hopen Naturreservat | • Hopen Island, SE Svalbard |
| Bear Island Nature Reserve | Bjørnøya Naturreservat | • Bear Island (Bjørnøya), southernmost part of Svalbard Archipelago, on Bjørnøy-banken, Norwegian Sea |
| Svalbard National Park | Svalbard Nasjonalpark | • Svalbard including territorial waters on the Barents Sea, Greenland Sea and Arctic Ocean |
| Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals | Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals | • Ligurian, Corsican and northern Tyrrhenian Sea; in the waters of France, Italy and Monaco and the adjacent high seas |
| Lošinj Dolphin Reserve | Cres-Lošinj Special Marine Reserve | • Waters adjacent to W coast, Cres-Lošinj Archipelago, N Adriatic Sea |
| Port Cros National Park | Le Parc national de Port-Cros | • Hyeres Archipelago (Iles d’Hyères), 9mi (15km) off the coast between Toulon and St Tropez |
| 1st Edition (only): Côte Bleue Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Parc Marin Côte Bleue | • Côte Bleue coastline between Marseille and Fos, Provence, France |
| 1st Edition (only): Cerbère-Banyuls Natural Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Réserve Naturelle Marine de Cerbère-Banyuls | • near Spanish border opposite the villages of Cerbère and Banyuls, Pyrénées-Orientales, France |
| 1st Edition: Bonifacio Marine Reserve 2nd Edition: Strait of Bonifaccio Natural Reserve | 1st Edition: Réserve Marin Bouches de Bonifacio 2nd Edition: Réserve Naturelle des Bouches de Bonifacio | • Corsica, W Mediterranean |
| 1st Edition (only): Scandola Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Réserve Naturelle de Scandola | • west Corsica, near Porto, France |
| Kalamos MPA | Kalamos MPA | • Coastal waters around the island of Kalamos, Ionian Sea |
| 1st Edition: Southern Crete Sperm Whale MPA 2nd Edition: Southwest Crete-Hellenic Trench MPA | 1st Edition: Southern Crete Sperm Whale MPA 2nd Edition: Southwest Crete-Hellenic Trench MPA | • Offshore waters W of the islands of Crete, Kythira, Peloponnese and Zakynthos, E Ionian Sea |
| 1st Edition: Gulf of Trieste (Miramare) MPA 2nd Edition: Gulf of Trieste Miramare MPA | 1st Edition: Golfo di Trieste (Miramare) MPA 2nd Edition: Golfo di Trieste Miramare MPA | • Near Trieste, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Gulf of Trieste, N Adriatic Sea |
| Ventotene and Santo Stefano Islands MPA | Isola di Ventotene e Santo Stefano MPA | • Near Lazio, Latina, Pontine Archipelago, central Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Capo Carbonara MPA | Capo Carbonara MPA | • Capo Carbonara, near Villasimius, including the islands of Serpentara and Cavoli, SE Sardinia, SW Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Egadi Islands MPA | Isole Egadi MPA | • Off Trápani, NW Sicily, NE Strait of Sicily |
| Tavolara and Punta Coda Cavallo MPA | Tavolara – Punta Coda Cavallo MPA | • Near Porto San Paolo (Olbia), NE Sardinia, W Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Capo Rizzuto Island MPA | Area Marina Protetta Capo Rizzuto MPA | • Capo Rizzuto, near Crotone, Calabria, Golfo di Squillace and W Ionian Sea |
| Cinque Terre Marine Natural Protected Area | Area Marina Protetta delle Cinque Terre | • Between Levanto and Riomaggiore, near La Spezia, Liguria, Ligurian Sea |
| 1st Edition: Gulf of Portofino MPA 2nd Edition: Portofino MPA | 1st Edition: Golfo di Portofino MPA 2nd Edition: Area Naturale Marina Protetta ‘Portofino’ | • Near Portofino, Liguria, Ligurian Sea |
| Tuscan Archipelago National Park | Parc National Arcipelago Toscano | • Tuscan Archipelago, Ligurian Sea |
| Capo Testa-Punta Falcone MPA | Area Marina Protetta Di Capo Testa-Punta Falcone | • Near Capo Testa-Punta Falcone, NW Sardinia |
| 1st Edition: Pelagie Islands MPA
2nd Edition: Pelagie Islands MPA | 1st Edition: Isole Pelagie area di reperimento 2nd Edition: Area Marina Protetta Isole Pelagie | • Waters around Lampedusa, Lampione and Linosa, SW Strait of Sicily |
| 1st Edition: Asinara Island National Park 2nd Edition: Asinara Island MPA | 1st Edition: Isola dell'Asinara 2nd Edition: Area Marina Protetta Isola dell'Asinara | • Around Asinara Island, NW Sardinia |
| Maddalena Archipelago National Park | Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago di Maddalena | • Maddalena Archipelago between Sardinia and Corsica, including the middle of the Strait of Bonifacio; expanded transboundary proposal would include adjacent French (Corsican) waters |
| 1st Edition: Regno di Nettuno MPA 2nd Edition: Regno di Nettuno (Ischia) MPA and SAC/SPA | 1st Edition: Regno di Nettuno area di reperimento 2nd Edition: Area Marina Protetta di Ischia – Regno di Nettuno and SAC/SPA | • SE Tyrrhenian Sea, near Napoli |
| 1st Edition (only): Dwejra Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Dwejra Marine Conservation Area | • northwestern Gozo, includes land and marine area, sister island to Malta |
| 1st Edition (only): Cirkewwa Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Cirkewwa Marine Conservation Area | • northern tip of Malta |
| 1st Edition (only): Delimara Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Delimara Marine Conservation Area | • southern tip of Malta |
| Al Hoceima National Park | Parc National D'Al Hoceima | • Near al Hoceima, NE Morocco |
| Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park | Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Nijar | • Off Cabo de Gata, Andalucia, SE Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Cabo de Creus SAC | 1st Edition (only): Cabo de Creus SAC | • Cabo de Creus, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): El Montegrí-Illes Medes SAC | 1st Edition (only): El Montegrí-Illes Medes SAC | • off Illes Medeas, Cataluña, eastern Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Muntanyes de Begur SAC | 1st Edition (only): Muntanyes de Begur SAC | • off Cataluña, eastern Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Cap de Santa Creus SAC | 1st Edition (only): Cap de Santa Creus SAC | • off Cataluña, eastern Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Litoral de Tarragona SAC | 1st Edition (only): Litoral de Tarragona SAC | • off Cataluña, eastern Spain |
| 1st Edition: Islas Columbretes SAC 2nd Edition: Illes Columbretes Regional Marine Reserve and SPA | 1st Edition: Islas Columbretes SAC 2nd Edition: Illes Columbretes Regional Marine Reserve and SPA | • Islas Columbretes, Golfo de Valencia, eastern Spain (39°52'39 |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| 1st Edition: Isla de Tabarca SAC 2nd Edition: Tabarca Marine Reserve | 1st Edition: Isla de Tabarca SAC 2nd Edition: Tabarca Marine Reserve | • Isla de Tabarca, Valenciana, eastern Spain (38°13'53 |
| 1st Edition (only): Escarpe de Mazarron SAC | 1st Edition (only): Escarpe de Mazarron SAC | • Golfo de Mazarrón, Murcia, southeast Spain |
| Medio Marino SAC | Medio Marino SAC | • 37°32'00"N, 1°07'00"W, Murcia, SE Spain |
| 1st Edition: Isla de Alborán SAC 2nd Edition: Alborán SAC | 1st Edition: Isla de Alborán SAC 2nd Edition: Alborán SAC | • 35°56'29"N, 3°02'01"W, Alborán Sea, W Mediterranean |
| 1st Edition (only): Frente Litoral del Estrecho de Gibraltar SAC | 1st Edition (only): Frente Litoral del Estrecho de Gibraltar SAC | • Strait of Gibraltar |
| 1st Edition: Cabrera y Mignorn SAC
2nd Edition: Arxipèlag de Cabrera SAC
| 1st Edition: Cabrera y Mignorn SAC 2nd Edition: Arxipèlag de Cabrera SAC | • 39°11'03"N, 2°57'36"E, Balearic Islands |
| 1st Edition: Bahía de Alcudia SAC 2nd Edition: Badies de Pollença i Alcúdia SAC | 1st Edition: Bahía de Alcudia SAC 2nd Edition: Badies de Pollença i Alcúdia SAC | • 39°50'18"N, 3°12'22"E, Balearic Islands |
| 1st Edition (only): Cap Blank SAC | 1st Edition (only): Cap Blank SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Salinas de Ibiza y Formentera SAC | 1st Edition (only): Salinas de Ibiza y Formentera SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Islas del Poniente de Ibiza SAC | 1st Edition (only): Islas del Poniente de Ibiza SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Punta de Sa Creu SAC | 1st Edition (only): Punta de Sa Creu SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Sa Dragonera SAC | 1st Edition (only): Sa Dragonera SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Es Grau-Favaritx SAC | 1st Edition (only): Es Grau-Favaritx SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Es Vedrà I Vedranell SAC | 1st Edition (only): Es Vedrà I Vedranell SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Tagomago SAC | 1st Edition (only): Tagomago SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Cap de Barbaria SAC | 1st Edition (only): Cap de Barbaria SAC | • Baleares Archipelago, Spain |
| La Galite MPA and SPAMI | La Galite MPA and SPAMI | • Tunisian waters |
| Zembra and Zembretta MPA and SPAMI | Zembra and Zembretta MPA and SPAMI | • Tunisian waters |
| Kneiss MPA and SPAMI | Kneiss MPA and SPAMI | • Tunisian waters |
| 1st Edition (only): Gökçeada Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Gökçeada Marine Reserve | • between Yildiz bay and Yelken Rock, North Aegean Sea |
| 1st Edition (only): Various existing and proposed biosphere reserves, marine protected areas and marine reserves along the Black Sea | | • Black Sea, especially north shore |
| Sochinskiy National Nature Park | Sochinskiy National Nature Park | • E Black Sea coast |
| Cape Sarych to Cape Khersones MPA | Cape Sarych to Cape Khersones MPA | • Coastal area of SW Crimea, between Cape Sarych and Cape Khersones, Ukraine, in the Black Sea |
| Bermuda Whale Sanctuary | Bermuda Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Saguenay–St Lawrence Marine Park | Parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent | • Located at the confluence of the Saguenay Fjord and the St Lawrence Estuary |
| The Gully 'Marine Protected Area' | The Gully 'Marine Protected Area' | • Scotian Shelf, 25mi (40km) SE of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 124mi (200km) SE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the open North Atlantic • Existing area is 912mi2 (2364km2). The Gully is the largest submarine canyon off eastern Canada, reaching a width of 6mi (10km) and depths of 6500ft (2000m) – about as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon |
| 1st Edition: Bay of Fundy Right Whale Conservation Area 2nd Edition: Grand Manan Basin Right Whale Conservation Area | 1st Edition: Bay of Fundy Right Whale Conservation Area 2nd Edition: Grand Manan Basin Right Whale Conservation Area | • Grand Manan Basin, between Digby and Grand Manan islands in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, 44°30'–44°45'N, 65°18'–65°35'W |
| Roseway Basin Right Whale Conservation Area | Roseway Basin Right Whale Conservation Area | • S of Cape Sable Island on the E edge of the Gulf of Maine, between Browns and Baccaro Banks, off SW Nova Scotia, 42°45'– 43°05'N, 65°03' – 65°40'W |
| 1st Edition: Auyuittug National Park 2nd Edition: See 2.29 | 1st Edition: Auyuittug National Park 2nd Edition: See 2.29 | • Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada |
| Manicouagan 'Marine Protected Area' | Manicouagan 'Marine Protected Area' | • Manicouagan Peninsula, west of Baie-Comeau on the N shore of the St Lawrence Estuary extending S into the Laurentian Channel (downstream from existing Saguenay–St Lawrence Marine Park) |
| 1st Edition: Igaliqtuuq National Wildlife Area and Biosphere Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.30 | 1st Edition: Igaliqtuuq National Wildlife Area and Biosphere Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.30 | • Isabella Bay on Baffin Island, Nunavut, from coast out to 12 nm (22 km), Canada |
| 1st Edition (only): Beaufort Sea Beluga 'Marine Protected Area' | 1st Edition (only): Beaufort Sea Beluga 'Marine Protected Area' | • Shallow Bay, east Mackenzie Bay, Kugmallit Bay and near Kendall Island, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Beaufort Sea, Canada |
| 1st Edition: Lancaster Sound National Marine Conservation Area 2nd Edition: See 2.32 | 1st Edition: Lancaster Sound National Marine Conservation Area 2nd Edition: See 2.32 | • Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada |
| 1st Edition (only): West Isles National Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): West Isles National Marine Conservation Area | • located in the West Isles, New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy, Canada |
| 1st Edition (only): Bonavista-Notre Dame Bays National Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Bonavista-Notre Dame Bays National Marine Conservation Area | • northeast Newfoundland, Canada |
| Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary | Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary | • E of Massachusetts on Stellwagen Bank and S Jeffreys Ledge, Gulf of Maine |
| Great South Channel Northern Right Whale Critical Habitat Area
Post 2nd Edition see 4.20 | Great South Channel Northern Right Whale Critical Habitat Area
Post 2nd Edition see 4.20 | • E of Cape Cod, Great South Channel, Gulf of Maine |
| Cape Cod Bay Northern Right Whale Critical Habitat Area
Post 2nd Edition see 4.20 | Cape Cod Bay Northern Right Whale Critical Habitat Area
Post 2nd Edition see 4.20 | • N end of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts |
| Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary | Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary | • Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts |
| Cape Cod Ocean Sanctuary | Cape Cod Ocean Sanctuary | • E of Cape Cod, along entire outer Cape Cod Peninsula |
| Monitor National Marine Sanctuary | Monitor National Marine Sanctuary | • 16mi (26km) SE of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina |
| 1st Edition (only): Jeffreys Ledge | 1st Edition (only): Jeffreys Ledge | • north of Stellwagen Bank, Gulf of Maine, USA |
| 1st Edition: Wadden Sea (Waddensee) Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 5.54 | 1st Edition: Wadden Sea (Waddensee) Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 5.54 | • in the coastal waters of Denmark (southwest), Germany and the Netherlands, extending 12 nm (22.2 km) from the coast |
| 1st Edition: Celtic Shelf Break MPA 2nd Edition: See 5.55 | 1st Edition: Celtic Shelf Break MPA 2nd Edition: See 5.55 | • located in the Celtic Sea, SW of England, W of France and S of Ireland, extending from 48˚30'N and 52˚N to 4˚W and the 1000 m contour at the edge of the continental slope. It is bounded to the east by the English Channel, and to the south and west by the continental slope, depending on the precise boundaries, it would include parts of the EEZs of the UK, Ireland and France |
| 1st Edition: Dogger Bank SAC 2nd Edition: See 5.56 | 1st Edition: Dogger Bank SAC 2nd Edition: See 5.56 | • Dogger Bank, North Sea, in the waters of Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK |
| 1st Edition (only): Ilhéu de Baixo - Restinga Ilha Graciosa ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ilhéu de Baixo - Restinga Ilha Graciosa ZEC | • Ilhéu de Baixo and southeastern Ilha Graciosa (W27°57'0'', N39°0'50''), Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo ZEC | • Costa e Caldeirão (W31°6'0'', N39°42'0''), west, north and east coasts of Ilha do Corvo, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Caldeira e Capelinhos - Ilha do Faial ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Caldeira e Capelinhos - Ilha do Faial ZEC | • Caldeira e Capelinhos (W28°45', N38°35'), Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial ZEC | • Monte da Guia (W28°37'21'', N38°31'15''), southeastern Faial, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Morro de Castelo Branco - Ilha do Faial ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Morro de Castelo Branco - Ilha do Faial ZEC | • Morro de Castelo Branco (W28°45'15', N38°31'21'), southwestern Faial, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores ZEC | • Costa Nordeste (W31°10', N39°30'), northeastern Flores, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Ponta dos Rosais - lha de S Jorge ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ponta dos Rosais - lha de S Jorge ZEC | • Ponta dos Rosais (W28°18'36'', N38°45'12''), northwestern S Jorge island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S Jorge ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S Jorge ZEC | • northern coast of the eastern end of the island of S Jorge (W27°51', N38°35'), Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Caloura-Ponta da Galera - Ilha de S Miguel ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Caloura-Ponta da Galera - Ilha de S Miguel ZEC | • Caloura-Ponta da Galera (W25°30'30'', N37°42'30''), S Miguel island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Banco D João de Castro (Canal Terceira - S Miguel) ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Banco D João de Castro (Canal Terceira - S Miguel) ZEC | • Banco D João de Castro, Canal Terceira (W26°36'30'', N38°13'55''), S Miguel island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Baixa do Sul (Canal do Faial) ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Baixa do Sul (Canal do Faial) ZEC | • Baixa do Sul (W28°35'24'', N38°30'35''), between Faial and Pico islands, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Ponta da Ilha - Ilha do Pico ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ponta da Ilha - Ilha do Pico ZEC | • Ponta da Ilha (W28°2', N38°25'), eastern Pico island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Lajes do Pico - Ilha do Pico ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Lajes do Pico - Ilha do Pico ZEC | • Lajes do Pico (W28°15'22'', N38°23'25''), southern Pico, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Ilhéus da Madalena - Ilha do Pico ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ilhéus da Madalena - Ilha do Pico ZEC | • Ilhéus da Madalena (W28°32'50'', N38°32'0''), west of Pico Island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Ponta do Castelo - Ilha de Sta Maria ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ponta do Castelo - Ilha de Sta Maria ZEC | • Ponta do Castelo (W25°2'3'', N36°55'47''), Sta Maria island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Costa das Quatro Ribeiras - Ilha da Terceira ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Costa das Quatro Ribeiras - Ilha da Terceira ZEC | • Costa das Quatro Ribeiras (W27°12'6'', N38°48'0''), northern Terceira island, Azores |
| 1st Edition (only): Formigas Islets and Dollabarat Reef (Canal S Miguel-Sta Maria) Natural Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Reserva Natural Ilhéu das Formigas e Recife Dollabarat | • Ilhéu das Formigas e Recife Dollabarat (W25°45', N37°15'), between S Miguel and Sta Maria, Azores |
| 1st Edition: Iroise Marine National Park 2nd Edition: Iroise Marine Nature Park | 1st Edition: Parc National Marin d'Iroise 2nd Edition: Parc naturel marin d’Iroise | • W tip of Brittany, including islands of Ouessant and Sein and Molène Archipelago |
| Harbor Porpoise Sanctuary and SAC, National Park Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein | Harbor Porpoise Sanctuary and SAC, National Park Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein | • W of the islands of Sylt and Amrum, N German Wadden Sea, N German Bight, off the S North Sea, within 12nm (22.2km) limit; extension would be outside the 12nm (22.2km) limit |
| Sylter Außenriff SAC | Sylter Außenriff SAC | • North Sea waters W of Sylt and Amrum islands, 54°55'00 |
| Borkum-Riffgrund SAC | Borkum-Riffgrund SAC | • W of the German Bight, North Sea, 53°55'00 |
| Irish Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary | Irish Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary | • coastal waters of Ireland to 200 nm (370 km) |
| 1st Edition: Shannon River Estuary SAC 2nd Edition: Lower River Shannon SAC | 1st Edition: Shannon River Estuary SAC 2nd Edition: Lower River Shannon SAC | • Shannon River Estuary, Counties Clare, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary, W coast |
| 1st Edition (only): Galway Bay SAC | 1st Edition (only): Galway Bay SAC | • Galway Bay, Co Galway, Ireland |
| 1st Edition (only): North Connemara SAC | 1st Edition (only): North Connemara SAC | • off North Connemara coast, Co Galway, Ireland |
| Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC | Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC | • Roaringwater Bay and islands, Co Cork |
| Blasket Islands SAC | Blasket Islands SAC | • Blasket Islands, Co Kerry |
| Dublin Bay SAC | Dublin Bay SAC | • Dublin Bay, Co Dublin |
| 1st Edition (only): Dursey Island SAC | 1st Edition (only): Dursey Island SAC | • Dursey Island, Co Cork, Ireland |
| 1st Edition (only): Old Head of Kinsale SAC | 1st Edition (only): Old Head of Kinsale SAC | • Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland |
| Madeiran 'Marine Mammal Sanctuary' | Madeiran 'Marine Mammal Sanctuary' | • coastal waters of the Madeira Islands, 615 mi (990 km) southwest of Lisbon, Portugal, to the limits of Madeira's EEZ |
| Ilhas Desertas Natural Reserve | Reserva Natural das Ilhas Desertas | • Ilhas Desertas, 32°30'0''N, 16°29'30''W |
| 1st Edition (only): Ponta de S. Lourenço ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ponta de S. Lourenço ZEC | • Ponta de S. Lourenço, (W16°41'0'', N32°44'20''), Madeira, Portugal |
| 1st Edition (only): Ilhéu da Viúva Natural Reserve and ZEC | 1st Edition (only): Ilhéu da Viúva Natural Reserve and ZEC | • Ilhéu da Viúva (W16°51'50'', N32°48'25''), Madeira, Portugal |
| Sado Estuary Natural Reserve and Ramsar area | Reserva Natural Estuário do Sado | • Sado Estuary, 38°27'48''N, 8°43'29''W |
| Arrábida Natural Park and Marine Natural Reserve | Parque Natural da Arrábida | • Between Praia da Foz (N of Cape Espichel) and Forte de Albarquel, W of Sado Estuary |
| Doñana National Park | Parque Nacional de Doñana | • Off Andalucia, SW Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Breña y Marismas de Barbate Natural Park | 1st Edition (only): Parque Natural de la Breña y Marismas de Barbate | • off Andalucia, southwest Spain |
| 1st Edition: Islas Cies and Complex Ons-Ogrove National Park 2nd Edition: Atlantic Islands National Park and OSPAR MPA | 1st Edition: Parque Nacional Islas Cies y Complex Ons-Ogrove 2nd Edition: Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas | • Galicia, N Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Islas Cies and Complex Ons-Ogrove National Park | 1st Edition (only): Parque Nacional Islas Cies y Complex Ons-Ogrove | • off Galicia, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Islas Cies SAC | 1st Edition (only): Islas Cies SAC | • off Galicia, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Complex Ons-Ogrove SAC | 1st Edition (only): Complex Ons-Ogrove SAC | • off Galicia, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | • Asturias, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | • Asturias, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | • Pais Vasco, Spain |
| 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | 1st Edition (only): Unnamed SAC | • Pais Vasco, Spain |
| Moray Firth SAC | Moray Firth SAC | • Inner Moray Firth, NE Scotland, North Sea; includes the Beauly/ Inverness Firths and the outer reaches of the Dornoch and Cromarty Firths |
| Cardigan Bay SAC | Cardigan Bay SAC | • Cardigan Bay, W Wales |
| Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau SAC | Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau SAC | • N Cardigan Bay, W Wales |
| Hebrides Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network | Hebrides Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network | • Inner Hebrides, The Minches, Sea of the Hebrides, Sound of Barra, W Scotland |
| 1st Edition (only): Atlantic Frontier MPA and World Heritage Site | 1st Edition (only): Atlantic Frontier MPA and World Heritage Site | • located on Atlantic frontier continental shelf, northwest of Scotland, UK |
| St Kilda Archipelago SAC | St Kilda Archipelago SAC | • St Kilda, W of outer Hebrides, 57°49'00''N, 8°35'00''W, Scotland |
| Fehmarnbelt SAC | Fehmarnbelt SAC | • Strait between German island Fehmarn and Danish Lolland, 54°36'18 |
| Kadetrinne SAC | Kadetrinne SAC | • Central Baltic Sea, German waters outside 12nm (22.2km), 54°29'17 |
| 1st Edition (only): Westliche Rönnebank SAC | 1st Edition (only): Westliche Rönnebank SAC | • eastern Baltic Sea, in German waters outside 12 nm (22.2 km) limit, Germany |
| Pommersche Bucht mit Oderbank SAC | Pommersche Bucht mit Oderbank SAC | • Oderbank, E Baltic Sea, in German waters outside 12nm (22.2km), 54°21'21 |
| Kurshskaya Kosa National Park | Kurshskaya Kosa National Park | • Kaliningrad, Russian SE Baltic |
| Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park | Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park | • Abaco with marine boundaries extending to the barrier island chain, 26°24'27 |
| Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park | Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park | • Exuma Cays, 24°31'N, 76°39'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Inagua National Park | 1st Edition (only): Inagua National Park | • Great Inagua Island (21˚5'N, 73˚21'W), Bahamas |
| Abaco National Park | Abaco National Park | • Abaco Island, 26°0'N, 77°15'W |
| Central Andros National Parks Area | Central Andros National Parks Area | • 3 locations in the Central Andros islands, 24°18'N, 77°52'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Little Inagua National Park | 1st Edition (only): Little Inagua National Park | • Little Inagua (21˚28'N, 72˚57'W), Bahamas |
| 1st Edition (only): Moriah Harbour Cay National Park | 1st Edition (only): Moriah Harbour Cay National Park | • Great Exuma (23°28'N, 75°39'W), Bahamas |
| Port Honduras Marine Reserve | Port Honduras Marine Reserve | • N of Punta Gorda Town, 16°12'52"N, 88°36'22"W |
| Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site | Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site | • Extends 160mi (260km) from the border of México in the N to the Guatemalan border to the S |
| Swallow Cay Wildlife Sanctuary | Swallow Cay Wildlife Sanctuary | • Drowned Cayes area, Belize |
| 1st & 2nd Edition: Turneffe Atoll MPA and Biosphere Reserve
Post 2nd Edition: Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve | 1st & 2nd Edition: Turneffe Atoll MPA and Biosphere Reserve
Post 2nd Edition: Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve | • Turneffe Atoll, Belize |
| Tortuguero National Park | Parque Nacional Tortuguero | • northeast Costa Rica |
| Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | Refugio Nacional De Vida Silvestre Gandoca-Manzanillo | • located near Panamá border, Costa Rica |
| Caguanes Natural Park | Caguanes Parque Natural | • North East Cuba |
| Cayos de Ana María Wildlife Refuge | Cayos de Ana María Refugio de Fauna | • South Cuba |
| Delta del Cauto Wildlife Refuge | Delta del Cauto Refugio de Fauna | • South Cuba |
| Lanzanillo Pajonal Fragoso Wildlife Refuge | Lanzanillo Pajonal Fragoso Refugio de Fauna | • North East Cuba |
| Las Picúas Wildlife Refuge | Las Picúas Refugio de Fauna | • North East Cuba |
| Río Máximo Wildlife Refuge | Río Máximo Refugio de Fauna | • North East Cuba |
| Buena Vista Biosphere Reserve | Buena Vista Reserva de Biosfera | • North East Cuba |
| Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve | Guanahacabibes Reserva de Biosfera | • North West Cuba |
| Jardines de la Reina Natural Park | Jardines de la Reina Parque Natural | • South Cuba |
| Ciénaga de Zapata Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve | Ciénaga de Zapata Parque Natural y Reserva de Biosfera | • South West Cuba |
| Cayo Cantiles – Avalo – Rosario Natural Park | Cayo Cantiles – Avalo – Rosario Parque Natural | • South West Cuba |
| Los Caimanes Natural Park | Los Caimanes Parque Natural | • North East Cuba |
| Cayo Coco Ecological Reserve | Cayo Coco Reserva Ecológica | • North East Cuba |
| Cayo Largo Touristic Natural Area | Cayo Largo Área Natural Turistica | • South West Cuba |
| Cayo Levisa Touristic Natural Area | Cayo Levisa Área Natural Turistica | • North West Cuba |
| Bahía de Malagueta Wildlife Refuge | Bahía de Malagueta Refugio de Fauna | • North East Cuba |
| Banco de Buena Esperanza Wildlife Refuge | Banco de Buena Esperanza Refugio de Fauna | • South Cuba |
| Cayo Cruz Wildlife Refuge | Cayo Cruz Refugio de Fauna | • North East Cuba |
| Cayos Juan Ruiz, Cristóbal y Providencia Wildlife Refuge | Cayos Juan Ruiz, Cristóbal y Providencia Refugio de Fauna | • South West Cuba |
| Soufrière/Scotts Head Marine Reserve | Soufrière/Scotts Head Marine Reserve | • Between Scotts Head Peninsula and Anse Bateaux, W coast of Dominica, E Caribbean |
| 1st Edition: Marine Mammal Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic 2nd Edition: Marine Mammal Sanctuary of Silver and Navidad Banks | 1st Edition: Santuario de Mamíferos Marinos de la República Dominicana 2nd Edition: Santuario de Mamíferos Marinos de Los Bancos de La Plata y La Navidad | • northeast of the Dominican Republic including Silver Bank, Navidad Bank and part of Samaná Bay: Includes the former MPA: Silver Bank Humpback Whale Sanctuary (Santuario de las Ballenas Jorobadas del Banco de La Plata) |
| East National Park | Parque Nacional del Este | • eastern Dominican Republic |
| 1st Edition (only): Bayahibe Marine Sanctuary | 1st Edition (only): Santuario de Marino Bayahibe | • near East National Park, Dominican Republic |
| 1st Edition: Guadeloupe Sanctuary, or Sanctuary of the South Antilles
2nd Edition: Agoa, Sanctuary for the Marine Mammals of the French Antilles | 1st Edition: Sanctuaire Caribéain du Sud Antilles
2nd Edition: Agoa, Sanctuaire pour les mammifères marines aux Antilles françaises | • Includes French Caribbean waters to the limits of the EEZ |
| 1st Edition (only): St-Barthélemy MPA | 1st Edition (only): St-Barthélemy MPA | • St-Barthélemy, Leeward Islands 4.6 sq mi (12 sq km) MPA to protect rich tropical reef ecology |
| 1st Edition (only): Montego Bay Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Montego Bay Marine Park | • Montego Bay, northwest Jamaica |
| Mexican Whale Refuge | Mexican Whale Refuge | • National waters of México in the Caribbean and Pacific (EEZ limit) |
| 1st Edition: Miskito Coast Protected Area 2nd Edition: Cayos Miskitos and Franja Costera Marine Biological Reserve | 1st Edition: Miskito Coast Protected Area 2nd Edition: Cayos Miskitos and Franja Costera Marine Biological Reserve | • Miskito Coast from Walpasiksa north to Old Cape at the Honduras border, Nicaragua |
| Soufrière Marine Management Area | Soufrière Marine Management Area | • Soufrière Bay, 6mi (11km) strip, 0.5mi (1km) wide, from Anse Jambon in the N to Anse L’ivrogne in the S, SW coast of St Lucia |
| 1st Edition (only): Princess Alexandra Marine National Park | 1st Edition (only): Princess Alexandra Marine National Park | • located on the north side of Provo, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Mouchoir Bank Marine Sanctuary | Mouchoir Bank Marine Sanctuary | • Portion of the large shallow bank in TCI waters, SE of the Turks Islands; portion of waters is disputed with the Dominican Republic to the S |
| Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Biosphere Reserve | Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Biosphere Reserve | • 17 mi (27.4 km) east of Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA |
| Southeastern Right Whale Critical Habitat | Southeastern Right Whale Critical Habitat | • Marine waters from Cape Fear, North Carolina, southward to approximately 27 nm below Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | • Florida Keys, southern tip of Florida, USA |
| Fort Clinch State Park Aquatic Preserve | Fort Clinch State Park Aquatic Preserve | • N end of Amelia Island, Nassau County, NE Florida |
| Caño Guaritico Wildlife Refuge | Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Caño Guaritico | • Apure State, Orinoco River Basin, 7°50'22"N, 69°20'8"W |
| 1st Edition (only): Venezuelan Cetacean Sanctuary | 1st Edition (only): Venezuelan Cetacean Sanctuary | • located along the states of Anzoategui, Sucre, Nueva Esparta and several small islands which are federal dependences, Venezuela |
| Canary Islands Cetacean Marine Sanctuary | Sanctuario Marino de las Ballenas – Islas Canarias | • Waters around Canary Islands, all or portion of national waters to the limit of the EEZ of the Canary Islands |
| Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park | Parque Natural del Archipiélago Chinijo | • north Lanzarote |
| 1st Edition: Natural Marine Park of the Whales and Franja Marina Teno Rasca SAC 2nd Edition: Franja Marina Teno-Rasca SAC | 1st Edition: Parque Natural Marino de las Ballenas and Franja Marina Teno Rasca SAC 2nd Edition: Franja Marina Teno-Rasca SAC | • W Tenerife extending out about 8mi (5km) from shore, 28°16'N, 16°53'W |
| Franja Marina Santiago – Valle Gran Rey SAC | Franja Marina Santiago – Valle Gran Rey SAC | • Off SW La Gomera, 28°2'N, 17°18'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Sebadales de La Graciosa SAC | 1st Edition (only): Sebadales de La Graciosa SAC | • north Lanzarote (29°13'N, 13°30'W) |
| Mar de las Calmas SAC | Mar de las Calmas SAC | • SW El Hierro, 27°38'2"N, 18°3'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Sebadales de Corralejo SAC | 1st Edition (only): Sebadales de Corralejo SAC | • northeast Fuerteventura (28°42'N, 13°49'W) |
| Área Marina de la Isleta SAC | Área Marina de la Isleta SAC | • NE Gran Canaria, 28°10'N, 15°27'W |
| Franja Marina de Mogán SAC | Franja Marina de Mogán SAC | • SW Gran Canaria, 27°45'N, 15°33'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Bahía del Confital SAC | 1st Edition (only): Bahía del Confital SAC | • northeast Gran Canaria (28°8'N, 15°27'W) |
| Sebadales de Playa del Inglés SAC | Sebadales de Playa del Inglés SAC | • SE Gran Canaria, 27°45'N, 15°33'W |
| Franja Marina de Fuencaliente SAC | Franja Marina de Fuencaliente SAC | • S La Palma, 28°32'N, 17°53'W |
| Playa de Sotavento de Jandía SAC | Playa de Sotavento de Jandía SAC | • SE Fuerteventura, 28°9'N, 14°12'W, extending 1mi (2km) out to sea |
| Eastern Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (unnamed) MPA | Eastern Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (unnamed) MPA | • E Fuerteventura and Lanzarote |
| 1st Edition (only): Cape Verde Humpback Whale MPA | 1st Edition (only): Cape Verde Humpback Whale MPA | • nearshore waters around Cape Verde Islands |
| Niumi National Park | Niumi National Park | • occupies northwest Atlantic coast of The Gambia, on the North Bank of the Gambia River mouth |
| Tanjii River Bird Reserve | Karinti Nature Reserve | • southwest Atlantic coast of The Gambia |
| Kiang West National Park | Kiang West National Park | • located more than 50 mi (80 km) upriver, near Tendaba, The Gambia |
| Konkouré Estuary Ramsar Wetland | Delta du Konkouré Ramsar Wetland | • Konkoure Estuary (9°45'N, 13°41'W) |
| 1st Edition: Banc d'Arguin National Park and Biosphere Reserve 2nd Edition: Banc d'Arguin National Park | Parc National du Banc d'Arguin | • N Mauritania, S of Nouadhibou (Port Étienne) |
| Dakhla National Park | Parc National de Dakhla | • Dakhla Province |
| Delta du Saloum National Park and Siné-Saloum Biosphere Reserve | Parc National du Delta du Saloum | • Siné-Saloum Delta, opposite N border of the Gambia and the open Atlantic |
| De Hoop MPA | De Hoop MPA | • E of Arniston 32mi (51km) along the coast to Cape Infanta, Western Cape |
| Robberg MPA | Robberg MPA | • Located for 5.6mi (9km) along the Robberg Peninsula, 5mi (8km) S of Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape |
| Dwesa-Cwebe MPA | Dwesa-Cwebe MPA | • Located along 10mi (16km) of coast extending 7mi (11km) out to sea, Eastern Cape |
| Tsitsikamma MPA (part of Garden Bay National Park) | Tsitsikamma MPA (part of Garden Bay National Park) | • located along 35.4 mi (57 km) east of Plettenberg Bay, spanning Western and Eastern Cape provinces. The marine reserve extends 3.4 mi (5.5 km) offshore all along the coast, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Sardinia Bay MPA | 1st Edition (only): Sardinia Bay MPA | • located south of Port Elizabeth, along 4.3 mi (7 km) of shoreline, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| 1st Edition: Mkambati MPA 2nd Edition: Pondoland MPA | 1st Edition: Mkambati MPA 2nd Edition: Pondoland MPA | • Between Port St Johns and Mtamvuna River, East Cape |
| Hluleka MPA | Hluleka MPA | • Mnenu River on the 'Wild Coast', Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Trafalgar MPA | 1st Edition (only): Trafalgar MPA | • 7.5 mi (12 km) south of Ramsgate near the southern end of the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa |
| 1st Edition: St Lucia MPA 2nd Edition: iSimangaliso Wetland Park (formerly Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, includes St Lucia MPA and Maputaland MPA) | 1st Edition: St Lucia MPA 2nd Edition: iSimangaliso Wetland Park (formerly Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, includes St Lucia MPA and Maputaland MPA) | • Extends from Cape Vidal N to Ponta da Ouro, KwaZulu-Natal; (may become a transboundary park with Mozambique) |
| 1st Edition (only): Maputaland MPA | 1st Edition (only): Maputaland MPA | • KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Helderberg MPA | 1st Edition (only): Helderberg MPA | • located along 2.5 mi (4 km) of shore adjacent to Helderberg Coastal Reserve, northern False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary | Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary | • Walker Bay, off Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): West Coast National Park | 1st Edition (only): West Coast National Park | • located along Western Cape, north of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Langebaan Lagoon MPA | Langebaan Lagoon MPA | • Included in West Coast National Park, located along Western Cape, north of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sixteen Mile Beach MPA | Sixteen Mile Beach MPA | • Included in West Coast National Park, located along Western Cape, north of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Marcus MPA | 1st Edition (only): Marcus MPA | • Included in West Coast National Park, located along Western Cape, north of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Jutten MPA | 1st Edition (only): Jutten MPA | • Included in West Coast National Park, located along Western Cape, north of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Malgas MPA | 1st Edition (only): Malgas MPA | • Included in West Coast National Park, located along Western Cape, north of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Cape Peninsula MPA | 1st Edition (only): Cape Peninsula MPA | • adjacent to Cape Peninsula National Park, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Castle Rock MPA | 1st Edition (only): Castle Rock MPA | • It is included in 8.40 Cape Peninsula MPA, (proposed and in process) and adjacent to Cape Peninsula National Park, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Betty's Bay MPA | 1st Edition (only): Betty's Bay MPA | • proposed for expansion as part of (8.43) Kogelberg MPA/Biosphere Reserve, lying east of False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Goukamma MPA | Goukamma MPA | • along 8.7 mi (14 km) of the coast in the heart of the Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa |
| St Helena Biosphere Reserve | St Helena Biosphere Reserve | • 1200 mi (1920 km) from the southwest coast of Africa in the St Helena and Ascension Islands |
| 1st edition: Tristan da Cunha Cetacean Sanctuary 2nd Edition: See 9.B | 1st edition: Tristan da Cunha Cetacean Sanctuary 2nd Edition: See 9.B | • located 1240 mi (2000 km) south of St Helena, South Atlantic, includes islands of Tristan, Inaccessible and Nightingale in one group and Gough Island, which is 250 mi (400 km) to the southeast |
| 1st Edition: Inaccessible Island Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.67 | 1st Edition: Inaccessible Island Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.67 | • 25 mi (40 km) southwest of Tristan da Cunha Island in the South Atlantic. Part of St Helena and Ascension Islands |
| 1st Edition: Gough Island Wildlife Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.66 | 1st Edition: Gough Island Wildlife Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.66 | • located 250 mi (400 km) southeast of the main group of Tristan, Inaccessible and Nightingale. Located in St Helena and Ascension Islands |
| 1st Edition (only): Bahía Anegada Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Reserva Natural Bahía Anegada | • located at 40°21'S, 62°23'W: includes Jabalí, Gamma and Flamengo islands as well as Bahía Union and Bahía San Blas, Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
| Golfo San José Provincial Marine Park | Parque Marino Provincial Golfo San José | • San José Gulf, Chubut province, Argentina |
| Punta Loma Faunal Reserve | Reserva Faunística Provincial Punta Loma | • Punta Loma (42°49'S, 64°53'W), Golfo Nuevo, Chubut province, Argentina |
| Punta Norte Provincial Faunal Reserve | Reserva Faunística Provincial Punta Norte | • Punta Norte (42°05'S 63°46'W) Chubut province, Argentina |
| Punta Pirámide Faunal Reserve | Reserva Faunística Provincial Punta Pirámide | • Golfo Nuevo, Chubut province, Argentina |
| Península Valdés Nature Reserve | Reserva Natural Península Valdés | • Península Valdés, Golfo Nuevo, Golfo San José, Chubut Province, 42°05'–42°53'S, 63°35'–65°04'W |
| Bahía San Antonio Hemispheric Reserve | Reserva Hemisferica Bahía San Antonio | • San Antonio Bay, San Matías Gulf, Río Negro Province, 40°46'S, 65°02'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Bahía Laura Provincial Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Reserva Natural Provincial Bahía Laura | • Bahía Laura (48°21'S, 66°27'W), along 6 mi (9 km) of coast between Cabo Guardián and Punta Mercedes, Santa Cruz province, Argentina |
| 1st Edition (only): Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Reserva Natural Intangible Cabo Blanco | • Cabo Blanco (47°12'S, 65°45'W), Santa Cruz province, Argentina |
| 1st Edition (only): Monte Loayza Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Reserva Natural Monte Loayza | • Monte Loayza (47°49'S, 66°51'W), south of Golfo San Jorge, 75 mi (120 km) northwest of Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz province, Argentina |
| 1st Edition: Península San Julián and Bahía de San Julián Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: Península San Julián Provincial Reserve | 1st Edition: Reserva Natural Península San Julián y Bahía de San Julián 2nd Edition: Reserva Provincial Península San Julián | • San Julián Peninsula, 49°19'S, 67°36'W, Santa Cruz Province |
| 1st Edition: Complejo Bahía Oso Marino Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: Penguin Island Marine Interjurisdictional Park Post 2nd Edition: Penguin Island Coastal Marine Park | 1st Edition: Reserva Natural Complejo Bahía Oso Marino 2nd Edition: Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino de Isla Pingüino Post 2nd Edition: Isla Pingüino Parque Marino Costero | • Isla Pingüino and 80mi (130km) coast between Chaffers Island and Bahía Laura, Santa Cruz Province, 47°53'S, 65°49'W |
| Ría Deseado Nature Provincial Reserve | Reserva Natural Provincial Ría Deseado | • Ría Deseado Estuary, 47°49'S, 66°16'W |
| Costa Atlántica de Tierra del Fuego Reserve | Reserva Costa Atlántica Tierra del Fuego | • Atlantic coast, Tierra del Fuego: San Sebastian Bay, Rio Grande Estuary, Península Mitre, part of Beagle Channel (plus islands of Bahía Ushuaia and Puerto Harberton area), 54°33'S, 66°13'W |
| 1st Edition (only): Tierra del Fuego National Park and National Strict Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego y Reserva Nacional | • Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego province, Argentina |
| 1st Edition: Isla Monte León Provincial Reserve 2nd Edition: Monte León National Park | 1st Edition: Reserva Provincial Isla Monte León 2nd Edition: Parque Nacional Monte León | • Monte León, 50°34'S, 68°55'W, Santa Cruz Province |
| Cabo Vírgenes Nature Reserve | Reserva Natural Cabo Vírgenes | • Cabo Vírgenes, 52°22'S, 68°23'W, western Magellan Strait, Santa Cruz Province |
| Cabo Orange National Park | Parque Nacional do Cabo Orange | • Cabo Orange, Amapa State, northern tip of Brazil |
| Piratuba Lake Biological Reserve | Reserva Biológica do Lago Piratuba | • Amapa State, 01°10'–01°50'N, 49°34'–50°34'W |
| Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve | Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá | • Near Tefé, within Solimões and Japurá river confluence, Amazonas State, 2°22'28''S, 65°53'38''W |
| Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve | Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Amanã | • Between Rio Negro and Japurá and Solimões rivers, Amazonas State, 2°14'36''S, 64°11'50''W |
| Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve | Reserva Biológica de Atol das Rocas | • 166 mi (267 km) east of Natal, 91 mi (148 km) west of Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil |
| Fernando de Noronha National Marine Park | Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha | • Offshore archipelago 224mi (360km) from Natal, 3°54'S, 32°25'W, Pernambuco State |
| Abrolhos National Marine Park | Parque Nacional Marinho dos Abrolhos | • 36 mi (58 km) offshore from southern Bahia State, Brazil |
| Shelf of the Northern Coast Environmental Protected Area | Área de Proteção Ambiental da Plataforma Continental do Litoral Norte | • northern Bahia State near Forte Beach, from the coast to 1,640 ft (500 m) depths, off Bahia State, Brazil |
| Arraial do Cabo Sustainable Reserve | Reserva Extrativista Marinha de Arraial do Cabo | • Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro State |
| Laje de Santos Marine State Park | Parque Estadual Marinho da Laje de Santos | • 25mi (40km) offshore around a rock (named ‘Laje’) at 24°19'S, 46°11'W in São Paulo State, SE Brazil |
| 1st Edition (only): Tupiniquins Ecological Station | 1st Edition (only): Estação Ecológica dos Tupiniquins | • São Paulo State, Brazil |
| 1st Edition (only): Tupinambás Ecological Station | 1st Edition (only): Estação Ecológica Tupinambás | • São Paulo State, Brazil |
| Ilhabela State Park | Parque Estadual da Ilhabela | • Near Ilhabela, São Sebastião Island, São Paulo State |
| Ilha Anchieta State Park | Parque Estadual da Ilha Anchieta | • Ilha Anchieta, São Paulo State |
| Anhatomirim Environmental Protection Area | Àrea de Proteção Ambiental Anhatomirim | • North Bay of Santa Catarina Island (27°30'S, 48°31'W), Santa Catarina State, S Brazil |
| Right Whale Environmental Protection Area | Àrea de Proteção Ambiental da Baleia Franca | • Between Santa Catarina Island, 81mi (130km) S to the Cape of Santa Marta and Rincão Beach, off S central Santa Catarina State |
| Marine Tucuxi Environmental Protection Area of Paraty Bay | Àrea de Proteção Ambiental da Botos-cinza do Baía de Paraty | • N Paraty Bay (Baía de Paraty), Rio de Janeiro State, 23°56'S, 44°19'W |
| Falkland Islands Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Islas Malvinas Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas EEZ, SW Atlantic |
| Punta Ballena – Bahía de Maldonado – José Ignacio Marine Protected Area | Punta Ballena – Bahía de Maldonado – José Ignacio Marine Protected Area | • Along 31mi (50km) of Maldonado dept, Uruguay |
| Cabo Santa María – La Pedrera MPA | Cabo Santa María – La Pedrera MPA | • Cabo Santa María, La Pedrera, Rocha dept |
| 1st Edition: Cabo Polonio - Punta del Diablo MPA 2nd Edition: Cabo Polonio MPA | 1st Edition: Cabo Polonio - Punta del Diablo MPA 2nd Edition: Cabo Polonio MPA | • Cabo Polonio, Rocha dept, extending to 3mi (5km) offshore |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • South Atlantic Ocean - South Georgia lies approximately 863 mi (1390 km) east-south-east of the Falkland Islands. South Sandwich Islands are a further 397 mi (640 km) south-east of South Georgia |
| Sundarbans National Park, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Wetland and World Heritage Site | Sundarbans National Park, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Wetland and World Heritage Site | • A complex of 8 terrestrial area designations centred on the Sundarbans mangrove forest (includes rivers of SW Bangladesh and eastern India, SE of Calcutta) |
| Sangu River | Sangu River | • Lower Sangu River, SE Bangladesh |
| National Chambal Sanctuary | National Chambal Sanctuary | • Chambal River, flowing through the states of Rajastan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, a stretch of 258mi (415km) |
| Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary | Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary | • Middle Ganges River, Bhagalpur District, Bihar |
| Gulf of Mannar Marine International Park | Gulf of Mannar Marine International Park | • Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, waters between SE India and NW Sri Lanka |
| 1st Edition: Eidhigali Kulhi and Koattey Protected Area 2nd Edition: Hithadhoo Protected Area | 1st Edition: Eidhigali Kulhi and Koattey Protected Area 2nd Edition: Hithadhoo Protected Area | • Addu Atoll, at N end of Hithadhoo Island |
| Lampi Island Marine National Park | Lampi Island Marine National Park | • Lampi Island and adjacent areas of Mergui Archipelago |
| Royal Bardia National Park | Royal Bardia National Park | • Karnali Basin, Nepal |
| 1st Edition (only): Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar Marine International Park | 1st Edition (only): Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar Marine International Park | • Palk Bay, northwest Sri Lanka |
| Daymaniyat Islands National Nature Reserve | Daymaniyat Islands National Nature Reserve | • Off Batinah Coast between Seeb and Barka, Gulf of Oman |
| Bar al Hikman MPA | Bar al Hikman MPA | • Masirah Channel and S Arabian Sea |
| Masirah Island MPA | Masirah Island MPA | • Masirah Island, Arabian Sea |
| Indus River Dolphin Reserve, or Sind Dolphin Reserve | Indus River Dolphin Reserve, or Sind Dolphin Reserve | • 106mi (170km) stretch of Indus River between Sukkur and Guddu barrages, Sind |
| East Buleleng MPA (Tejakula) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | East Buleleng MPA (Tejakula) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 8°4'36"S 115°16'E |
| Badung MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Badung MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 8°44'34"S 115°11'4"E |
| Mohéli Marine Park | Parc Marin de Mohéli Comoros | • south Comoros island, also called Mwali |
| Malindi-Watamu Marine National Reserve | Malindi-Watamu Marine National Reserve | • Kilifi District, Kenya's N coast |
| 1st Edition (only): Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve | • located inside Malindi Marine National Reserve, Kilifi district, Kenya's north coast |
| Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve | Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve | • Mombasa district, Kenya |
| Diani-Chale Marine National Reserve | Diani-Chale Marine National Reserve | • Kwale district, Kenya |
| Kisite Marine National Park and Mpunguti Reserve | Kisite Marine National Park and Mpunguti Reserve | • Kwale district, south Kenya coast |
| Kiunga Marine National Reserve | Kiunga Marine National Reserve | • Lamu district, Kenya |
| 1st Edition: Manannara North Biosphere Reserve, includes four small island MPAs in the Antafana Islands Marine Park 2nd Edition: Mananara-Nord National Park, (includes four small island MPAs in the Antafana Islands Marine Park) | 1st Edition: Manannara North Biosphere Reserve, includes four small island MPAs in the Antafana Islands Marine Park 2nd Edition: Mananara-Nord National Park, (includes four small island MPAs in the Antafana Islands Marine Park) | • Antafana Islands, NE Madagascar |
| Masoala National Park, including Itampolo, Masoala and Tanjona Reserves | Masoala National Park, including Itampolo, Masoala and Tanjona Reserves | • Masoala Peninsula, NE Madagascar |
| Baie d'Antongil – Saint Marie Island Humpback Whale Sanctuary | Sanctuaire des Megapteres de la Baie d'Antongil –Île Sainte-Marie | • Masoala Peninsula, NE Madagascar |
| 1st Edition (only): Toliara-Nosy Ve Candidate World Heritage Site | 1st Edition (only): Toliara-Nosy Ve Candidate World Heritage Site | • southwest coast, Madagascar, including Toliara Barrier Reef and the island of Nosy Ve |
| Passe en S Reserve (Strict Fishing Reserve) | Réserve de la Passe en S | • Mayotte |
| 1st Edition: Saziley Reserve 2nd Edition: Saziley Marine Park | 1st Edition: Réserve de Saziley 2nd Edition: Parc marin de Saziley | • 12°58'1''S, 45°12'E |
| Bazaruto Archipelago National Park | Parque Nacional do Arquipélago do Bazaruto | • Bazaruto Archipelago (5 islands) is about 20mi (30km) off the coast between the towns of Vilanculo and Inhassoro |
| 1st Edition: Maputo Bay-Inhaca Island Machangalo Candidate World Heritage Site 2nd Edition: Ponta do Ouro-Inhaca Island Coastal Partial Reserve | 1st Edition: Maputo Bay-Inhaca Island Machangalo Candidate World Heritage Site 2nd Edition: Ponta do Ouro-Inhaca Island Coastal Partial Reserve | • 3mi (5km) strip offshore between Ponta do Ouro (South African border) and Inhaca Island, including E Maputo Bay |
| 1st Edition: Zambezi River Delta Candidate World Heritage Site 2nd Editon: Marromeu Complex Ramsar Wetland | 1st Edition: Zambezi River Delta Candidate World Heritage Site 2nd Editon: Marromeu Complex Ramsar Wetland | • Zambezi River Delta, 18°35'S, 35°56'E |
| 1st Edition: Réunion Marine Park 2nd Edition: Marine de la Réunion National Nature Reserve | 1st Edition: Parc Marin de La Réunion 2nd Edtion: Réserve naturelle nationale Marine de La Réunion | • La Réunion |
| Seychelles Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Seychelles Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Menai Bay Conservation Area (MBCA) | Menai Bay Conservation Area (MBCA) | • Menai Bay, SW of Unguja Island, Zanzibar |
| 1st Edition (only): Misali Island Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Misali Island Conservation Area | • 6 mi (10 km) off the west coast of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania |
| Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park | Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park | • Mtwara at far S end of the Tanzanian coast on the border of Mozambique |
| Mafia Island Marine Park | Mafia Island Marine Park | • about 75 mi (120 km) southeast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Mbudya Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Mbudya Marine Reserve | • part of the Dar-es-Salaam Marine Reserves System, northern Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Bongoyo Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Bongoyo Marine Reserve | • part of the Dar-es-Salaam Marine Reserves System, northern Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Pangavini Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Pangavini Marine Reserve | • part of the Dar-es-Salaam Marine Reserves System, northern Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Fungu Yasini Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Fungu Yasini Marine Reserve | • part of the Dar-es-Salaam Marine Reserves System, northern Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Maziwi Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Maziwi Marine Reserve | • Tanga, northern Tanzania |
| Mnemba Island and Chwaka Bay Marine Conservation Areas | Mnemba Island and Chwaka Bay Marine Conservation Areas | • Off the NE coast of Unguja island, Zanzibar |
| 1st Edition (only): Chumbe Marine Sanctuary | 1st Edition (only): Chumbe Marine Sanctuary | • southwest of Zanzibar town, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Mkwaja Saadani National Park | 1st Edition (only): Mkwaja Saadani National Park | • 31 mi (50 km) north of Bagamoyo town, Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Pangani MPA | 1st Edition (only): Pangani MPA | • Pangani, northern Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Tanga Coral Gardens Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Tanga Coral Gardens Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area | • all located in Tanga, northern Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Kipumbwi Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Kipumbwi Marine Conservation Area | • all located in Tanga, northern Tanzania |
| 1st Edition (only): Kigombe Marine Conservation Area | 1st Edition (only): Kigombe Marine Conservation Area | • all located in Tanga, northern Tanzania |
| Central Buleleng MPA (Lovina) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Central Buleleng MPA (Lovina) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 8°10'33''S 114°57'43"E |
| Spratly Islands Marine Sanctuary | Spratly Islands Marine Sanctuary | • S China Sea, currently high seas but could become national or transboundary waters |
| 1st Edition: Mekong River Ramsar Site 2nd Edition: Mekong River Conservation Zones | 1st Edition: Mekong River Ramsar Site 2nd Edition: Mekong River Conservation Zones | • Mekong River, 9 deep pool areas between Kratie and the Lao PDR–Cambodia border |
| Indonesian Marine Mammal Management Area (IM3A) (formerly called Indonesian Whale Sanctuary) | Indonesian Marine Mammal Management Area (IM3A) (formerly called Indonesian Whale Sanctuary) | • District, provincial and national waters (EEZ limit) surrounding some 17,500 islands |
| Bunaken National Marine Park | Bunaken National Marine Park | • off Manado in Minahasa Province, on N Sulawesi |
| Wakatobi Marine National Park | Wakatobi Marine National Park | • SE Sulawesi in the Tukang Besi islands |
| Cendrawasih Bay Marine National Park | Taman Nasional Laut Teluk Cenderawasih | • SW quarter of Cendrawasih Bay, West Papua |
| Komodo National Park, Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site | Taman Nasional Komodo | • E Nusa Tenggara island chain, W Flores island |
| Uruguay Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | República Oriental del Uruguay Sanctuario de Ballenas y Delfines [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| 1st Edition (only): Semayang Lake National Park | 1st Edition (only): Semayang Lake National Park | • Semayang Lake on east Kalimantan Island, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition: Alor-Solor MPA 2nd Edition: Alor MPA | 1st Edition: Alor-Solor MPA 2nd Edition: Alor MPA | • Savu and Flores sea surrounding Pantar and W Alor islands, E end of Lesser Sunda Islands in the Nusa Tenggara Timur |
| 1st Edition (only): Bandanaira | 1st Edition (only): Bandanaira | • located in the Moluccas, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Gunungapi | 1st Edition (only): Gunungapi | • located in the Moluccas, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Lucipara | 1st Edition (only): Lucipara | • in the Banda Seas, Moluccas, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Pulau Manuk | 1st Edition (only): Pulau Manuk | • in the Banda Seas, Moluccas, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Sangihe Talaud | 1st Edition (only): Sangihe Talaud | • north of Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Taka bone Rate | 1st Edition (only): Taka bone Rate | • south of Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Pulau Kakabia | 1st Edition (only): Pulau Kakabia | • south of Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Kepulauan Asia | 1st Edition (only): Kepulauan Asia | • north of West Papua, Indonesia |
| 1st Edition (only): Pulau Mapia | 1st Edition (only): Pulau Mapia | • north of West Papua, Indonesia |
| Bali-Lombok Strait | Bali-Lombok Strait | • Bali-Lombok Strait |
| Community Fisheries Conservation Zones (FCZs) of Muang-Khong District | Community Fisheries Conservation Zones (FCZs) of Muang-Khong District | • Mekong River, Khong District, Champasack Province (next to Stung Treng Province, Cambodia), Lao PDR |
| Johor Marine Park | Johor Marine Park | • NE coast Johor, 8nm–35nm (15km–65km) from Mersing, covers 13 islands spread over 31mi (50km) in the S China Sea off peninsular Malaysia |
| 1st Edition (only): Langkawi Island Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Langkawi Island Marine Park | • peninsular Malaysia |
| 1st Edition (only): Labuan Island Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Labuan Island Marine Park | • Sabah, East Malaysia |
| 1st Edition: North Borneo Marine Park 2nd Edition: Tun Mustapha Marine Park | 1st Edition: North Borneo Marine Park 2nd Edition: Tun Mustapha Marine Park | • Kudat, N Sabah, Malaysian Borneo |
| 1st Edition (only): Lawas Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Lawas Marine Park | • Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Malampaya Sound Protected Land and Seascape | Malampaya Sound Protected Land and Seascape | • Malampaya Sound, NW Palawan |
| Tañon Strait Protected Seascape | Tañon Strait Protected Seascape | • Tañon Strait, between the islands of Negros and Cebu, shared by the provinces of Cebu, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, Central Visayas |
| Pamilacan Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Pamilacan Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • Pamilacan Island, 9mi (15km) offshore of the island of Bohol within the town of Baclayon |
| Tubbataha Reef Natural Park | Tubbataha Reef Natural Park | • Tubbataha Reefs, central Sulu Sea |
| 1st Edition: Batanes Islands Protected Land and Seascape 2nd Edition: See 16.36 | 1st Edition: Batanes Islands Protected Land and Seascape 2nd Edition: See 16.36 | • northernmost Philippines, Luzon Strait, 112 mi (180 km) southeast of Taiwan |
| 1st Edition: Calayan Island Protected Area 2nd Edition: Babuyan Islands Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) | 1st Edition: Calayan Island Protected Area 2nd Edition: Babuyan Islands Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) | • Babuyan Islands, S Luzon Strait, N Philippines |
| Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park | Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park | • NE Luzon, SE portion of Babuyan Channel |
| Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary | Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary | • Extreme SW of Philippines and Sulu Sea, Tawi-Tawi, 19mi (30km) NW of Sandakan, Sabah |
| Siargao Island Protected Land and Seascape | Siargao Island Protected Land and Seascape | • Siargao Island, off NE Mindanao |
| Apo Reef Natural Park | Apo Reef Natural Park | • Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro |
| Nha Trang Bay (Hon Mun) MPA | Nha Trang Bay (Hon Mun) MPA | • E of the city of Nha Trang, S central Vietnam |
| American Samoa Whale and Turtle Sanctuary | American Samoa Whale and Turtle Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| 1st & 2nd Edition: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Post 2nd Edition: National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa | 1st & 2nd Edition: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Post 2nd Edition: National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa | • 1st & 2nd Edition: Located in a fringing tropical coral reef nestled within an eroded volcanic crater at Fagatele Bay • Post 2nd Edition: six areas of nearshore coral reef and offshore open ocean waters across the Samoan Archipelago |
| National Park of American Samoa | National Park of American Samoa | • American Samoa |
| 1st Edition: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 2nd Edition: Rose Atoll Marine National Monument | 1st Edition: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 2nd Edition: Rose Atoll Marine National Monument | • 50nm around Rose Atoll in American Samoa |
| Cook Islands Whale Sanctuary | Cook Islands Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| National Marine Parks of Rapa Nui | Parques Submarinos de Rapa Nui | • Coral Nui Nui and Motu Tautara both on W coast; Hanga Oteo along NE coast |
| Fiji Whale Sanctuary | Fiji Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| French Polynesia Marine Mammal Sanctuary | French Polynesia Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary | Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary | • Located around the Hawaiian Islands centred on area between Maui, Molokai and Lanai |
| New Caledonia Whale Sanctuary | New Caledonia Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Niue Whale Sanctuary | Niue Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| 1st Edition (only): Midway National Wildlife Refuge | 1st Edition (only): Midway National Wildlife Refuge | • located at Midway Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
| 1st Edition: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (and proposed national marine sanctuary) 2nd Edition: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument | 1st Edition: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (and proposed national marine sanctuary) 2nd Edition: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument | • Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
| Rock Islands Conservation Area | Rock Islands Conservation Area | • Rock Islands, Palau |
| Mexican Whale Refuge | Mexican Whale Refuge | • National waters of México in the Caribbean and Pacific (EEZ limit) |
| Ngeremenduu Bay Conservation Area | Ngeremenduu Bay Conservation Area | • Ngeremendu Bay, Palau |
| Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge | Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge | • 1052mi (1693km) SW of Honolulu, Hawaii in the tropical Pacific |
| Papua New Guinea Whale Sanctuary | Papua New Guinea Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| 1st Edition: Milne Bay MPA 2nd Edition: Milne Bay Community-Based Coastal and Marine Conservation Program (Marine Park) | 1st Edition: Milne Bay MPA 2nd Edition: Milne Bay Community-Based Coastal and Marine Conservation Program (Marine Park) | • Milne Bay, E Papua New Guinea |
| Samoa Whale, Turtle and Shark Sanctuary | Samoa Whale, Turtle and Shark Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Tongan Whale Sanctuary | Tongan Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Aleipata MPA | Aleipata MPA | • From Tiavea S to Lalomanu, including 11 villages and offshore islands; seaward boundary is 1nm (2km) off the reef slope |
| Safata MPA | Safata MPA | • Located from Mulivai in the E, W to Saanapu, including 9 villages; seaward boundary is 1nm (2km) off the reef slope |
| 1st Edition (only): Marovo Lagoon World Heritage Area | 1st Edition (only): Marovo Lagoon World Heritage Area | • located in North New Georgia in the western part of the Solomon Islands |
| Arnavon Islands Marine Conservation Area Post 2nd Edition: Arnavon Community Marine Park | Arnavon Islands Marine Conservation Area Post 2nd Edition: Arnavon Community Marine Park | • Between Santa Isabel and Chioseul islands, 7°27'S, 158°E, in the Manning Straits |
| 1st Edition (only): Tongan Whale Sanctuary 2nd Edition: See 14.L | 1st Edition (only): Tongan Whale Sanctuary 2nd Edition: See 14.L | • Tonga national waters, to the limits of its EEZ |
| Ha'apai Marine Conservation Area | Ha'apai Marine Conservation Area | • 19°35' – 20°30'S, 174°15'– 175°06'W, Tongan waters |
| Funafuti Marine Conservation Area | Funafuti Marine Conservation Area | • Located in the SW Pacific in the former Ellice Islands |
| Vanuatu Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Vanuatu Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| 1st Edition (only): Orca Pass International Marine Stewardship Area | 1st Edition (only): Orca Pass International Marine Stewardship Area | • portions of Georgia, Haro and Juan de Fuca straits and Puget Sound, off southeastern Vancouver Island in Canadian and US waters |
| Robson Bight/Michael Bigg Ecological Reserve | Robson Bight/Michael Bigg Ecological Reserve | • Robson Bight, NE Vancouver Island |
| Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve | Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve | • South Moresby, S Queen Charlotte Islands, W of northern British Columbia mainland |
| Race Rocks Candidate 'Marine Protected Area' | Race Rocks Candidate 'Marine Protected Area' | • Race Rocks, S tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia |
| Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | • Coastal and nearshore waters of SW Vancouver Island |
| Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve | Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve | • S Strait of Georgia and Haro Strait, between SE Vancouver Island, the S Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands, Washington State |
| Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area | Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area | • Marine waters extending westward from 6 to 29mi (10 to 46km) offshore from the NW tip of Vancouver Island, including the Scott Islands |
| Bowie Seamount 'Marine Protected Area' | Sgaan Kinghlas 'Marine Protected Area' | • 112mi (180km) W of the Queen Charlotte Islands |
| 1st Edition (only): Gabriola Passage Candidate 'Marine Protected Area' | 1st Edition (only): Gabriola Passage Candidate 'Marine Protected Area' | • passage along Gabriola, Valdes and Breakwater islands and the Flat Top Island Group, Canada |
| Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve | Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve | • Clayoquot Sound, from Esowista Peninsula in the S to just N of Estevan Point, W coast Vancouver Island |
| 1st Edition (only): Mexican Whale Refuge 2nd Edition: See 15.B | 1st Edition (only): Mexican Whale Refuge 2nd Edition: See 15.B | • national waters of México in Marine Regions 7 and 15, to the limits of its EEZ |
| El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaíno | • Pacific coast, Baja California Sur; includes the lagoons of Ojo de Liebre, San Ignacio and Guerrero Negro |
| Revillagigedo Archipelago National Biosphere Reserve | Reserva de la Biosfera Archipiélago de Revillagigedo | • Located 240mi (386km) south of Cabo San Lucas, BCS, 19°31'–18°12'N, 114°57'–110°37'W |
| Islas Marías National Biosphere Reserve | Reserva de la Biosfera Islas Marías | • Located 82mi (132km) from San Blas, Nayarit State |
| Loreto Bay National Park | Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto | • Loreto municipality, Gulf of California, middle of Baja California Sur, 25°35'–26°08'N, 111°15'–111°22'W |
| Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta National Biosphere Reserve | Reserva de la Biosfera Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado | • N Gulf of California, México, and in the Colorado River Delta wetlands |
| 1st Edition (only): Bahía Magdalena National Gray Whale Refuge | 1st Edition (only): Bahía Magdalena National Gray Whale Refuge | • Magdalena Bay, Pacific coast, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary | • Situated along 300mi (483km) of N central California coast adjoining Gulf of the Farallones NMS |
| Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Post 2nd Edition: Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary | Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Post 2nd Edition: Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary | • W of San Francisco adjoining Monterey Bay NMS |
| Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary | Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary | • 60mi (97km) NW of San Francisco |
| Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary | Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary | • 25mi (40km) off Santa Barbara |
| Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary | Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary | • Situated along Washington's outer coast from Cape Flattery to the mouth of the Copalis River, averaging about 35mi (56km) seaward |
| Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | • Glacier Bay, Alaska |
| 1st Edition: Southeastern Bering Sea Right Whale Critical Habitat 2nd Edition: See 2.44 | 1st Edition: Southeastern Bering Sea Right Whale Critical Habitat 2nd Edition: See 2.44 | • 200 nm (370 km) north of Unimak Pass, eastern Aleutian Islands, southeastern Bering Sea, Alaska, USA |
| San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge | San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge | • San Juan Islands including land, nearshore and intertidal (200m seaward) but proposed to be extended out to sea |
| 1st Edition (only): Northwest Straits 'management area' | 1st Edition (only): Northwest Straits 'management area' | • located in Puget Sound-Juan de Fuca Straits, northern Washington State waters, USA |
| Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park | Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park | • W Hong Kong waters |
| 1st Edition: Xiamen Marine National Park and Conservation Areas 2nd Edition: Xiamen National Natural Reserve Area for Rare Marine Species | 1st Edition: Xiamen Marine National Park and Conservation Areas 2nd Edition: Xiamen National Natural Reserve Area for Rare Marine Species | • Xiamen, Fujian Province |
| 1st Edition: Baiji Natural Reserve (and the Shishou and Tong Ling semi-natural reserves) 2nd Edition: Shishou Tian-e-Zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve | 1st Edition: Baiji Natural Reserve (and the Shishou and Tong Ling semi-natural reserves) 2nd Edition: Shishou Tian-e-Zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve | • Shishou City, Hubei Province |
| 1st Edition: Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta Ecosystem Protected Area 2nd Edition: Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve | 1st Edition: Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta Ecosystem Protected Area 2nd Edition: Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve | • 1st Edition: Pearl River delta and adjacent waters (would include some smaller, mainly land-based protected areas as well as the Lung Kwu Chau and Sha Chau Marine Park, China • 2nd Edition: Lingding Bay, Guangdong Province |
| Seto-naikai National Park | Seto-naikai National Park | • Seto Inland Sea, between the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu |
| Finless Porpoise Gathering Area National Natural Monument | Sunameri Kujira Kaiyu [Gun-ei] Suimen National Nature Monument | • Waters surrounding Shironhana Rock, at S tip of Awa-jima, near the city of Takehara, Hiroshima prefecture, in the Seto-naikai (Seto Inland Sea) |
| 1st Edition (only): Botchinskiy Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Botchinskiy Zapovednik | • 170 mi (275 km) east of Khabaraovsk, Khabarovskiy, on the Sea of Japan, Russia |
| 1st Edition: Komandor Islands Biosphere Reserve (and Zapovednik) 2nd Edition: See 2.33 | 1st Edition: Komandor Islands Biosphere Reserve (and Zapovednik) 2nd Edition: See 2.33 | • around Komandorskiy (Commander) Islands, 30 mi (50 km) east of central Kamchatka peninsula, Russia |
| 1st Edition: Nalychevo Nature Park and Marine Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.34 | 1st Edition: Nalychevo Nature Park and Marine Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.34 | • Nalychevo, north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, southeastern Kamchatka, from the mouth of the Nalycheva River to the Vakhil River, Russia |
| Far Eastern Marine Nature Reserve | Far Eastern Marine Nature Reserve | • 37mi (60km) S of Vladivostok, Primorskiy Krai, Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan/East Sea |
| 1st Edition: Dzhugdzhurskiy Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.35 | 1st Edition: Dzhugdzhurskiy Zapovednik
2nd Edition: See 2.35 | • Khabarovskiy, on the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia |
| 1st Edition: Koryakskiy Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.36 | 1st Edition: Koryakskiy Zapovednik
2nd Edition: See 2.36 | • Koryakskiy, northeastern Kamchatka peninsula, Russia |
| 1st Edition: Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve (and Zapovednik) 2nd Edition: See 2.37 | 1st Edition: Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve (and Zapovednik) 2nd Edition: See 2.37 | • southern border is 62 mi (100 km) north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kronotskiy Zaliv, in eastern central Kamchatka, Russia |
| 1st edition: South Kamchatka Sanctuary 2nd edition: See 2.38 | 1st edition: South Kamchatka Sanctuary 2nd edition: See 2.38 | • southern tip of Kamchatka peninsula, Russia |
| Kurilskiy Nature Reserve | Kurilskiy Zapovednik | • N and S parts of Kunashir Island, plus Demina and Oskolki islands, S Kuril Islands (N of Japan) |
| Maliy Kurils Wildlife Refuge | Maliy Kurils Zakaznik | • The Little Kurils, Kuril Islands (N of Japan) |
| 1st Edition (only): Lazovskiy Nature Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Lazovskiy Zapovednik | • Primorskiy Krai, Sea of Japan, Russia |
| Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve | Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve | • Central Sikhote-Alin Mountains, 280mi (450km) N of Vladivostok, Primorskiy Krai, Sea of Japan/East Sea |
| 1st Edition: Magadanskiy Nature Reserve (Zapovednik) 2nd Edition: See 2.39 | 1st Edition: Magadanskiy Nature Reserve (Zapovednik) 2nd Edition: See 2.39 | • north and east of Magadan (city), Magadan Oblast, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia |
| 1st Edition: Poronayskiy Nature Reserve 2nd Edition: See 2.42 | 1st Edition: Poronayskiy Zapovednik
2nd Edition: See 2.42 | • eastern central Sakhalin, Terpeniye Peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia |
| Vostok Bay National Comprehensive Marine Sanctuary | Vostok Bay National Comprehensive Marine Sanctuary | • Vostok Bay, Primorye |
| 1st Edition: Northeast Sakhalin Whale Wildlife Refuge 2nd Edition: See 2.40 | 1st Edition: Northeast Sakhalin Whale Zakaznik
2nd Edition: See 2.40 | • located off northeast Sakhalin, between the towns of Okha and Chaivo Bay, up to 24 nm (44.4 km) offshore, and in the Piltun Lagoon off northeast Sakhalin, Russia |
| 1st edition: Shantar Archipelago National Park 2nd Edition: See 2.41 | 1st Edition: Shantarskie Ostrova National Park
2nd Edition: See 2.41 | • Shantar Archipelago, Khabarovsk Krai, southwest Sea of Okhotsk, Russia |
| 1st Edition (only): Various Russian Far East MPAs | 1st Edition (only): Various Russian Far East MPAs | • new areas in the Russian Far East (including Anadyrskiy Zaliv, the surrounding waters of Karaginskiy Island and nearly the entire vast coastal waters of Chukotski Poluostrov) |
| Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape | Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape | • located in the waters of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama |
| Francisco Coloane Marine Park | AMCP y Parque Marino Francisco Coloane | • Around Carlos III Island, Strait of Magellan, far southern Chile |
| Caldera MPA | Parque Marino Caldera | • Region III in N Chile, 27°14'S, 70°57'W |
| 1st Edition: Bahía Mansa MPA 2nd Edition: Lafken Mapu-Lahual MCPA | 1st Edition: Parque Marino Bahía Mansa 2nd Edition: AMPC Lafken Mapu-Lahual | • 1st Edition: located at 40°40'S, 73°50'W, between Valdivia and Puerto Montt, about 12 mi (18 km) south of Bahía Mansa, Chile • 2nd Edition: Along 16mi (29km) of coast extending 1nm (1.9km) out to sea between Punta Tiburón and Punta Lobería including Hueyelhue Island, Region de Los Lagos (X) |
| 1st Edition: Humboldt Penguin National Reserve 2nd Edition: Islas Choros-Damas Marine Reserve | 1st Edition: Reserva Nacional Pingüino de Humboldt 2nd Edition: Islas Choros-Damas Marine Reserve | • Part of system of 5 islands in N central Chile (between III and IV regions) around the 3 islands forming the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve |
| Chiloe National Park | Parque Nacional de Chiloé | • Chiloe Island, especially W coast including Chacao Channel, Corcovado Gulf and the Guaitecas Archipelago |
| Isla Gorgona National Natural Park | Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona | • 35mi (56km) off Guapi, Cauca Dept |
| Ensenada de Utría National Natural Park | Parque Nacional Natural Ensenada de Utría | • Chocó Dept, 5°59'15''N, 77°16'16''W |
| 1st Edition: Malaga Bay MPA 2nd Edition: Malaga Bay Uramba National Natural Park | 1st Edition: Malaga Bay MPA 2nd Edition: Parque Nacional Natural Uramba Bahía Malaga | • Malaga Bay |
| Cocos Island Marine and Terrestrial Conservation Area | Área de Conservación Marina y Terrestre Isla del Coco | • 311mi (500km) SW of Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific and surrounding waters up to 13.5mi (25km) around the island |
| Ballena Marine National Park | Parque Nacional Ballena Marina | • Extends 10mi (15km) from Punta Uvita to Piñuela and about 6mi (9km) out to sea |
| Whale Natural Refuge | Refugio Natural de Ballenas | • National waters of Ecuador to 200nm (370km) off the mainland as well as around the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador’s EEZ limits remain undeclared) |
| Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve and Galápagos Whale Sanctuary | La Reserva de Recursos Marinos de Galápagos and El Santuario de Ballenas en las Islas Galápagos | • Galápagos Islands waters, 600mi (975km) W of Ecuador, located inside the Whale Natural Refuge |
| Manglares-Churute Ecological Reserve | Reserva Ecológica Manglares-Churute | • SE inner estuary of the Gulf of Guayaquil |
| 1st Edition: Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.63 | 1st Edition: La Reserva de Producción Cuyabeno
2nd Edition: See 9.63 | • Ecuadoreran Amazon basin in northeast Ecuador |
| Machalilla National Park | Parque Nacional Machalilla | • Manabí Province, central coast of Ecuador; reserve covers land along the continent, plus islands of La Plata and Salango, and 2mi (3km) of sea all around the islands |
| Cerro Hoya National Park | Parque Nacional Cerro Hoya | • SE of the Azuero Peninsula, 7°N, 80°W, including the coast between the Restingue and Ventana rivers |
| Coiba National Park | Parque Nacional Coiba | • 16mi (25km) offshore from SW Veraguas Province, 7°30'N, 81°40'W |
| Golfo de Chiriquí National Marine Park | Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriquí | • W Panamá, 8°08'N, 82°19'W |
| Golfo de Montijo Wetland | Humedal el Golfo de Montijo | • Veraguas Province |
| Paracas National Reserve | Reserva Nacional de Paracas | • Paracas District, Pisco Province, Ica Dept, 13°47'–14°17'S and 76°30'–76°00'W |
| 1st Edition: Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.69 | 1st Edition: Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve 2nd Edition: See 9.69 | • near Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon |
| Peninsula Bayovar MPA | Peninsula Bayovar MPA | • Peninsula Bayovar and N along the coast from 6°S, Dept of Piura, (northern) Peru |
| Australian Whale Sanctuary | Australian Whale Sanctuary | • State and Commonwealth waters to the limits of the EEZ of Australia, not including Antarctic claim |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area | • Great Barrier Reef, off Cape York, Queensland |
| 1st & 2nd Edition: Solitary Islands Marine Reserve and Marine Park
Post 2nd Edition: Solitary Islands Marine Park (for Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.131) | 1st & 2nd Edition: Solitary Islands Marine Reserve and Marine Park
Post 2nd Edition: Solitary Islands Marine Park (for Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.131) | • Solitary Islands between Coffs Harbour and Plover Island, New South Wales |
| 1st Edition: Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (referred to as Coral Sea NNR) 2nd Edition: See 14.26 | 1st Edition: Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (referred to as Coral Sea NNR) 2nd Edition: See 14.26 | • Coral Sea Islands territory to the east of the Great Barrier Reef, the two reserves are separated by 60 mi (100 km) of open ocean. Australia |
| 1st & 2nd Edition: Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve
Post 2nd Edition: Mermaid Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve | 1st & 2nd Edition: Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve
Post 2nd Edition: Mermaid Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Part of the Rowley Shoals off NW Australia, 186mi (300km) NW of Broome |
| 1st & 2nd Edition: Lord Howe Island Marine Park and World Heritage Area
Post 2nd Edition: Lord Howe Island Marine Park, World Heritage Area (for Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.129) | 1st & 2nd Edition: Lord Howe Island Marine Park and World Heritage Area
Post 2nd Edition: Lord Howe Island Marine Park, World Heritage Area (for Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.129) | • 435mi (700km) NE of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) |
| Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve | Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve | • Located in the Tasman Sea, 370mi (600km) E of Coffs Harbour, NSW |
| Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve (incorporating Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve) | Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve (incorporating Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve) | • S of Tasmania, with broad depth range from inner continental shelf in about 70m–3000m |
| 1st & 2nd Edtion: Macquarie Island Marine Park and World Heritage Area
Post 2nd Edition: Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve and World Heritage Area | 1st & 2nd Edtion: Macquarie Island Marine Park and World Heritage Area
Post 2nd Edition: Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve and World Heritage Area | • Macquarie Ridge, Tasman Sea, 930mi (1500km), SE of Tasmania |
| 1st & 2nd Edition: Ningaloo Marine Park (including Muiron Islands Marine Management Area)
Post 2nd Edition: Ningaloo Marine Park (for Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.123) | 1st & 2nd Edition: Ningaloo Marine Park (including Muiron Islands Marine Management Area)
Post 2nd Edition: Ningaloo Marine Park (for Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.123) | • Near Exmouth, extending some 162mi (300km) along the W coast of the Cape Range Peninsula, approx 1200km N of Perth |
| 1st Edition (only): Bonney Upwelling Blue Whale Feeding critical habitat MPA | 1st Edition (only): Bonney Upwelling Blue Whale Feeding critical habitat MPA | • continental shelf waters off southeast coast of South Australia and west coast of Victoria |
| Moreton Bay Marine Park | Moreton Bay Marine Park | • Moreton Bay, around Moreton and Stradbroke islands |
| 1st Edition: Hervey Bay Marine Park 2nd Edition: Great Sandy Marine Park | 1st Edition: Hervey Bay Marine Park 2nd Edition: Great Sandy Marine Park | • Extends from Baffle Creek in the N to Double Island Point in the S, including Hervey Bay, Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay Inlet and the waters off the E coast of Fraser Island, seaward to 3nm (5.6km) |
| 1st Edition: Cairns Marine Park 2nd Edition: Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park | 1st Edition: Cairns Marine Park 2nd Edition: Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park | • Covers most of the internal waters of the state of Queensland adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine National Park (18.1) |
| 1st Edition (only): Trinity Inlet-Marlin Coast Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Trinity Inlet-Marlin Coast Marine Park | • Trinity Inlet-Marlin Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| 1st Edition (only): Mackay Capricorn Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Mackay Capricorn Marine Park | • Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| 1st Edition (only): Woongarra Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Woongarra Marine Park | • Woongarra, Queensland, Australia |
| 1st Edition (only): Townsville Whitsunday Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Townsville Whitsunday Marine Park | • Townsville, Whitsunday, including Hinchinbrook Management Area, Queensland, Australia |
| 1st Edition (only): Gumoo Woojabuddee Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Gumoo Woojabuddee Marine Park | • Gumoo Woojabuddee, Queensland, Australia |
| 1st Edition (only): Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park | • Gulf of Carpentaria, North Queensland, Australia |
| 1st Edition (only): Torres Strait Indigenous Protected Area | 1st Edition (only): Torres Strait Indigenous Protected Area | • Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia |
| Cape Byron Marine Park (including Byron Bay Sanctuary) | Cape Byron Marine Park (including Byron Bay Sanctuary) | • Brunswick Heads in the N to Lennox Head in the S including the seabed and extending seaward to 3nm (5.6km), Cape Byron |
| Jervis Bay Marine Park | Jervis Bay Marine Park | • 112mi (180km) S of Sydney and 12mi (20km) SE of Nowra in the Batemans marine bioregion spanning some 62mi (100km) of coastline and adjacent ocean extending from Kinghorn Point in the N to Sussex Inlet in the S and including most of Jervis Bay |
| 1st Edition: Port Stephens Marine Park 2nd Edition: Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park | 1st Edition: Port Stephens Marine Park 2nd Edition: Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park | • Includes Port Stephens park to 3nm (5.6km), Karuah and Myall rivers and watershed including lakes to tidal limit, Tasman Sea |
| Bunurong Marine National Park | Bunurong Marine National Park | • Along 3mi (5km) of coast from 1.6mi (2.5km) E of Cape Patterson in Southern Gippsland to E end of Eagles Nest Beach |
| Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park | Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park | • Located along 43mi (70km) of coast near Wilsons Promontory, Victoria |
| Cape Howe Marine National Park | Cape Howe Marine National Park | • Near NSW border, E Victoria |
| 1st Edition (only): Churchill Marine National Park | 1st Edition (only): Churchill Marine National Park | • south of Rhyll, in Western Port, Victoria, Australia |
| Discovery Bay Marine National Park | Discovery Bay Marine National Park | • 12mi (20km) W of Portland |
| Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park | Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park | • 19mi (30km) S of Sale next to Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park |
| Point Addis Marine National Park, Point Danger Marine Sanctuary and Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary | Point Addis Marine National Park, Point Danger Marine Sanctuary and Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary | • Victorian Surf Coast, about 62mi (100km) SW of Melbourne |
| Point Hicks Marine National Park | Point Hicks Marine National Park | • 16mi (25km) SE of the Cann River, East Gippsland, adjacent to Croajingolong |
| Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park | Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park | • Close to Melbourne city at S end of Port Phillip Bay |
| The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park and the Arches Marine Sanctuary | The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park and the Arches Marine Sanctuary | • On 11mi (17km) of coastline, extending out to Twelve Apostles rock formations |
| 1st Edition (only): Yaringa Marine National Park | 1st Edition (only): Yaringa Marine National Park | • located between the Victorian mainland and Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria, Australia |
| Encounter Marine Park | Encounter Marine Park | • Includes waters off S Adelaide and Fleurieu Peninsula, extending past the Murray Mouth to Coorong coast; at W boundary park includes all waters of Backstairs Passage and E shores, Kangaroo Island |
| Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary | Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary | • In Port River, the North Arm, the Barker and Angas Inlets and Largs Bay, in Adelaide, South Australia |
| Shoalwater Islands Marine Park | Shoalwater Islands Marine Park | • 30mi (50km) S of Perth |
| Marmion Marine Park | Marmion Marine Park | • N of Perth between Trigg Island and Burns Beach |
| Shark Bay Marine Park and World Heritage Area | Shark Bay Marine Park and World Heritage Area | • Shark Bay, Western Australia |
| Rowley Shoals Marine Park | Rowley Shoals Marine Park | • 160mi (260km) offshore from Broome, NW Western Australia, including 3 separate oceanic reef systems: Mermaid Reef, Clerke Reef and Imperieuse Reef |
| 1st Edition (only): The Capes Marine Park | 1st Edition (only): The Capes Marine Park | • located along west coast of southwest Western Australia, between Busselton and Augusta |
| Montebello/Barrow Islands Marine Conservation Reserves (Barrow Island Marine Management Area, Barrow Island Marine Park and Montebello Islands Marine Park) | Montebello/Barrow Islands Marine Conservation Reserves (Barrow Island Marine Management Area, Barrow Island Marine Park and Montebello Islands Marine Park) | • Waters around Barrow Island and Lowendal Islands, NW shelf, Western Australia |
| Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (also known as Cobourg Marine Park) | Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (also known as Cobourg Marine Park) | • 125mi (200km) NE of Darwin, including Cobourg Peninsula, surrounding waters of the Arafura Sea and Van Diemen Gulf and nearby islands |
| 1st Edition (only): Governor Island Marine Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Governor Island Marine Reserve | • near fishing town of Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia |
| New Zealand Marine Mammal Sanctuary | New Zealand Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Auckland Islands/Motu Maha Marine Reserve | Auckland Islands/Motu Maha Marine Reserve | • Located 12nm (22km) all around Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic, 286mi (460km) S of New Zealand |
| Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • Located around the Banks Peninsula, east coast, South Island, from Waipara River to Rakaia River and seaward to 12nm (22km) |
| Akaroa Harbour Marine Reserve | Akaroa Harbour Marine Reserve | • SE part of Akaroa Harbour, South Island |
| Doubtful Sound Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Doubtful Sound Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, South Island |
| West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary | West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • W coast, North Island, between Port Waikato and Kaipara Harbour, some 62mi (100km) along the coast |
| Cabrera Archipelago Marine and Land National Park | Parque Nacional Maritimo – Territorio del Archipielago de Cabrera | • Cabrera, Balearic Islands |
| 1st Edition (only): Kogelberg MPA/Biosphere Reserve | 1st Edition (only): Kogelberg MPA/Biosphere Reserve | • east of False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa |
| 1st Edition (only): Merri Marine Sanctuary | 1st Edition (only): Merri Marine Sanctuary | • Warnambool, Victoria, Australia |
| Far West Coast Marine Park, including the Great Australian Bight Marine National Park
(for Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.105) | Far West Coast Marine Park, including the Great Australian Bight Marine National Park
(for Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.105) | • W coast, between Western Australian border and the Tchalingaby Sandhills, includes the Great Australian Bight Marine Park |
| Jurien Bay Marine Park | Jurien Bay Marine Park | • 124mi–186mi (200km–300km) N of Perth, central W coast between Wedge Island and Green Head |
| Ross Sea Marine Reserve
Post 2nd Edition: Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area | Ross Sea Marine Reserve
Post 2nd Edition: Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area | • Ross Sea, off Antarctica: includes continental slope and shelf of the Ross Sea, seamounts and the Balleny Islands |
| Cook Islands Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Marae Moana Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Natural Park of the Coral Sea [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Parc Naturel de la Mer de Corail [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Southern Pacific Ocean, 2,800 mi (4,500 km) from New Zealand |
| Skerries and Causeway SAC [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Skerries and Causeway SAC [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 55°14'33"N 6°35'48"W |
| Maldives Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Maldives Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Possibly covering all national waters |
| Network of marine protected areas and no-take marine reserves proposed by Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Network of marine protected areas and no-take marine reserves proposed by Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Southern Ocean around Antarctica |
| Southeast Kamchatka Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area (EBSA) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Southeast Kamchatka Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area (EBSA) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • South East Kamchatka coastal waters from Cape Lopatka to Cape Kozlova |
| SPA Pommersche Bucht | SPA Pommersche Bucht | • S Baltic Sea, 54°29'53 |
| Adlergrund SAC | Adlergrund SAC | • Adlergrund, E Baltic Sea, in German waters outside 12nm (22.2km), 54°44'42 |
| South Orkney Islands MPA | South Orkney Islands MPA | • N Weddell Sea, E of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula |
| ASMA 7: Southwest Anvers
Island and Palmer Basin | ASMA 7: Southwest Anvers
Island and Palmer Basin | • SW Anvers I and Palmer Basin, 64°50'S, 54°30'W |
| ASPA 152: Western
Bransfield Strait | ASPA 152: Western
Bransfield Strait | • Off W and S coasts of Low I, South Shetland Islands, 63°23'S, 62°21'W |
| ASPA 153: Eastern
Dallmann Bay | ASPA 153: Eastern
Dallmann Bay | • 40mi (65km) W of the Antarctic peninsula, 64°10'S, 62°50'W |
| Crozet Islands Marine Nature Reserve | Archipel Crozet Réserve Marine | • 1606mi (2585km) SE of Durban |
| Kerguelen Islands Marine Nature Reserve | Îles Kerguelen Réserve Marine | • 48°95'S, 69°35'E, midway between Africa, Antarctica and Australia |
| Auyuittuq National Park | Auyuittuq National Park | • Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut |
| Niginganiq National Wildlife Area
| Niginganiq National Wildlife Area | • Isabella Bay on Baffin Island, Nunavut, from coast out to 12nm (22km) |
| Tarium Niryutait ‘Marine Protected Area’
| Tarium Niryutait ‘Marine Protected Area’
| • Niaqunnaq, Okeevik and Kittigaryuit in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Beaufort Sea |
| Lancaster Sound National Marine Conservation Area | Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area | • Lancaster Sound, Nunavut |
| Commander Islands State Biosphere Reserve | Komandor Islands State Biosphere Reserve | • Around Komandorskiy (Commander) Islands, E of central Kamchatka |
| Nalychevo Nature Park and Marine Nature Reserve
| Nalychevo Nature Park and Marine Nature Reserve
| • Nalychevo, N of Petropavlovsk, SE Kamchatka, Nalycheva rivermouth to the Vakhil River |
| Dzhugdzhurskiy Nature Reserve
| Dzhugdzhurskiy Zapovednik
| • Khabarovskiy Krai, on the Sea of Okhotsk |
| Koryakskiy Nature Reserve | Koryakskiy Zapovednik | • Koryakskiy, NE Kamchatka |
| Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve | Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve | • S border is 62mi (100km) N of Petropavlovsk, Kronotskiy Zaliv, in E central Kamchatka |
| South Kamchatka Sanctuary | South Kamchatka Sanctuary | • S tip of Kamchatka |
| Magadanskiy Nature Reserve | Magadanskiy Nature Reserve | • N and E of Magadan, Magadan Oblast, Sea of Okhotsk |
| Northeast Sakhalin Whale Wildlife Refuge
| Northeast Sakhalin Whale Wildlife Refuge
| • NE Sakhalin, between the towns of Okha and Chaivo Bay, up to 3nm (6km) offshore, and in the Piltun Lagoon off NE Sakhalin |
| Shantar Archipelago National Park
Post 2nd Edition: Shantar Islands National Park
| Shantar Archipelago National Park
Post 2nd Edition: Shantar Islands National Park
| • Shantar Archipelago, Khabarovskiy Krai, SW Sea of Okhotsk |
| Poronayskiy Nature Reserve | Poronayskiy Zapovednik | • E central Sakhalin, Terpeniye Peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk |
| Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Critical Habitat | Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Critical Habitat | • Upper and middle portions of Cook Inlet; Kachemak Bay on eastern shore and western shore of lower Cook Inlet |
| Southeastern Bering Sea Right Whale Critical Habitat
| Southeastern Bering Sea Right Whale Critical Habitat
| • 200nm (370km) N of Unimak Pass, E Aleutian Islands, SE Bering Sea, Alaska |
| Alborán Sea MPA and SPAMI | Alborán Sea MPA and SPAMI | • Alborán Sea, includes Strait of Gibraltar, waters of Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Gibraltar (UK), and the high seas of the W Mediterranean |
| Strait of Sicily MPA | Strait of Sicily MPA | • Strait between Sicily and Tunisia, including the Pelagie Islands, Lampedusa and Pantelleria, as well as the Malta islands; includes waters of Italy, Tunisia and Malta and the adjacent high seas |
| Malta and Southeastern Sicily
MPA | Malta and Southeastern Sicily
MPA | • Waters surrounding Malta and southeastern Sicily, Italy, and adjacent high seas, central Mediterranean Sea |
| Balearic Islands MPA | Balearic Islands MPA | • Balearic islands, Spain and adjacent high seas, western Mediterranean Sea |
| Nile Delta Region SPAMI | Nile Delta Region SPAMI | • Levantine Sea |
| Eratosthenes Seamount
SPAMI | Eratosthenes Seamount
SPAMI | • Levantine Sea |
| Northeastern Waters off
Cyprus SPAMI | Northeastern Waters off
Cyprus SPAMI | • Levantine Sea |
| Rhodes Gyre SPAMI | Rhodes Gyre SPAMI | • Levantine Sea |
| Northern Aegean SPAMI | Northern Aegean SPAMI | • Aegean Sea |
| Northeastern Ionian SPAMI | Northeastern Ionian SPAMI | • Ionian Sea |
| Northern Ionian SPAMI | Northern Ionian SPAMI | • Ionian Sea |
| Northern Adriatic SPAMI | Northern Adriatic SPAMI | • Adriatic Sea |
| Northern Strait of Sicily
SPAMI | Northern Strait of Sicily
SPAMI | • Offshore Italian waters |
| Tunisian Plateau SPAMI | Tunisian Plateau SPAMI | • Offshore Tunisian waters |
| Central Tyrrhenian SPAMI | Central Tyrrhenian SPAMI | • Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Gulf of Lion Shelf and slope
SPAMI | Gulf of Lion Shelf and slope
SPAMI | • Western Mediterranean Sea |
| Southern Balearic SPAMI | Southern Balearic SPAMI | • Western Mediterranean Sea |
| Alborán Seamounts SPAMI | Alborán Seamounts SPAMI | • Alborán Sea |
| Southwestern Alborán
SPAMI | Southwestern Alborán
SPAMI | • Alborán Sea |
| (Sistemi ligatinor) Vjose-Narte Protected Landscape
| (Sistemi ligatinor) Vjose-Narte Protected Landscape
| • Vlora District |
| Sazani Island-Karaburuni Peninsula MPA Post 2nd Edition: Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park | Sazani Island-Karaburuni Peninsula MPA Post 2nd Edition: Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park | • Waters off Sazani Island and the Karaburuni Peninsula |
| Cap de Garde Marine Reserve | Réserve Marine du Cap de Garde | • Annaba, Algeria |
| Îles Habibas Marine Nature Reserve | Îles Habibas Marine Nature Reserve | • Islands and surrounding marine waters, W Algeria |
| Kaliakra Nature Reserve SAC | Kompleks Kaliakra SAC | • Cape Kaliakra, 43°20'49"N, 28°20'18"E, W Black Sea |
| Gulf of el-Salloum MPA | Gulf of el-Salloum MPA | • W coast of Egypt near Libyan border |
| Porto/Scandola/Revellata/Calvi/Calanches de Piana SAC
| Porto/Scandola/Revellata/Calvi/Calanches de Piana SAC | • NW Corsica, W Mediterranean |
| Plateau du Cap Corse SAC | Plateau du Cap Corse SAC | • N Corsica, W Mediterranean |
| Golfe d’Ajaccio SAC | Golfe d’Ajaccio SAC | • W Corsica, W Mediterranean |
| Capu Rossu, Scandola, Reveletta, Calvi SPA
| Capu Rossu, Scandola, Reveletta, Calvi SPA
| • NW Corsica, W Mediterranean |
| Côte Languedocienne SPA | Côte Languedocienne SPA | • 43°20'59"N, 3°38'14"E |
| Calanques et Iles Marseillaises – Cap Canaille et Massif du Grand Caunet SAC
| Calanques et Iles Marseillaises – Cap Canaille et Massif du Grand Caunet SAC | • Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur coast |
| Rade d’Hyères SAC | Rade d’Hyères SAC | • Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur coast |
| Kolkheti National Park | Kolkheti National Park | • SE Black Sea |
| Cape Anaklia to Sarp MPA | Cape Anaklia to Sarp MPA | • Coastal waters of Georgia, SE Black Sea extending to the Turkish border |
| Supsa MPA | Supsa MPA | • Supsa river mouth, SE Black Sea (inside Cape Anaklia to Sarp MPA proposed above) |
| Chorokhi MPA | Chorokhi MPA | • Chorokhi river mouth, SE Black Sea (inside Cape Anaklia to Sarp MPA proposed 3.68) |
| Southern Waters of Gibraltar SAC | Southern Waters of Gibraltar SAC | • 36°07'30"N, 5°22'00"W |
| Eastern Ionian Sea and Gulf of Corinth MPA
| Eastern Ionian Sea and Gulf of Corinth MPA
| • Inshore and offshore waters of the E Ionian Sea and Gulf of Corinth |
| Gulf of Saronikos MPA | Gulf of Saronikos MPA | • Gulf of Saronikos and adjacent waters, Argo-Saronikos and S Evvoikos Gulf |
| Northern Sporades MPA | Northern Sporades MPA | • Aegean Sea |
| Northern Aegean Sea MPA | Northern Aegean Sea MPA | • Inshore and offshore waters, N Aegean Sea |
| Dodekanese MPA | Dodekanese MPA | • Aegean Sea |
| Amvrakikos Gulf MPA | Amvrakikos Gulf MPA | • Inshore waters adjacent to the eastern Ionian Sea, NW Greece |
| Amvrakikos Kolpos, Delta Lourou Kai Arachthou (Petra, Mytikas, Evryteri Periochi) SAC
| Amvrakikos Kolpos, Delta Lourou Kai Arachthou (Petra, Mytikas, Evryteri Periochi) SAC
| • 39°03'18 |
| Capo Caccia – Isola Piana Natural MPA
| Area Marina Protetta di Capo Caccia-Isola Piana
| • S of Asinara Island beyond the Pelagos Sanctuary boundary |
| Porto Cesareo MPA | Area Marina Protetta Porto Cesareo | • Porto Cesareo |
| Natural Marine Reserve of the Sinis Penisola – Mal di Ventre
| Penisola del Sinis-Isola Mal di Ventre Area Marina Protetta
| • Sinis Peninsula, W Sardinia |
| Marine Reserve 2 Mai – Vama Veche and SAC
| Marine Reserve 2 Mai – Vama Veche and SAC
| • NW Black Sea |
| Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve
| Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve | • NW Black Sea |
| Cape Tuzla MPA | Cape Tuzla MPA | • Cape Tuzla, NW Black Sea |
| Kerch Strait MPA | Kerch Strait MPA | • Kerch Strait between the eastern Crimean Peninsula and Taman Peninsula, Ukraine and the Russian Federation (note: to date, legal delimitation of Kerch Strait and the Azov Sea has yet to be agreed by both states) |
| Bol’shoi Utrish Nature Sanctuary | Bol’shoi Utrish Nature Sanctuary | • Near Utrish, Black Sea |
| Taman Bay MPA | Taman Bay MPA | • Gulf of Taman, eastern Black Sea |
| Costes del Garraf SAC | Costes del Garraf SAC | • 41°11'57"N, 1°51'29"E |
| Estrecho Oriental SAC | Estrecho Oriental SAC | • 36°07'15''N, 5°17'15"W, Strait of Gibraltar – Alborán Sea, W Mediterranean |
| Seco de los Olivos SAC | Seco de los Olivos SAC | • Chella massif or the Banco de Chella, 14nm (26km) SE of Adra, Alborán Sea, 36°31'N, 02°51'W |
| Cañón de Creus SAC | Cañón de Creus SAC | • 25mi (40km) canyon, 1.6nm (3km) off Cape Creus, NE Spain |
| Delta del Ebro-Columbretes SAC
| Delta del Ebro-Columbretes SAC
| • From the Delta del Ebro, NE Spain some 30nm (56km) SE to the Valencia Trench and Columbretes Archipelago |
| Gökova Special Environmental Protection Area | Gökova Special Environmental Protection Area | • Gökova, E Mediterranean |
| Fethiye-Göcek Special Environmental Protection Area
| Fethiye-Göcek Special Environmental Protection Area
| • Off Fethiye, E Mediterranean |
| Datça-Bozburun Special Environmental Protection Area
| Datça-Bozburun Special Environmental Protection Area
| • Between Gökova Bay and Hisarönü Bay, Aegean Sea |
| Saros Bay MPA | Saros Bay MPA | • N Aegean, NW Turkey |
| Kemer–Antalya Coast MPA | Kemer–Antalya Coast MPA | • Kemer–Antalya coast, E Mediterranean |
| Igneada Protected Area | Igneada Protected Area | • SW Black Sea |
| Kizilirmak Delta Ramsar Site | Kizilirmak Delta Ramsar Site | • S Black Sea |
| Yeşilırmak Delta MPA and Important Bird Area (IBA) | Yeşilırmak Delta MPA and Important Bird Area (IBA) | • S Black Sea |
| Sarikum Nature Reserve | Sarikum Nature Reserve | • S Black Sea |
| Cide MPA | Cide MPA | • Near Cide, S Black Sea |
| Prebosphoric MPA | Prebosphoric MPA | • SW Black Sea |
| Turkish Straits System MPA | Turkish Straits System MPA | • Waterway linking the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean) including the Bosphorus, Marmara Sea and Dardanelles Straits, Turkey |
| Black Sea Biosphere Reserve | Chernomorskiy Biosphere Reserve | • N Black Sea on Yagorlytskiy Bay, E Tendrovskiy Bay and Tendra Island |
| Cape Martyan Nature Reserve | Mys Martyan Nature Reserve | • Cape Martyan, N Black Sea |
| Karadag Nature Reserve | Karadagskiy Nature Reserve | • N Black Sea off Karadag mountain |
| Opuk Nature Reserve | Opukskiy Nature Reserve
| • NE Black Sea off Opuk mountain |
| Kazantip Nature Reserve | Kazantipskiy Nature Reserve | • S Azov Sea |
| Azov and Sivash National Nature Park | Azovo-Sivashskiy National Nature Park | • NW Azov Sea, including Lake Sivash and Utlyukskiy liman (lagoon) |
| Swan Islands branch of the Crimean Nature Reserve | Lebedyni ostrovy branch of the Crimean Nature Reserve | • N Black Sea, Ukrainian waters |
| Meotida Landscape Park | Meotida Landscape Park | • N Azov Sea |
| Danube Biosphere Reserve | Dunaiskiy Biosphere Reserve | • NW Black Sea |
| Tarkhankut National Nature Park MPA | Tarkhankutskiy National Nature Park MPA | • W Crimea |
| Southeast Shoal of the Grand
Bank MPA | Southeast Shoal of the Grand
Bank MPA | • Southeast Shoal, Grand Bank |
| St Lawrence Estuary ‘Marine
Protected Area’ | St Lawrence Estuary ‘Marine
Protected Area’ | • Located in the St Lawrence Estuary, adjacent to but not overlapping the Saguenay–St Lawrence Marine Park |
| Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone
OSPAR MPA | Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone
OSPAR MPA | • In the central North Atlantic, including the N part of the Mid- Atlantic Ridge between 55°N and 49°N, includes Faraday and Hecate Seamount and part of Reykjanes Ridge |
| Faial-Pico Channel Marine Park | Faial-Pico Channel Marine Park | • 2 small islets, 3 rocky reefs and 3mi–5mi (5km–8km) long channel, plus narrow stretch of water off S coast of Faial |
| Vadehavet med Ribe Å, Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde SAC | Vadehavet med Ribe Å, Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde SAC | • 55°11'47 |
| Sydlige Nordsø SPA and SAC | Sydlige Nordsø SPA and SAC | • W of Esbjerg, 55°21'12"N, 7°26'15"E |
| Wadden Sea Nature Reserve | Waddensee Nature Reserve | • In the coastal waters of Denmark (SW), Germany and The Netherlands |
| Celtic Shelf Break MPA | Celtic Shelf Break MPA | • Located in the Celtic Sea, SW of England, W of France and S of Ireland, extending from 48°30'N and 52°N to 4°W and the 1000m contour at the edge of the continental slope. It is bounded to the E by the English Channel, and to the S and W by the continental slope; depending on the precise boundaries, it would include parts of the EEZs of the UK, Ireland and France. |
| Dogger Bank SAC | Dogger Bank SAC | • Dogger Bank, North Sea, in the waters of Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and the UK |
| Ouessant-Molène SAC | Ouessant-Molène SAC | • 48°22'21"N, 4°54'43"W |
| Chaussée de Sein SAC | Chaussée de Sein SAC | • 48°2'18"N, 5°04'03"W |
| Baie du Mont Saint-Michel SAC | Baie du Mont Saint-Michel SAC | • 48°40'29"N, 1°38'26"W |
| Pertuis Charentais SAC | Pertuis Charentais SAC | • Poitou-Charentes, 46°05'27, 1°22'13''W |
| Chausey SAC | Chausey SAC | • 48°53'16''N, 1°47'41''W |
| Recifs Gris-Nez Blanc-Nez SAC | Recifs Gris-Nez Blanc-Nez SAC | • 50°53'30''N, 1°33'45''E |
| Bancs des Flandres SAC | Bancs des Flandres SAC | • 51°10'39''N, 2°9'22''E |
| Tête de Canyon du Cap Ferret SPA
| Tête de Canyon du Cap Ferret SPA
| • Aquitaine region, W France, NE Atlantic |
| Plateau rocheux de l’île d’Yeu SAC
| Plateau rocheux de l’île d’Yeu SAC
| • 46°42'17''N, 2°26'11''W |
| Cap d’Erquy–Cap Fréhel SAC | Cap d’Erquy–Cap Fréhel SAC | • 48°39'18''N, 2°21'54''W |
| NTP S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete SAC | NTP S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete SAC | • 54°32'N, 8°27'41E |
| Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer SAC | Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer SAC | • 53°36'13 |
| Östliche Deutsche Bucht SPA | Östliche Deutsche Bucht SPA | • 54°50'00 |
| El Cachucho MPA | Àrea Marina Protegida El Cachuco | • Offshore Asturias, 44°2'32"N, 4°51'0"W, N Spain |
| Chimeneas de Cádiz SAC | Chimeneas de Cádiz SAC | • Gulf of Cadiz, 36°09'–37°05'N, 6°20'–8°00'W, extending along and out to deep waters from 31mi (50km) sandy coast and Doñana wetlands |
| Cañón de Avilés SAC | Cañón de Avilés SAC | • 7nm (13km) N of Asturias coast, NW Spain |
| Banco de Galicia SAC | Banco de Galicia SAC | • 150nm (278km) from the Galician coast, 42°40'N, 11°44'W |
| North East Scotland Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network
| North East Scotland Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network
| • NE Scotland coast from outer Moray Firth to St Andrew’s Bay |
| Coastal Wales Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network
| Coastal Wales Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network
| • N Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Bay including Lleyn Peninsula, Bardsey Island, N and W Anglesey |
| South West England Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network
| South West England Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network
| • Celtic Deep |
| Wyville Thomson Ridge SAC | Wyville Thomson Ridge SAC | • 59°58'25"N, 6°42'54"W |
| North West Rockall Bank SAC | North West Rockall Bank SAC | • 57°42'35"N, 14°10'4"W |
| Skagens Gren og Skagerrak SAC | Skagens Gren og Skagerrak SAC | • Skagerrak, 57°52'31"N, 10°23'13"E |
| Flensborg Fjord, Bredgrund og farvandet omkring Als SAC
| Flensborg Fjord, Bredgrund og farvandet omkring Als SAC
| • Flensborg Fjord, 54°48'N, 10°1'E |
| Ostoja na Zatoce Pomorskiej SAC | Ostoja na Zatoce Pomorskiej SAC | • S Baltic Sea, 54°15'50"N, 14°48'27"E |
| Ingermanlandsky Reserve | Ingermanlandsky Reserve | • Leningradskaya oblast, Gulf of Finland |
| Vrångöskärgården SAC and SPA | Vrångöskärgården SAC and SPA | • S of Göteborg, 57°32'40''N, 11°46'18''E |
| Stora Middelgrund och Röde bank SAC
| Stora Middelgrund och Röde bank SAC
| • S Kattegat, 56°37'15''N, 12°06'28''E |
| Netherlands Antilles Caribbean
Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Netherlands Antilles Caribbean
Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • National waters of the former Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, three in the Windward Islands of the E Caribbean and three in the Leewards off NW Venezuela |
| Walker’s Cay Marine Park | Walker’s Cay Marine Park | • Abaco Island |
| Confluence River Meta and Orinoco
| Confluence River Meta and Orinoco
| • Meta Dept, Orinoco River Basin, 6°12'N, 67°27'W |
| El Tuparro National Park | El Tuparro National Park | • E plains in Vichada Dept, Orinoco River Basin, 5°21'N, 67°51'W |
| Tayrona National Natural Park | Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona | • 18mi (34km) from Santa Marta City, Magdalena Dept, 11°16'N, 74°03'W |
| Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo National Natural Park
| Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo National Natural Park | • 24mi (45km) off Cartagena Bay, Sucre and Bolívar depts, 09°45'N, 75°51'W |
| Rosario and San Bernardo Archipelago MPA
| Área Marina Protegida de los Archipiélagos del Rosario y de San Bernardo | • 24mi (45km) off Cartagena Bay, Sucre and Bolívar depts, 09°45'N, 75°51'W |
| Via Salamanca Island Park | Vía Parque Isla de Salamanca | • 22mi (40km) off Santa Marta, Magdalena Dept, 11°2’N, 74°35'W |
| Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
| Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos | • Guajira Peninsula, Riohacha Municipality, La Guajira Dept, 11°24'N, 73°07'W |
| Santa Marta’s Large Marsh Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
| Santuario de Fauna y Flora Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta | • Guajira Peninsula, Magdalena Dept, 10°20'N, 74°06'W |
| El Corchal ‘Mono Hernandez’ Fauna and Flora Sanctuary | Santuario de Fauna y Flora El Corchal ‘Mono Hernandez’ | • Dique Channel, Sucre and Bolívar depts, 10°02'00"N, 75°32'00"W |
| Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park
| Parque Nacional Natural Old Providence McBean Lagoon | • NE Providencia Island, San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago Dept, 13°21'N, 81°22'W |
| Cispata Bay Integrated Management District
| Distrito de Manejo Integrado de la Bahía de Cispatá | • San Antero, San Bernardo del Viento and Lorica municipalities, Cordoba Dept, 9°24'N, 75°47'W |
| Costa Rican Whale and Dolphin
Sanctuary | Costa Rican Whale and Dolphin
Sanctuary | • National waters of Costa Rica including the Caribbean and Pacific (EEZ limit) |
| Cahuita National Park | Parque Nacional Cahuita | • NE Costa Rica |
| Amana National Nature Reserve | Réserve Naturelle nationale de l’Amana
| • Coastal French Guiana |
| Île du Grand-Connétable National Nature Reserve
| Réserve naturelle de I’Île du Grand-Connétable | • Coastal French Guiana |
| Cayos Cochinos Marine Natural Monument | Monumento Natural Marino Archipiélago Cayos Cochinos | • Cayos Cochinos |
| Portland Bight Protected Area | Portland Bight Protected Area | • Portland Bight |
| Panamá Marine Corridor | Panamá Marine Corridor | • National waters of Panamá including the Caribbean and Pacific (EEZ limit) |
| Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park | Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos | • Almirante Bay, Bocas del Toro Archipelago |
| Four multiple use management areas (MUMAs) and adjacent nature reserves in Suriname
| Four multiple use management areas (MUMAs) and adjacent nature reserves in Suriname
| • Coastal mangroves and estuaries of Suriname |
| Arrau Turtle Wildlife Refuge | Refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Zona Protectora de La Tortuga Arrau | • Apure and Bolívar states, Orinoco River Basin, 6°25'49"N, 67°9'45"W |
| Parima Tapirapecó National Park | Parque Nacional Parima Tapirapecó | • Confluence of the Padamo, Ocamo and Mavaca rivers, Amazonas State, Orinoco River Basin, 02°30'N, 64°39''W |
| Yapacana National Park | Parque Nacional Yapacana | • E of the confluence of Ventuari and Orinoco rivers, Amazonas State, Orinoco River Basin, 03°49'N, 66°46'W |
| Santos Luzardo National Park | Parque Nacional Santos Luzardo | • Apure State, Capanaparo and Cinaruco rivers and their confluences with the Orinoco River, 6°47'56"N, 67°39'0"W |
| Aguaro-Guariquito National Park | Parque Nacional Aguaro-Guariquito | • Llanos Centrales, Guarico state, Infante and Mirande districts |
| Orinoco Delta Biosphere Reserve, including Orinoco Delta National Park | Reserva de Biosfera Delta del Orinoco que incluye al Parque Nacional Delta del Orinoco | • Delta Amacuro State, 9°25'N, 61°30'W |
| Perijá National Park | Parque Nacional Sierra de Perijá | • SW Zulia State, SW of Maracaibo Lake, 9°32'0''N, 73°0'0''W |
| Turuépano National Park | Parque Nacional Turuépano | • E Sucre State, N San Juan River across the Gulf of Paria, Delta Orinoco River Basin, 10°30'N, 62°45'W |
| Peninsula de Paria National Park | Parque Nacional Peninsula de Paria | • N Caribbean Ocean, Sucre State, border with Gulf of Paria at the delta, 10°43'N, 61°52'W |
| Ciénagas de Juan Manuel National Park
| Parque Nacional Ciénagas de Juan Manuel – Catatumbo | • SW Lake Maracaibo, Zulia state, 9°30'N, 72°00'W |
| Ciudad Bolívar in the narrowness of the Orinoco River
| Ciudad Bolívar in the narrowness of the Orinoco River
| • Between Heres in Bolívar State (N end) and Independencia in Anzoátegui State (at S end) |
| Mochima National Park | Parque Nacional Mochima | • Anzoátegui and Sucre States, 10°18'23"N, 64°28'45"W, NE Venezuela |
| National Monument Cerro Autana
| Monumento Nacional Cerro Autana
| • Between the Autana and Caruao rivers, tributaries of the Orinoco River, 4°52'N, 67°27'W |
| Iona National Park | Parque Nacional do Iona | • 124mi (200km) S of Namibe in southern Angola, bordering Namibia |
| Kissama (Quiçama) National Park | Kissama (Quiçama) National Park
| • 43mi (70km) south of Luanda in NW Angola |
| Sebadales de Güi-Güí SAC | Sebadales de Güi-Güí SAC | • Gran Canaria |
| Sur de Fuerteventura SAC | Sur de Fuerteventura SAC | • S Fuerteventura, extending offshore to El Banquete submarine bottom |
| Banco de la Concepción SAC | Banco de la Concepción SAC | • NE Lanzarote, offshore, 29°55'N, 12°45'W, from deep water 2541m to 170m–200m |
| Baía da Murdeira Marine Reserve
| Reserva Natural Marítima da Murdeira/Baía da Murdeira | • SW coast of Sal island |
| Desert Nature Reserve | Reserva Natural Integral de Santa Luzia | • Includes islands of Santa Luzia, Branco and Raso |
| Akanda National Park | Parc National Akanda | • 9mi (15km) from Libreville, Province de l’Estuaire, 00°37'N, 09°33'E |
| Loango National Park | Parc National Loango | • Province de l’Ogooué Maritime, SW Gabon |
| 2nd Edition: Mayumba National Park
Post 2nd Edition: La Réserve Aquatique du Grand Sud du Gabon | 2nd Edition: Parc National Mayumba
Post 2nd Edition: La Réserve Aquatique du Grand Sud du Gabon | • S Gabon |
| Pongara National Park | Parc National de Pongara | • S fringe of Komo Estuary, Province de l’Estuaire, 00°12'N, 09°37'E across from Libreville |
| Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area
| Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area
| • Extends from Meob Bay, N of Lüderitz, to Chaimas Bay, S of the harbour town, and 30km into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Conkouati-Douli National Park
| Parc National de Conkouati-Douli
| • NW Kouilou Department, near Gabon border |
| Bird Island MPA | Bird Island MPA | • E Algoa Bay |
| Aliwal Shoal MPA | Aliwal Shoal MPA | • Along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal between the Mzimayi River and to S of the Mtamvuna River |
| Table Mountain National Park MPA
| Table Mountain National Park MPA
| • SW South Africa, S of Cape Town, includes all coastal waters around Cape Peninsula from Mouille Point in the W to Bailey’s cottage in the E |
| Blue Hole | Agujero Azul | • Shelf-slope area off San Jorge Gulf from the 200m isobath to beyond 200nm off southern Argentina |
| Punta Bermeja Natural Protected Area
| Área Natural Protegida Punta Bermeja | • Pta Bermeja, La Lobería, Río Negro Province, 41°10'S, 63°05'W |
| Puerto Lobos Natural Protected Area
| Área Natural Protegida Puerto Lobos | • 16mi (26km) from Sierra Grande, Río Negro Province, from 42°, 12mi (20km) N to Punta Pórfido |
| Caleta de los Loros-Punta Mejillón Reserve of Multiple Use
| Reserva de Uso Múltiple Caleta de los Loros-Punta Mejillón
| • 81mi (130km) S of Viedma, Río Negro Province, 41°02'S, 64°04'W |
| El Doradillo Municipal Protected Area
| Área Protegida Municipal El Doradillo | • 12mi (20km) coastline NW of Golfo Nuevo |
| Punta León Natural Protected Area
| Área Natural Protegida Punta León | • Punta León, 51mi (82km) from Puerto Madryn |
| Isla de los Estados Provincial Reserve
| Reserva Provincial Ecológica, Histórica y Turística Isla de los Estados | • Isla de los Estados, 54°42'S, 64°16'W |
| Patagonian Austral Interjurisdictional Marine Coastal Park
| Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Costero Patagonia Austral
| • N San Jorge Gulf, Chubut Province |
| Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory
| Parque Nacional y Territorio Indigena Isiboro Sécure | • Between N Cochabamba dept and S Beni dept (Chapare, Moxos and Marbán provinces) |
| Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (formerly Huanchaca National Park)
| Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (formerly Huanchaca National Park)
| • NE Santa Cruz dept on Brazilian border,13°31'–15°05'S, 60°14'–61°49'W |
| Iténez Departmental Park and Natural Area of Integrated Management | Parque Departamental y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Iténez | • NE Beni dept, near Magdalena and Baures in Iténez Province, on Bolivian–Brazilian border, 13°0'1.9"S, 63°23'28"W |
| Bruno Racua Departmental Wildlife Reserve | Reserva de Vida Silvestre Departmental Bruno Racua | • Pando dept, 9°51'25"S, 65°26'6"W |
| Muncipal PA Ibare-Mamore | Área Protegida Municipal Ibare-Mamore
| • Beni dept, Trinidad, Mamore and Ibare rivers |
| Beni Biosphere Reserve Biological Station
| Reserva de Biosfera Estacion Biológica del Beni | • Maniqui River, Beni dept between Yacuma and Ballivián provinces, 14°30'S, 66°38'W |
| Brazilian Whale and Dolphin
Sanctuary | Santuário de Baleias e
Golfinhos do Brasil | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve
| Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Piagaçu-Purus | • Purus River, Amazonas State |
| Jaú National Park | Parque Nacional Jaú | • 124mi (200km) NW of Manaus, 1°40'–3°S, 61°26'– 64°00'W |
| Amazônia National Park (also known as Tapajos)
| Parque Nacional de Amazônia | • S Pará State, NW bank of the Tapajos River, 230mi (370km) SW Santarem, 3°50'S, 57°32'W |
| Tapajós National Forest | Floresta Nacional do Tapajós | • W Pará State, Tapajos River, Amazon River Basin |
| Juami-Japurá Ecological Station
| Estação Ecológica Juami-Japurá | • Japura River, Amazonas State, 1°39'S, 68°03'W |
| Anavilhanas National Park | Parque Nacional Anavilhanas | • Rio Negro, Amazonas State, 2°36'S, 60°50'W |
| São Paulo State Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use Marine Areas (includes PAs, APAs Marinhas do Litoral Norte, Litoral Centro and Litoral Sul and various ecological stations)
| São Paulo State Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use Marine Areas (includes PAs, APAs Marinhas do Litoral Norte, Litoral Centro and Litoral Sul and various ecological stations)
| • São Paulo State |
| Cahuinarí National Natural Park
| Parque Nacional Natural Cahuinarí
| • W Amazon Basin, with Caquetá River forming N border, 1°25'20''S, 71°6'57''W |
| Lake Complex of Tarapoto and El Correo PA
| Lake Complex of Tarapoto and El Correo PA
| • Tarapoto and El Correo Lakes, Amazon, 03°48'–03°46'S, 70°27'–70°22'W |
| Puré River National Park | Parque Nacional Natural Río Puré | • Putumayo and Puré rivers, 1°57'21''S, 70°5'41''W, Amazonas dept |
| Amacayacu National Natural Park
| Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu
| • S Colombia near Leticia, 03°29'S, 70°12'W |
| National Natural Park La Paya | Parque Nacional Natural La Paya | • S Colombia, Caqueta River N, Putumayo River S, Putumayo dept, 5°10'N, 74°46'W |
| Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve | La Reserva de Producción Faunística de Cuyabeno
| • Amazon Basin in NE Ecuador, 0°7'S, 75°49'W |
| Yasuní Biosphere Reserve and National Park
| Reserva de la Biósfera de Yasuní y Parque Nacional | • Napo Province, 0°26'–1°40'S, 77°30'–75°25'W |
| Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve
| Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria | • Near Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon, 5°12'S, 74°40'W |
| Caballo Cocha Lake PA | Caballo Cocha Lake PA | • Caballo Cocha Lake, Amazon, 03°48'–03°46'S, 70°27'–70°22'W |
| Güeppí Reserved Zone | Zona Reservada Güeppí | • Loreto dept, Güeppí Putumayo and Angusilla rivers, 00°42'S, 75°56'W |
| Pucacuro Reserved Zone | Zona Reservada Pucacuro | • Loreto dept, Pucacuro River, 2°23'N, 75°18'W |
| Santiago-Comaina Reserved Zone
| Zona Reservada Santiago-Comaina
| • Amazonas and Loreto depts, Morona, Santiago and Cenepa rivers, 3°47'S, 77°55'W |
| Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve
| Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana | • Loreto dept, 23km S Iquitos city, Nany River Basin, 3°55'S , 73°35'W |
| Tristan da Cunha Cetacean
Sanctuary | Tristan da Cunha Cetacean
Sanctuary | • 1240mi (2000km) S of St Helena including islands of Tristan, Inaccessible and Nightingale in one group and Gough Island, 250mi (400km) SE; covers national waters to EEZ limit |
| Gough Island Nature Reserve | Gough Island Nature Reserve | • 250mi (400km) SE of main group of Tristan, Inaccessible and Nightingale but part of Tristan da Cunha group |
| Inaccessible Island Nature Reserve
| Inaccessible Island Nature Reserve
| • 25mi (40km) SW of Tristan da Cunha Island, part of Tristan da Cunha group |
| Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site
| Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site
| • Gough and Inaccessible islands and surrounding waters, part of Tristan da Cunha group |
| Laguna de Rocha MPA | Laguna de Rocha MPA | • Laguna de Rocha |
| La Coronilla-Cerro Verde MPA | La Coronilla-Cerro Verde MPA | • La Coronilla-Cerro Verde, 33°56'S, 53°30'W |
| Protected Area Network for Cetacean Diversity Post 2nd edition : - see also 10.34 | Protected Area Network for Cetacean Diversity Post 2nd edition : - see also 10.34 | • Sundarbans component: 3 freshwater cetacean hot spots in the eastern Sundarbans Reserved Forest • Swatch-of-No-Ground component: a submarine canyon located less than 25mi (40km) from the mangrove forest (see 10.34) |
| Royal Manas National Park | Royal Manas National Park | • On S border with the Indian state of Assam, extending from Aigunmari River on the E to the Sukuntaklai River in the W |
| Chagos Islands Marine Protected Area
| Chagos Islands Marine Protected Area
| • Chagos Archipelago, some 55 islands |
| Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch) Ramsar Wetland | Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch) Ramsar Wetland | • Upper Ganga River, 51mi (82km) stretch of the river |
| Kaziranga National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site | Kaziranga National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site | • S bank of Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, 26°30'–26°45'N, 93°08'–93°36'E |
| Kulsi Conservation Reserve | Kulsi Conservation Reserve | • Kulsi River, near Guwahati, Assam |
| Subansiri Conservation Reserve | Subansiri Conservation Reserve | • Subansiri River, Assam |
| Bhitarkanika Mangroves Wildlife Sanctuary | Bhitarkanika Mangroves Wildlife Sanctuary | • Orissa, 20°30'–20°50'N, 86°30'–87°06'E |
| Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park and Sanctuary | Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park and Sanctuary | • Gujarat State, India |
| Satapada/Chilika Dolphin Sanctuary | Satapada/Chilika Dolphin Sanctuary | • Between Magamukh and outer mouth of Chilika Lake |
| Sahebganj Dolphin Sanctuary | Sahebganj Dolphin Sanctuary | • 12.5mi (20km) stretch of Ganges River, E Jharkhand state, India |
| Dibru-Saikhowa National Park | Dibru-Saikhowa National Park | • S bank of Brahmaputra River, E Assam state |
| Khabalu-Ghagarmukh Dolphin Sanctuary | Khabalu-Ghagarmukh Dolphin Sanctuary | • Stretch of River Subansiri, Lakhimpur District, India |
| Katerniya Ghat Gharial Sanctuary | Katerniya Ghat Gharial Sanctuary | • Stretch of Girwa River along Indo-Nepal border in Baharaich District, Uttar Pradesh State |
| Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary | Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary | • 28°46'–29°35'N, 78°30'E; Indo-Gangetic plains, Uttar Pradesh State |
| Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park | Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park | • SW coast of South Andaman, Bay of Bengal, India |
| North, Middle and South Button Island National Parks | North, Middle and South Button Island National Parks | • Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India |
| Maldives Whale and Dolphin
Sanctuary | Maldives Whale and Dolphin
Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Ayeyarwady River Dolphin Protected Area
| Ayeyarwady River Dolphin Protected Area
| • Ayeyarwady River between Mingun and Kyaukmyaung |
| Ayeyarwady River Protected Area between Bhamo and Sinkan | Ayeyarwady River Protected Area between Bhamo and Sinkan | • Ayeyarwady River between the Taping River confluence at Bhamo to the upstream end of second river defile at Sinkan |
| Ayeyarwady River Protected Area between Sinkan and Tagaung | Ayeyarwady River Protected Area between Sinkan and Tagaung | • Ayeyarwady River between downsteam end of river defile at Sinkan and Tagaung |
| Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary
| Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary
| • Bogalay Township of Ayeyarwady Division |
| Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve | Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve | • Floodplain of Sapta Kosi River at NE extension of Gangetic Plain, close to Nepal’s S border with Bihar, India |
| Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary | Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary | • 8°24'44''N, 79°43'37''E, off NW Sri Lanka |
| Hawar Islands Protected Area | Hawar Islands Protected Area | • Hawar Islands, Gulf of Bahrain, 25°38'34''N, 50°45'50''E |
| Samadai Reef ‘Dolphin House’ | Samadai Reef ‘Dolphin House’ | • Samadai Reef, Red Sea, 3mi (5km) SE of Marsa Alam |
| Ras Mohammed National Park | Ras Mohammed National Park | • Peninsula at S tip of the Sinai, includes marine sector in the Red Sea, 27°44'N, 34°15'E |
| Great Red Sea Reef Protected Area
| Great Red Sea Reef Protected Area
| • Narrow strip of coastal waters covering coral reefs fringing the Egyptian Red Sea coast from 27°50'N at the Straits of Gubal to 23°50'N and extending from the coast to 6mi (10km) offshore. |
| Wadi El Gemal – Hamata National Park and Natural Monument
| Wadi El Gemal – Hamata National Park and Natural Monument
| • S Red Sea coast |
| Hara Protected Area | Hara Protected Area | • Khouran Straits, between S Iranian mainland on Gulf coast and N side of Qeshm Island 26°40'–27°03'N, 55°30'–55°53'E |
| Indus Dolphin Reserve | Indus Dolphin Reserve | • Between Dera Ismail Khan, 31°50'N, 70°55'E, and Punjab border, 31°19'N, 70°46'E, NWFP Province |
| Chashma Barrage Dolphin Sanctuary
| Chashma Barrage Dolphin Sanctuary
| • 32°25'N, 71°22'E, Indus River, Punjab Province |
| Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary
| Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary
| • 30°35'6''N, 70°47'45''E, Indus River, Punjab Province |
| Indus Delta Ramsar Wetland | Indus Delta Ramsar Wetland | • 24°6'N, 67°42'E |
| Hingol National Park | Hingol National Park | • 25°31'34''N, 65°5'9''E, spread over Lasbela, Awaran and Gwadar districts in Balochistan |
| Keti Bunder North and Keti Bunder South Wildlife Sanctuaries
| Keti Bunder North and Keti Bunder South Wildlife Sanctuaries
| • Outer Indus Delta, SE of Karachi |
| Jiwani Coastal Ramsar Wetland | Jiwani Coastal Ramsar Wetland | • Along Gawater Bay, Dasht River Delta, Balochistan |
| Ormara Turtle Beaches Ramsar Wetland
| Ormara Turtle Beaches Ramsar Wetland
| • Extends for 6mi (10km) along Arabian Sea, Balochistan |
| Astola (Haft Talar) Island Ramsar Wetland | Astola (Haft Talar) Island Ramsar Wetland | • Astola (Haft Talar) Island, 16mi (25km) S of Balochistan coast |
| Farasan Islands Marine Reserve | Farasan Islands Marine Reserve | • 128 islands lying 26mi (42km) off southern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia at Jizan, 16°40'N, 42°00'E |
| Sanganeb Atoll Marine National Park | Sanganeb Atoll Marine National Park | • 19mi (30km) NE of Port Sudan City, Red Sea, 19°38'N, 37°07'E |
| Dungonab Bay-Mukkawar Island Marine Protected Area | Dungonab Bay-Mukkawar Island Marine Protected Area | • NE of Port Sudan City, Red Sea |
| Marawah Marine Protected Area | Marawah Marine Protected Area | • 93km (150km) from Abu Dhabi |
| Socotra Islands Protected Area | Socotra Islands Protected Area | • Socotra Islands, Gulf of Aden |
| Saya de Malha Banks MPA | Saya de Malha Banks MPA | • High seas, W Indian Ocean, including small portion of Mauritius and Seychelles EEZs |
| Amsterdam and St Paul Marine Reserve | Île Amsterdam et Île Saint-Paul Reserve Marine | • Midway between Africa and Australia in far S Indian Ocean; Amsterdam: 37°50'S, 77°31'E; St Paul: 38°43'S, 77°31'E |
| Velondriake MPA | Velondriake MPA | • SW Madagascar |
| Mayotte Marine Natural Park | Parc naturel marin de Mayotte | • Mayotte, SW Indian Ocean |
| 2nd Edition: Primeiras and Segundas Reserve/National Park
Post 2nd Edition: Primeiras & Segundas Archipelago MPA | 2nd Edition: Primeiras and Segundas Reserve/National Park
Post 2nd Edition: Primeiras & Segundas Archipelago MPA | • Zambezia and Nampula provinces, 16°59'54''S, 38°34'20''E |
| Quirimbas National Park | Quirimbas National Park | • Cabo Delgado Province, Quirimbas Archipelago, near Pemba |
| Anse aux Anglais, Grand Bassin, Passe Demie, Rivière Banane Marine Reserves | Anse aux Anglais, Grand Bassin, Passe Demie, Rivière Banane Marine Reserves | • 4 areas off N Rodrigues: Anse aux Anglais, Grand Bassin, Passe Demie, Rivière Banane |
| 2nd Edition: Aldabra Atoll Special Reserve and World Heritage Site
Post 2nd Edition: Aldabra Marine National Park | 2nd Edition: Aldabra Atoll Special Reserve and World Heritage Site
Post 2nd Edition: Aldabra Marine National Park | • Centred on Aldabra Atoll 715mi (1150km) SW of Mahé in the Seychelles, 9°25'S, 46°25'E |
| Pemba Channel Conservation Area (PECCA) | Pemba Channel Conservation Area (PECCA)
| • Pemba Channel off entire W coast of Pemba Island, Zanzibar |
| Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park | Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park | • Muheza District, S Tanga coast on the border with Kenya |
| Savu Sea MPA | KKP – Kawasan Konservasi Perairan Laut Sawu | • Lesser Sunda (Nusa Tenggara) Islands |
| Kaimana MPA | KKLD Kaimana | • Kaimana’s jurisdictional waters, to 4nm (7.5km) from shore, Triton Bay, West Papua |
| Dampier Strait MPA | KKLD Selat Dampier | • W Dampier Strait and Sagewin Strait, West Papua |
| Kofiau and Boo Islands MPA | KKLD Kofiau dan Boo | • Kofiau and Boo Islands, off West Papua |
| Berau MPA | KKL Berau | • Derawan Archipelago, East Kalimantan |
| Bontang-East Kutai MPA | Bontang-East Kutai MPA | • Coastal waters to 500m depth S and including Mangkalihat peninsula |
| Natural Reserve Habitat Pesut Mahakam
| Kawasan Pelestarian Alam Habitat Pesut Mahakam | • 50mi (80km) length of Mahakam River between Tepian Ulak and Rambayan and the Kedang Pahu River between Muara Pahu and Muara Jelau; West Kutai District, East Kalimantan |
| Mahakam River between Pela and Muara Kaman PA | Mahakam River between Pela and Muara Kaman PA | • 17mi (27km) section of Mahakam River between Pela and Muara Kaman, including Kedang Rantau River upstream to Sebintulung, Kedang Kepala River upstream to Muara Siran and Pela River and S part of Semayang Lake, East Kalimantan |
| Pahang Marine Park | Pahang Marine Park | • 20mi (32km) E from state of Pahang, peninsular Malaysia |
| Tun Sakaran Marine Park (Semporna Islands Park) | Tun Sakaran Marine Park (Semporna Islands Park) | • 12mi (20km) off the shores of Semporna on the E coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo |
| Pulau Tiga Marine Park | Pulau Tiga Marine Park | • N of Kuala Penyu |
| Songkhla Lake Dolphin PA | Songkhla Lake Dolphin PA | • Middle portion of upper Thale Luang |
| 2nd Edition: Coral Sea Conservation Zone
Post 2nd Edition: Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve | 2nd Edition: Coral Sea Conservation Zone
Post 2nd Edition: Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Coral Sea extending from the edge of the boundary with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to the EEZ boundary of Australia |
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| Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (referred to as Coral Sea NNR) | Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (referred to as Coral Sea NNR) | • Coral Sea Islands territory to the east of the Great Barrier Reef; the two reserves are separated by 60mi (100km) of open ocean |
| Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park | Parque Marino Motu Motiro Hiva | • Offshore Chilean islet, 26°28'17 |
| War in the Pacific National Historical Park
| War in the Pacific National Historical Park
| • Inshore waters, Guam |
| Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) | Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) | • Phoenix Islands |
| Lagoons of New Caledonia World Heritage Site | Les Lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie World Heritage Site | • Coast of New Caledonia and Îles Loyauté to the E, Coral Sea, 17°50'–23°10'S, 162°45'–167°45'E |
| Mariana Trench Marine National Monument | Mariana Trench Marine National Monument | • Mariana Trench |
| Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | • Pacific Remote Islands |
| Palau Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Palau Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Kimbe Bay Marine Conservation Area | Kimbe Bay Marine Conservation Area | • Kimbe Bay, 5°28'0 |
| Tokelau Whale Sanctuary | Tokelau Whale Sanctuary | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| San Pedro Martir Island Biosphere Reserve | Reserva de la Biosfera Isla San Pedro Mártir | • Mid portion of Gulf of California, 28°18'–28°28'N, 112°13'–112°23'W |
| Gulf of California Islands Flora and Fauna Protection Area | Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Islas del Golfo de California
| • Gulf of California, 22°59'–32°00'N, 106°00'–115°00'W |
| Marieta Islands National Park
| Parque Nacional Islas Marietas | • Bahía Banderas, off the coast of Nayarit state, 4mi (6km) SW of Punta de Mita |
| Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park | Parque Nacional Marino Cabo Pulmo | • Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California state, 23°22'–23°30'N, 109°23'–109°29'W |
| Espirítu Santo Insular Complex | Espirítu Santo Insular Complex | • Near La Paz, Baja California Sur, 24°24'–24°36'N, 110°18'–110°27'W |
| Bahía de los Angeles, Canales de Ballenas y Salsipuedes Biosphere Reserve | Bahía de los Angeles, Canales de Ballenas y Salsipuedes Reserva de la Biosfera | • Ensenada, Gulf of California |
| San Lorenzo Archipelago (Marine) National Park | Parque Nacional Marino Archipiélago de San Lorenzo | • Ensenada, Gulf of California |
| Cabo San Lucas Underwater Refuge Zone | Cabo San Lucas Zona de Refugio Submarino de Flora, Fauna y Condiciones Ecológicas del Fondo | • Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur |
| Southwest Lantau Marine Park | Southwest Lantau Marine Park | • SW Hong Kong waters |
| Soko Islands Marine Park | Soko Islands Marine Park | • SW Hong Kong waters |
| Brothers Islands Marine Park | Brothers Islands Marine Park | • NW Hong Kong waters |
| Taishan Daijin Island Chinese White Dolphin Provincial Nature Reserve | Taishan Daijin Island Chinese White Dolphin Provincial Nature Reserve | • Huangmao Sea, Guangdong Province |
| Hepu Dugong (State) National Nature Reserve | Hepu Dugong (State) National Nature Reserve | • Beibu Gulf, Guangxi Province |
| Shishou Tian-e-Zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve | Shishou Tian-e-Zhou Baiji
National Natural Reserve | • Shishou City, Hubei Province |
| Tongling Yangtze Freshwater Cetacean National Natural Reserve
| Tongling Yangtze Freshwater Cetacean National Natural Reserve
| • Tongling City, Anhui Province |
| Zhenjiang Yangtze Cetacean Provincial Natural Reserve
| Zhenjiang Yangtze Cetacean Provincial Natural Reserve
| • Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province |
| Poyang Lake Yangtze Finless Porpoise Provincial Natural Reserve
| Poyang Lake Yangtze Finless Porpoise Provincial Natural Reserve
| • Poyang Lake and Yangtze River at Balijiang, Jiangxi Province |
| Yueyang East Dongting Lake Yangtze Cetacean Natural Reserve
| Yueyang East Dongting Lake Yangtze Cetacean Natural Reserve
| • Yueyang City, Hunan Province, East Dongting Lake |
| Anqing Yangtze Cetacean Natural Reserve
| Anqing Yangtze Cetacean Natural Reserve
| • Anqing City, Anhui Province in lower reach, Yangtze River |
| Shiretoko National Park and World Heritage Site | Shiretoko National Park and World Heritage Site | • Shiretoko Peninsula, NE Hokkaido |
| Batanes Islands Protected Land and Seascape | Batanes Islands Protected Land and Seascape | • N Philippines, Luzon Strait, 112mi (180km) SE of Taiwan |
| Costa Rica Dome MPA | Costa Rica Dome MPA | • Eastern Tropical Pacific on the high seas and waters of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and México |
| Chilean National Cetacean
Protection Zone | Zona libre de caza de cetáceos | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Isla Chañaral Marine Reserve | Isla Chañaral Marine Reserve | • Part of system of 5 islands in N central Chile (between III and IV regions) around the 3 islands forming the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve |
| Cape Horn UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve
| Reserva de la Biosfera Cabo de Hornos | • Cape Horn and adjacent waters |
| San Ignacio de Huinay Multiple Use Marine and Coastal Area (also known as AMPC Fiordo Comau) | San Ignacio de Huinay Multiple Use Marine and Coastal Area (also known as AMPC Fiordo Comau) | • Comau fjord at Huinay farm in Region Los Lagos (X), 42°17'34''–42°25'08''S, 72°27'53''–72°25'10''W |
| Isla Grande de Atacama Multiple Use Marine and Coastal Protected Area | AMCP Isla Grande de Atacama | • Between Punta Morro and Copiapó River, Atacama region III, N Chile, 27°14'S, 70°57'W, including Chata Chica and Grande islands |
| 2nd Edition: Tictoc Melimoyu MPA
Post 2nd Edition: Tic Toc Marine Park | 2nd Edition: Tictoc Melimoyu MPA
Post 2nd Edition: Tic Toc Marine Park | • Tictoc Bay in X Region de Los Lagos, Patagonia |
| Tortel Multiple Use Marine and Coastal Area | Tortel Multiple Use Marine and Coastal Area | • Part of Golfo de Penas and all inner waterbodies between 47°S and 48°45'S with the continental shore as E limit and 75°35'W as W limit, XI Region of Aysen |
| Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary | Santuario de Fauna y Flora Malpelo | • 265mi (490km) W of Buenaventura coast |
| Costa Rican Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary | Costa Rican Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary | • National waters of Costa Rica including the Caribbean and Pacific (EEZ limit) |
| Manuel Antonio National Park | Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio | • 33mi (62km) S of San José and 4mi (7km) S of Quepos in Puntarenas Province, 9°23'N, 84°09'W |
| Santa Rosa National Park | Parque Nacional Santa Rosa | • 160mi (258km) NW of San José |
| Guanacaste Conservation Area | Área de Conservación Guanacaste | • NW of San José in rectangle defined by 10°44'–11°06'N and 85°15'–86°00'W |
| Las Baulas National Marine Park (Tamarindo/Playa Grande) | Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas (Tamarindo/Playa Grande) | • Playa Grande, Nicoya Peninsula, near Tamarindo |
| Santa Elena Fauna Reserve | Producción Faunística Marine Costero Puntilla de Santa Elena
| • Westernmost point of Ecuador |
| El Morro Reserve | Refugio de Vida Silvestre Manglares el Morro | • Guayas Province |
| Coastal Marine Zones of Guatemala
| Zonas marinas costeras de Guatemala | • SW coast Guatemala |
| San Juan del Sur Humpback Whale MPA | San Juan del Sur Humpback Whale MPA | • W coast Nicaragua |
| Panamá Marine Corridor | Corredor Marino de Panamá para la Protección de los Mamíferos Marinos) | • National waters of Panamá including the Caribbean and Pacific (EEZ limit) |
| Punta Patiño Wetland | Humedal Punta Patiño | • Punta Patiño |
| Las Perlas Archipelago Special Coastal Management Zone | Zona Especial de Manejo Marino-Costero del Archipiélago de Las Perlas
| • Las Perlas Archipelago, Gulf of Panamá |
| Guano Islands and Capes National Reserve | Reserva Nacional de Sistemas de Islas, Islotes y Puntas Guaneras | • Network of 22 islands and island groups, 7 coastal capes and marine waters extending along the Peruvian coast |
| Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off Apollo Bay, Victoria’s W coast, shallow waters on continental shelf |
| Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Entirely within the shallow Bass Strait, mostly 50m–70m depths, with its NW edge abutting Victorian waters to the SE of Wilson’s Promontory |
| Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off the NW tip of Tasmania, N of Three Hummock Island (the reserve is wholly within W Bass Strait with a depth range mostly between 50m–80m) |
| East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve | East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off SE Australia |
| Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off SE Australia and E of Tasmania |
| Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off the NW tip of Tasmania, S of King Island |
| Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off the W coast of Tasmania, covering 40m–3000m |
| Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • S of the River Murray mouth off South Australia for a distance of 400+km from inshore state waters to the edge of Australia’s EEZ |
| Nelson Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Nelson Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off South Australia to the W of Tasmania spanning deep-water ecosystems |
| South Tasman Rise Commonwealth Marine Reserve | South Tasman Rise Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Mid-continental slope of South Tasman Rise in 1200m–3000m depths to edge of Australia’s EEZ |
| Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • Off SW Tasmania from the continental shelf to the EEZ boundary |
| Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve | Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve | • W and SW of King Island in Commonwealth waters surrounding NW Tasmania, covering a broad depth range from 50m–3000m |
| West Australian Cetacean Marine Sanctuary Network | West Australian Cetacean Marine Sanctuary Network | • West Australian state and Commonwealth waters, mainly Western Australia, but also parts of South Australia and Northern Territory, Indian Ocean |
| Batemans Marine Park | Batemans Marine Park | • N end of Murramarang Beach near Bawley Point to Wallaga Lake in the S, including all of seabed and waters from the mean high water mark on the coast to 3nm (5.6km) offshore; includes all estuaries, creeks, rivers and lakes (except Nargal Lake) to the limit of tidal influence |
| Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park | Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park | • Includes Nuyts Reef complex, Fowlers Bay, Nuyts Archipelago, St Francis Isles and adjacent coastal bays, W coast of South Australia |
| West Coast Bays Marine Park | West Coast Bays Marine Park | • W coast of South Australia including Sceale, Venus and Baird Bays |
| Investigator Marine Park | Investigator Marine Park | • W coast of South Australia including surf beaches S of Elliston, offshore Investigator Island Group and Cap Island Conservation Park |
| Thorny Passage Marine Park | Thorny Passage Marine Park | • Adjacent to the Jussieu Peninsula and includes waters between Coffin Bay and Memory Cove and Greenly and Rocky Islands |
| Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park | Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park | • Lower western Spencer Gulf including waters adjacent to Tumby Bay, the islands of the Sir Joseph Banks Group and Dangerous Reef |
| Neptune Islands Group Marine Park | Neptune Islands Group Marine Park | • Includes the whole Neptune Islands Group, offshore waters adjacent to the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia |
| Gambier Islands Group Marine Park | Gambier Islands Group Marine Park | • Includes the whole of the Gambier Islands Group in the mouth of Spencer Gulf in South Australia |
| Franklin Harbor Marine Park | Franklin Harbor Marine Park | • Central W side of Spencer Gulf, between Gibbon Point and Munyaroo Conservation Park including waters of Franklin Harbor |
| Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park | Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park | • Upper reaches of Spencer Gulf, including waters N of a line from Whyalla-Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve extending across the Gulf to Jarrold Point |
| Eastern Spencer Gulf Marine Park | Eastern Spencer Gulf Marine Park | • E side of Spencer Gulf, just N of Port Rickaby and extending to Cape Elizabeth, including Goose Island Conservation Park islands |
| Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park | Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park | • At the foot of Yorke Peninsula and the central N coast of Kangaroo Island |
| Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park | Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park | • At the heel of Yorke Peninsula, from Point Davenport Conservation Park to Stansbury, and includes Troubridge Island |
| Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park | Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park | • Upper reaches of Gulf St Vincent, N of line from Parara Point to the N end of Port Gawler Beach |
| Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park | Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park | • W side of Kangaroo Island between Cape Forbin and Sanderson Bay; park includes Casuarina Islets and Lipson Reef |
| Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park | Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park | • Located on the S side of Kangaroo Island between D’Estrees Bay and the W end of Seal Bay Conservation Park, including North Rock, Young Rock and South West Rock |
| Upper South East Marine Park | Upper South East Marine Park | • SE South Australia between Nora Creina and the Coorong |
| Lower South East Marine Park | Lower South East Marine Park | • Located in SE South Australia near Victorian border and divided into 2 sections: adjacent to Canunda National Park and from MacDonnell Bay W of French Point to Victorian border |
| Ngari Capes Marine Park | Ngari Capes Marine Park | • 140mi–200mi (225km–320km) S of Perth |
| Regnard Marine Management Area | Regnard Marine Management Area | • Mainland coast W of Dampier, extending from Eaglehawk Island and West Intercourse Islands to SW Regnard Island |
| Kent Group Marine Reserve | Kent Group Marine Reserve | • Including Dover and Erith Islands and Murray Passage as well as part of the western coast of Deal Island |
| Port Davey Marine Reserve | Port Davey Marine Reserve | • Including Port Davey, Bathurst Channel and Bathurst Harbour |
| Clifford and Cloudy Bay Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Clifford and Cloudy Bay Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • From Cape Campbell, extending offshore for 12nm (22km) towards Tory Channel |
| Catlins Coast Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Catlins Coast Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • From Three Brother’s Point 5nm (9km) offshore to a point 7nm (13km) offshore to Bushy Point Beacon |
| Te Waewae Bay Marine Mammal Sanctuary | Te Waewae Bay Marine Mammal Sanctuary | • S of South Island, a line from Pahia Point to Sand Hill Point |
| Hauraki Gulf Marine Park | Hauraki Gulf Marine Park | • Hauraki Gulf, off Auckland |
| Parininihi Marine Reserve | Parininihi Marine Reserve | • Far S of Taranaki Bight |
| Nga Motu/Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area
| Nga Motu/Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area
| • Adjacent to Port Taranaki |
| Campbell Island Marine Reserve | Campbell Island Marine Reserve | • Southernmost subantarctic islands of New Zealand |
| Kermadec Marine Park | Kermadec Marine Park | • Kermadec Islands including a large part of the Kermadec Trench between NE New Zealand and Tonga |
| Zernov’s Phyllophora Field State Botanical Preserve
| Zernov’s Phyllophora Field State Botanical Preserve
| • NW Black Sea, Ukrainian waters |
| Jeanette Kawas National Park
| Parque Nacional Jeannette Kawas | • Tela, Atlántica dept |
| Dahlak Marine National Park | Dahlak Marine National Park | • Dahlak Archipelago, off NE Eritrea, S Red Sea, 15°40'N, 40°10'E |
| New Zealand Dolphin Sanctuary | New Zealand Dolphin Sanctuary | • Including MPAs for all Hector’s dolphin and Maui’s subspecies |
| South-East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | South-East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • South-East Commonwealth waters |
| North Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition]
| North Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition]
| • North Commonwealth waters |
| Temperate East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition]
| Temperate East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition]
| • East Commonwealth waters |
| South-West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | South-West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • South-West Commonwealth waters |
| Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | • The sanctuary consists of southern hemisphere waters S of 40°S between 130°W and 130°E, S of 55°S between 130°E and 20°E, S of 40°S between 20°E and 50°W, S of 60°S between 50°W and 130°W |
| Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | • The sanctuary consists of southern hemisphere waters S of 40°S between 130°W and 130°E, S of 55°S between 130°E and 20°E, S of 40°S between 20°E and 50°W, S of 60°S between 50°W and 130°W |
| Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | • The sanctuary consists of southern hemisphere waters S of 40°S between 130°W and 130°E, S of 55°S between 130°E and 20°E, S of 40°S between 20°E and 50°W, S of 60°S between 50°W and 130°W |
| North-West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | North-West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • North-West Commonwealth waters |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| South Pacific Whale Sanctuary | South Pacific Whale Sanctuary | • Spread across Marine Regions 14 and 18, this sanctuary is proposed for those waters of the southern hemisphere from the Equator to 40°S between longitude 120°W and 141°E and those waters from the S coast of Australia to 40°S to 130°E (141°E marks the boundary between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) |
| South Atlantic Sanctuary | South Atlantic Sanctuary | • Spread across Marine Regions 8 and 9, this sanctuary is proposed for those waters of the southern hemisphere from the Equator to 40°S between longitude 20°E and 50°W and those waters from the Equator to 60°S between longitude 50°W and the line following the western limit of the Argentinian EEZ S of Tierra del Fuego |
| South Atlantic Sanctuary | South Atlantic Sanctuary | • Spread across Marine Regions 8 and 9, this sanctuary is proposed for those waters of the southern hemisphere from the Equator to 40°S between longitude 20°E and 50°W and those waters from the Equator to 60°S between longitude 50°W and the line following the western limit of the Argentinian EEZ S of Tierra del Fuego |
| South Pacific Whale Sanctuary | South Pacific Whale Sanctuary | • Spread across Marine Regions 14 and 18, this sanctuary is proposed for those waters of the southern hemisphere from the Equator to 40°S between longitude 120°W and 141°E and those waters from the S coast of Australia to 40°S to 130°E (141°E marks the boundary between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) |
| Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | Southern Ocean Sanctuary (including Antarctica), also known as the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary | • The sanctuary consists of southern hemisphere waters S of 40°S between 130°W and 130°E, S of 55°S between 130°E and 20°E, S of 40°S between 20°E and 50°W, S of 60°S between 50°W and 130°W |
| Indian Ocean Sanctuary | Indian Ocean Sanctuary | • Covering parts of Marine Regions 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18, this sanctuary consists of those waters of the northern hemisphere from the coast of Africa to 100°E (including the Red and Arabian seas and the Gulf of Oman) and those waters of the southern hemisphere between 20°E and 130°E from the Equator to 55°S |
| Los Cóbanos Reef National Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Área Nacional Protegida Arrecife Los Cóbanos [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Punta Remedios, south of the port of Acajutla |
| Seamounts Marine Management Area (Las Gemelas) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Área Marina de Manejo Montes Submarinos (Las Gemelas) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 342 mi (550 km) off the coast of Costa Rica around Cocos Island |
| Makenke Coastal Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Makenke Parque Marino Costero [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • at the entrance of the Ria San Julian |
| Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to South Australia’s Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park (18.88) |
| Western Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Western Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to South Australia’s Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park (18.87) |
| Raja Ampat Shark and Manta Ray Sanctuary [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Raja Ampat Shark and Manta Ray Sanctuary [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • waters of the Regency Government of Raja Ampat |
| Western Eyre Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Western Eyre Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to South Australia’s Nuyts Archipelago, West Coast Bays and Investigator Marine Parks (18.74, 18.75, 18.76) |
| Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters encompassing the existing Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) (18.36) and adjacent to South Australia’s Far West Coast and Nuyts Archipelago Marine Parks (18.36 and 18.74) |
| Twilight Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Twilight Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to the state water boundary of Western Australia |
| Eastern Recherche Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Eastern Recherche Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to the Recherche Archipelago |
| Bremer Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Bremer Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters offshore of coastal environments protected in the Fitzgerald River National Park and Biosphere Reserve |
| South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to Western Australia’s Ngari Capes Marine Park (18.91) and covering an area from Cape Leeuwin extending eastward to Esperance |
| Geographe Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Geographe Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to Western Australia’s Ngari Capes Marine Park (18.91) |
| Perth Canyon Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Perth Canyon Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters off the state waters boundary north of Perth and Rottnest Island, extending westward into deep water off the continental shelf, and including parts of Perth Canyon. It is located west of Western Australia’s Rottnest Island Reserve |
| Two Rocks Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Two Rocks Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters to the north-west of Western Australia’s Marmion Marine Park (18.40) |
| Jurien Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Jurien Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to the existing Western Australian Jurien Bay Marine Park in state waters (18.41) |
| Abrolhos Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Abrolhos Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands and extending into deep water off the continental shelf down to the abyssal plain. The northernmost part of the shelf component of the reserve, north of Kalbarri, is adjacent to the Shark Bay World Heritage Area (18.42) |
| Shark Bay Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Shark Bay Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to the Shark Bay World Heritage Area (18.42) |
| Gascoyne Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Gascoyne Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to and to the west of the Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve (18.123), and extending into deep waters of the region out to the limit of the EEZ |
| Montebello Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Montebello Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters approximately 20 kms north of Barrow Island and 125 kms west of Dampier. The reserve abuts the Montebello Islands Marine Park (18.45) |
| Dampier Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Dampier Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters offshore from Dampier and abuts the proposed Western Australian Dampier Archipelago Marine Park (18.139) |
| Eighty Mile Beach Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Eighty Mile Beach Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters north east of Port Headland and abuts the Western Australian Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park (18.136) |
| Roebuck Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Roebuck Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters off the coast of the Kimberley region, just to the southeast of Broome |
| Argo-Rowley Terrace Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Argo-Rowley Terrace Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters offshore North-west of Broome and spans a large area from the limit of Australia’s EEZ to the beginnings of the North-west Transition. It encloses Western Australia’s Rowley Shoals Marine Park (18.43) |
| Kimberley Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Kimberley Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters from the Lacepede Islands in the north to the Holothuria Banks offshore from Cape Bougainville |
| Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] (originally listed as part of 18.9) | Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] (originally listed as part of 18.9) | • Commonwealth waters along the west coast of the Cape Range peninsula near Exmouth in western Australia, approximately 1200 km north of Perth. It abuts the Western Australian Ningaloo Marine Park (18.9) and Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area |
| Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, north of Wyndham in Western Australia and to the west of Wadeye in the Northern Territory |
| Arnhem Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Arnhem Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters adjacent to the Northern Territory waters surrounding the Goulburn Islands, to the waters north of Maningrida |
| Limmen Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Limmen Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters located in the south-west of the Gulf of Carpentaria between the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands and Maria Island in the Limmen Bight |
| Gifford Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Gifford Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters approximately 480 kms north of Lord Howe Island and borders on the limit of Australia’s EEZ |
| Norfolk Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Norfolk Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters centred around Norfolk Island, spanning more than 700 kms in a north-south alignment over the Norfolk Ridge |
| Lord Howe Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] (originally listed as part of 18.5) | Lord Howe Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] (originally listed as part of 18.5) | • Commonwealth waters which span 680 kms in a north-south alignment over the Lord Howe seamount chain. The Lord Howe Commonwealth Marine Reserve abuts the New South Wales Lord Howe Island Marine Park (18.5) |
| Central Eastern Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Central Eastern Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters extending from shelf-edge depths approximately 30 kms offshore to deep ocean waters approximately 200 kms offshore. It spans more than 500 kms in a north-south alignment over the southern seamounts of the Tasmantid Seamount Chain |
| Solitary Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] (originally listed as part of 18.2) | Solitary Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] (originally listed as part of 18.2) | • Commonwealth waters approximately 5.5 km offshore adjacent to the area between Coffs Harbour and Sandon Bluffs |
| Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters approximately 5.5 kms offshore, protecting the Cod Grounds pinnacles and some surrounding habitat adjacent to the area between Diamond Head and Point Perpendicular |
| Hunter Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Hunter Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters covering an area stretching from the outer limit of New South Wales state waters to approximately 100 kms offshore adjacent to the area between Port Stephens and Sugarloaf Point. The Hunter Commonwealth Marine Reserve abuts part of the New South Wales Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park (18.23) |
| Jervis Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Jervis Commonwealth Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Commonwealth waters approximately 20 kms offshore extending into deep water off the continental shelf down to the abyssal plain, adjacent to Jervis Bay National Park (18.22) |
| Camden Sound Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Lalang-garram / Camden Sound Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Camden Sound, 186mi (300km) north of Broome |
| Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • between Mulla Mulla Down Creek in the south-west and Cape Missiessy in the north-east |
| Roebuck Bay Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Yawuru Nagulagun Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • south of Broome |
| Great Kimberley Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Great Kimberley Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • from Talbot bay northwards to the Northern Territory border |
| Dampier Archipelago Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Dampier Archipelago Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • comprises 42 islands, islets and rocks, within a 45 km radius of Dampier, off the north-west coast of Western Australia approximately 1650 km north of Perth |
| Saros Körfezi Special Environmental Protection Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Saros Körfezi Special Environmental Protection Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Gulf of Saros, northern Aegean Sea |
| Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • includes deep waters at the head of the submarine canyon from which it gets its name as well as coastal waters offshore from the Sundarbans mangrove forest |
| Austral Islands Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Austral Islands Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • waters around the Austral Islands |
| Rathlin Island SAC [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Rathlin Island SAC [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 55°18'N 6°13'W |
| Josephine Seamount OSPAR Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Josephine Seamount OSPAR Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, between Madeira and mainland Portugal |
| Milne Seamount OSPAR Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Milne Seamount OSPAR Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition | • remote area to the west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
| Mid-Atlantic Ridge North of the Azores OSPAR Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Mid-Atlantic Ridge North of the Azores OSPAR Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • area of the high seas on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores |
| Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • 340 miles along the Alaska Peninsula, between Becharof National Wildlife Refuge and Izembek National Wildlife Refuge |
| Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • a group of seven small craggy islands and their adjacent waters in northern Bristol Bay, approximately 65 mi (105 km) southwest of Dillingham |
| Qaqulluit National Wildlife Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Qaqulluit National Wildlife Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • 67°14’N, 62°28’W located on the north-eastern tip of Qaqulluit Island, a small island off the eastern coast of Baffin Island approximately 62 mi (100 km) southeast of Qikiqtarjuaq (formerly Broughton Island) and just north of the Cumberland Peninsula, Nunavut |
| Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Closure [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Closure [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • Bristol Bay, south west Alaska |
| Pribilof Island Area Habitat Conservation Zone [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Pribilof Island Area Habitat Conservation Zone [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • Bering Sea |
| Assateague Island National Seashore [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Assateague Island National Seashore [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • Assateague Island is located close to Chincoteague Island, Virginia and Ocean City, Maryland |
| Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • the southernmost island of the Virginia barrier island chain, located at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay |
| Tyrella & Minerstown ASSI [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Tyrella & Minerstown ASSI [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • within Dundrum Bay, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Lundy Marine Conservation Zone [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Lundy Marine Conservation Zone [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • situated 11 mi (19 km) off the North Devon coast, Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel |
| Strangford Lough Marine Conservation Zone [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Strangford Lough Marine Conservation Zone [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • large sea loch or inlet in County Down, in the east of Northern Ireland. It is the largest inlet in the British Isles |
| Pembrokeshire Marine SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Pembrokeshire Marine SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • on Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, 51°43'35''N, 5°36'57''W |
| Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • 55°39'14 |
| Soariake Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Soariake Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • SW Madagascar |
| Ankivonjy and Ankarea Marine Parks [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Ankivonjy and Ankarea Marine Parks [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • NW Madagascar |
| The Wash and North Norfolk Coast SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | The Wash and North Norfolk Coast SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • the largest bay and the second largest expanse of mud and sandflats in Britain 52°56'13''N, 0°19'5''E |
| Galway Bay Complex SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Galway Bay Complex SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • situated on the west coast of Ireland, this site comprises the inner, shallow part of a large bay 53° 11' 57''N, 9° 2' 30''W |
| Ballysadare Bay SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Ballysadare Bay SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • Ballysadare Bay is the most southerly of three inlets of the larger Sligo Bay 54° 14' 15''N, 8° 34' 31''W |
| Rutland Island and Sound SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Rutland Island and Sound SAC [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • Rutland Island and Sound SAC lies between Aran Island and Burtonport in north-west Donegal 54° 57' 59''N, 8° 26' 52''W |
| Everglades National Park [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Everglades National Park [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • situated on the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula |
| Biscayne National Park [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Biscayne National Park [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • southern Florida, south of Miami |
| Gulf Islands National Seashore [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Gulf Islands National Seashore [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • covers two island chains off the coast of Mississippi and Florida’s panhandle |
| Canaveral National Seashore [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Canaveral National Seashore [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • situated on a barrier island between New Smyrna Beach, Titusville, and Cape Canaveral, along Florida's Central East Coast |
| Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • on the Caloosahatchee River within the city of Fort Myers |
| Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • 28°21′28″N 80°41′5″W - east coast of Florida |
| St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • between Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties along the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida |
| Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • saltwater bays, estuaries and brackish marshes at the mouth of the Chassahowitzka River, approximately 65 mi (105 km) north of St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Rookery Bay National Estuary Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Rookery Bay National Estuary Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • located at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida |
| J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • located on the subtropical barrier island of Sanibel in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 350 mi (850 km) off the coast of Chile 26°19′12″ S, 80°W |
| Easter Island Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Rapa Nui Rahui Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 27°7′S, 109°22′W |
| Cabo Blanco Marine Management Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Área Marina de Manejo Cabo Blanco [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
| Cordillera de Coiba MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Cordillera de Coiba MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • south of Coiba National Park |
| Banco Volcan MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Banco Volcan MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • offshore of Colón province |
| Palau National Marine Sanctuary [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Palau National Marine Sanctuary [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Covering 80% of National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Ascension Island Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Ascension Island Marine Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,000 mi (1,600 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 mi (2,250 km) from the coast of Brazil, 7°56′S 14°25′W |
| North Atlantic Right Whale Critical Habitat - Northeastern US Foraging Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | North Atlantic Right Whale Critical Habitat - Northeastern US Foraging Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank region |
| St Helena Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | St Helena Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 km east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 km west of the Cunene River, which marks the border between Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa, 15°57′S, 5°43′W |
| Tristan da Cunha Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Tristan da Cunha Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • group of volcanic islands including Tristan da Cunha, Nightingale, Inaccessible and Gough Islands, 2,400 km from South Africa and 3,360 km from South America, 37°7′S, 12°17′W |
| Anguniaqvia Niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Anguniaqvia Niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Darnley Bay - a large inlet in the Northwest Territories, Canada, 70°N, 124°30′ W |
| Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 130 mi (210 km) southeast of Cape Cod |
| Clipperton Island Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Clipperton Island Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Clipperton Island is an uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific, 10°18′N 109°13′W |
| Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean |
| Pacific Biosphere Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Pacific Biosphere Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • deep-sea multi-use MPA off the Pacific coast of Mexico |
| Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • off the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea |
| Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA] | • in the municipality of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo |
| St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • east of Cape Breton, and includes most of St. Anns Bank, Scatarie Bank, and a portion of the Laurentian Slope and Channel |
| Diego Ramírez Islands and Drake Passage Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Parque Marino Islas Diego Ramírez y Paso Drake [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • the islands lie about 65 mi (105 km) west-southwest of Cape Horn |
| Juan Fernández Marine Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Parque Marino Juan Fernández [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 416 mi (670 km) off the coast of Chile 33°38′42.5″S 78°49′23.48″W |
| The 'Great Far Ocean' Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | The 'Great Far Ocean' Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • National waters (EEZ limit) |
| Moana Mahu Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Moana Mahu Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • island of Niue and Beveridge Reef, an uninhabited, semi-submerged atoll within Niue’s waters |
| Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Located off Mexico’s Pacific coast, about 500 mi (800 km) west of the city of Manzanillo and 250 mi (400 km) south of Cabo San Lucas |
| East Antarctic Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | East Antarctic Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • The MacRobertson, Drygalski and D’Urville Sea-Mertz areas off Antarctica |
| Natural Monument of São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Monumento Natural do Arquipelago de São Pedro e São Paulo [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • a group of 15 small islets and rocks 560 miles (900 kms) off the northeast coast of Brazil |
| Natural Monument of Trindade, Martim Vaz and Mount Colombia [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Monumento Natural Das Ilhas de Trindade, Martim Vaz e Do Monte Columbia [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • an archipelago islands 620 miles (1,000 kms) east of the Brazilian mainland |
| Banc-des-Américains Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Banc-des-Américains Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • off the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula |
| Addo Elephant National Park MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Addo Elephant National Park MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth |
| Cape Canyon MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Cape Canyon MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • West of Cape Columbine, Western Cape |
| Namaqua National Park MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Namaqua National Park MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Namaqualand, Northern Cape |
| Yaganes Marine National Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Parque Nacional Marino Yaganes [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • off the southern tip of Argentina |
| Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank II Marine National Park [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Parque Nacional Marino Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank II [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • in the South Atlantic, adjacent to Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank I Reserve |
| Kawésqar National Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Kawésqar National Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • Magallanes region, southwestern Patagonia |
| Network of MPAs (30% of Seychelles EEZ waters) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Network of MPAs (30% of Seychelles EEZ waters) [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • 30% of Seychelles EEZ water |
| Nijhum Dwip Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Nijhum Dwip Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • estuarine waters at the mouth of the world’s third largest river system: the Padma- Jamuna Meghna and offshore of the Nijhum Dwip National Park |
| Bear Islands National Marine Nature Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Bear Islands National Marine Nature Reserve [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • the Medvezhyi Islands, near the mouth of the Kolyma River and waters of the East-Siberian Sea |
| West of Scotland Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | West of Scotland Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • west of Scotland; from the steep continental slope across the sediment plains of the Rockall Trough, to the slopes of George Bligh Bank and Rockall Bank with two isolated seamounts (Anton Dohrn and Rosemary Bank) created by extinct volcanoes |
| North-east Lewis Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | North-east Lewis Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • north-east of the Isle of Lewis, extending from the Butt of Lewis to south of the Eye Peninsula |
| Sea of the Hebrides Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Sea of the Hebrides Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • the Sea of the Hebrides between the east of the Outer Hebrides and the west coasts of Skye, Mull and the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. it includes the sea around the islands of Rum, Eigg, Muck, Coll and Tiree |
| Southern Trench Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | Southern Trench Marine Protected Area [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition] | • site is shaped around the Southern Trench, a large undersea valley consisting of an area of deep water along the south of the outer Moray Firth |
Number of MPAs and sanctuaries: 1101