Cetacean Habitat - Marine Protected Areas

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Cetacean habitat MPAs with management plans

With reference to the MPAs in the directory which have entries in the management plan section, please note that some of the management plans may have expired. Where possible web links have been given to both the management plan documents and the relevant web page which may contain more up-to-date information.

Number of MPAs and sanctuaries: 121

Select	MPA name (English)	Country	Marine Region	MPA
	Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve	HEARD ISLAND and MCDONALD ISLANDS (Australia)	1	2
	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands MPA [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition]	SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS (UK administration - Argentine claim)	1	7
	ASMA 7: Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin	INTERNATIONAL	1	III
	ASPA 152: Western Bransfield Strait	INTERNATIONAL	1	IV
	ASPA 153: Eastern Dallmann Bay	INTERNATIONAL	1	V
	Auyuittuq National Park	CANADA	2	29
	Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Critical Habitat	UNITED STATES (Alaska)	2	43
	Southeastern Bering Sea Right Whale Critical Habitat	UNITED STATES (Alaska)	2	44
	Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA]	UNITED STATES (Alaska)	2	NC502
	Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA]	UNITED STATES (Alaska)	2	NC503
	Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals	INTERNATIONAL	3	I
	Lošinj Dolphin Reserve	CROATIA Republika Hrvatska	3	1
	Port Cros National Park	FRANCE République Française	3	2
	1st Edition: Bonifacio Marine Reserve 2nd Edition: Strait of Bonifaccio Natural Reserve	FRANCE République Française	3	5
	Saguenay–St Lawrence Marine Park	CANADA	4	1
	The Gully 'Marine Protected Area'	CANADA	4	2
	1st Edition: Auyuittug National Park 2nd Edition: See 2.29	CANADA	4	5
	Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	4	12
	Monitor National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	4	17
	1st Edition: Iroise Marine National Park 2nd Edition: Iroise Marine Nature Park	FRANCE République Française	5	18
	Moray Firth SAC	UNITED KINGDOM (Great Britain) UK	5	45
	Cardigan Bay SAC	UNITED KINGDOM (Great Britain) UK	5	46
	Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau SAC	UNITED KINGDOM (Great Britain) UK	5	47
	Central Andros National Parks Area	BAHAMAS	7	5
	1st & 2nd Edition: Turneffe Atoll MPA and Biosphere Reserve Post 2nd Edition: Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	BELIZE	7	11
	1st Edition: Guadeloupe Sanctuary, or Sanctuary of the South Antilles 2nd Edition: Agoa, Sanctuary for the Marine Mammals of the French Antilles	GUADELOUPE, ST-BARTHÉLEMY, ST-MARTIN and MARTINIQUE (France)	7	A
	Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Biosphere Reserve	UNITED STATES (US)	7	43
	Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	7	45
	Cayos Cochinos Marine Natural Monument	HONDURAS República de Honduras	7	77
	Biscayne National Park [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA]	UNITED STATES (US)	7	NC502
	Rookery Bay National Estuary Reserve [New Entry – Non-cetacean MMPA]	UNITED STATES (US)	7	NC509
	Niumi National Park	THE GAMBIA	8	15
	Table Mountain National Park MPA	SOUTH AFRICA Republiek van Suid-Afrika	8	55
	Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory	BOLIVIA República de Bolivia	9	47
	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (formerly Huanchaca National Park)	BOLIVIA República de Bolivia	9	48
	Bruno Racua Departmental Wildlife Reserve	BOLIVIA República de Bolivia	9	50
	Beni Biosphere Reserve Biological Station	BOLIVIA República de Bolivia	9	52
	Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve	BRAZIL República Federativa do Brasil	9	53
	Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site	TRISTAN DA CUNHA (UK)	9	68
	Hawar Islands Protected Area	BAHRAIN Mamlakat al-Bahrayn	11	5
	Sanganeb Atoll Marine National Park	SUDAN Jamhuryat es-Sudan	11	22
	Komodo National Park, Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site	INDONESIA Republik Indonesia	13	5
	Tun Sakaran Marine Park (Semporna Islands Park)	MALAYSIA Persekutuan Tanah Malaysia	13	44
	1st & 2nd Edition: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Post 2nd Edition: National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa	AMERICAN SAMOA (US - Unincorporated territory)	14	1
	National Park of American Samoa	AMERICAN SAMOA (US - Unincorporated territory)	14	2
	Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary	HAWAII (US)	14	5
	1st Edition: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (and proposed national marine sanctuary) 2nd Edition: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument	NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (US) (includes Midway Islands - unincorporated territory)	14	7
	Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)	KIRIBATI (formerly Gilbert Islands)	14	19
	Mariana Trench Marine National Monument	NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (US)	14	22
	Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve	CANADA	15	2
	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	CANADA	15	4
	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	10
	Revillagigedo Archipelago National Biosphere Reserve	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	11
	Islas Marías National Biosphere Reserve	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	12
	Loreto Bay National Park	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	13
	Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta National Biosphere Reserve	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	14
	Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	15	16
	Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Post 2nd Edition: Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	15	17
	Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	15	18
	Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	15	19
	Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary	UNITED STATES (US)	15	20
	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	UNITED STATES (US)	15	21
	San Pedro Martir Island Biosphere Reserve	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	26
	Gulf of California Islands Flora and Fauna Protection Area	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	27
	Marieta Islands National Park	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	28
	Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	29
	Espirítu Santo Insular Complex	MÉXICO Estados Unidos Mexicanos	15	30
	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area	AUSTRALIA	18	1
	Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve (incorporating Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve)	AUSTRALIA	18	7
	1st & 2nd Edtion: Macquarie Island Marine Park and World Heritage Area Post 2nd Edition: Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve and World Heritage Area	AUSTRALIA	18	8
	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)	AUSTRALIA	18	9
	Bunurong Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	24
	Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	25
	Cape Howe Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	26
	Discovery Bay Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	28
	Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	29
	Point Addis Marine National Park, Point Danger Marine Sanctuary and Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	30
	Point Hicks Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	31
	Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	32
	The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park and the Arches Marine Sanctuary	AUSTRALIA - Victoria	18	33
	Encounter Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	37
	Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	38
	Shoalwater Islands Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	39
	Marmion Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	40
	Shark Bay Marine Park and World Heritage Area	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	42
	Rowley Shoals Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	43
	Montebello/Barrow Islands Marine Conservation Reserves (Barrow Island Marine Management Area, Barrow Island Marine Park and Montebello Islands Marine Park)	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	45
	Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (also known as Cobourg Marine Park)	AUSTRALIA - Northern Territory	18	46
	Far West Coast Marine Park, including the Great Australian Bight Marine National Park (for Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve see 18.105)	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	36
	Jurien Bay Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	41
	Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	60
	Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	61
	Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	62
	East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	63
	Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	64
	Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	65
	Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	66
	Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	67
	Nelson Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	68
	South Tasman Rise Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	69
	Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	70
	Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve	AUSTRALIA	18	71
	Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	74
	West Coast Bays Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	75
	Investigator Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	76
	Thorny Passage Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	77
	Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	78
	Neptune Islands Group Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	79
	Gambier Islands Group Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	80
	Franklin Harbor Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	81
	Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	82
	Eastern Spencer Gulf Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	83
	Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	84
	Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	85
	Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	86
	Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	87
	Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	88
	Upper South East Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	89
	Lower South East Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - South Australia	18	90
	Ngari Capes Marine Park	AUSTRALIA - Western Australia	18	91
	South-East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network [New Entry - Post 2nd Edition]	AUSTRALIA	18	97

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Material from these entries comes from Hoyt, 2005 and 2011, and newer first-hand sources. All rights reserved.
Hoyt, E. 2005. Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A world handbook for cetacean habitat conservation. Earthscan, London and Washington, DC, and
Hoyt, E. 2011. Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A world handbook for cetacean habitat conservation and planning. Earthscan/ Taylor & Francis, London and New York.