Marine protected areas (MPAs) are protected areas of the world's seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in...

Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area is a protected area of Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. The reserve covers an area of 1,636 km2 (632 sq mi)....

water, ...) is limited. The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas and transboundary protected areas across multiple borders. As of 2016...

The Chagos Marine Protected Area, located in the central Indian Ocean in the British Indian Ocean Territory of the United Kingdom, is one of the world's...

The National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States is a national initiative designed to strengthen the protection of U.S. ocean, coastal...

The iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area is a coastal and offshore marine protected area in KwaZulu-Natal from the South Africa-Mozambique border in the...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (French: zones de protection marine) are zones within Canadian waters where the marine environment receives a high level...

There are both state and federal marine protected areas of the Hawaiian archipelago. The state protected areas, called Marine Life Conservation Districts,...

region is not considered a marine protected area. As of June 2019 there are 14,830 marine protected areas with a total area of 27,495,595 km2 (10,616,109 sq mi)...

In Scotland, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designated areas of the sea aimed at protecting habitats, wildlife, geology, undersea landforms, historic...

A Marine Protected Area Network or MPA network is a network of Marine Protected Areas or Marine Reserves. A Marine Protected Area Network can be defined...

is of the Marine Protected Areas (Italian: aree marine protette) of Italy. As of the most recent Official list of natural protected areas [it], decreed...

of protected areas to determine whether a site should be included in the WDPA. The extent to which each area and the resources within are protected can...

of 871 National Marine Protected Areas, covering an additional 1,240,000 sq mi (3,200,000 km2), or 26 percent of the total marine area of the United States...

established on 1 August 1980. The Robberg Marine Protected Area was established on 2 September 1998 as a Marine Protected Area by Proclamation in Government Notice...

The marine protected areas of South Africa are in an area of coastline or ocean within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of South Africa...

categorising protected areas and their objectives. Further supplementary guidelines have been developed specific to marine protected areas (MPAs). This categorisation...

The Helderberg Marine Protected Area is a small marine conservation area on the north-eastern side of False Bay in the Western Cape province of South...

Marine Protected Area Shengsi Ma'an Liedao National Special Marine Protected Area +3 Putuo Zhongjieshan Liedao National Special Marine Protected Area...

The Tstsikamma Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area on the south coast of South Africa, in both the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. It is on...

The protected areas of South Africa include national parks and marine protected areas managed by the national government, public nature reserves managed...

state and federal marine protected areas off the coast of California. California Coastal National Monument Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Chumash...

Game Code. The MLPA requires California to reevaluate all existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and potentially design new MPAs that together form a statewide...

There are county, state and federal marine protected areas off the coast of Washington. The state marine reserves are managed by the Washington Department...

This is a list of marine protected areas of the U.S. state of Alaska. State protected marine areas are managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources...

The Rocherpan Marine Protected Area is a small coastal conservation region on the West Coast of the Western Cape province, in the territorial waters of...

The Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area is a coastal and offshore marine protected area between the Lovu and Mzimayi estuaries, off the KwaZulu-Natal South...

The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. As of June 2020[update] there are 225 national parks in New...

The Pondoland Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region in the territorial waters of South Africa. The MPA was proclaimed by the Minister...

The Goukamma Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region near Knysna in the Western Cape province in the territorial waters of South Africa...