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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

occurs, a region is not 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)...

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...

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

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...

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...

IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by...

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)....

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...

and sandy shores. It is a Marine Protected Area (MPA), which is an area of coastline or ocean that is specially protected for the benefit of people and...

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

eastern end of fracture zone.: 1143  The Charlie-Gibbs Marine Protected Area is a conservation area in the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone in North Atlantic...

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

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 Stilbaai Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region in the territorial waters near Stilbaai on the south coast of the Western Cape province...

Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area. The area of sea protected is about 580 km2. The MPA is an offshore and inshore protected area adjacent to the Table...

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...

zones within the marine park has been categorized into the following IUCN protected area categories: IUCN Category Ia with an area of 859 square kilometres...

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

coast around Candidasa has become a Marine Protected Area, as part of the "Karangasem Bali Marine Conservation" area. This covers about 8 km of coastline...

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...