marine protected areas for whales, dolphins and...

National EEZ Sanctuary (cetacean no-hunting sanctuary within a country's national waters, or exclusive economic zone)

ExistingProposed

IWC Sanctuary (cetacean no-hunting sanctuary of the International Whaling Commission)

ExistingProposed

Colour Keys for Cetacean (Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise) MPAs, PAs and Sanctuaries

MPA or PA (marine protected area or protected area for river dolphins on land)

ExistingProposedExisting with proposed expansion

High Seas MPA (marine protected area outside of national waters or exclusive economic zone)

ExistingProposed

Habitats and Birds Directives MPAs with potential bottlenose dolphin or harbor porpoise habitat.The largest EU Habitats and Birds Directives MPAs with targeted habitat protection for bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises are shown as SACs (special areas of conservation) and SPAs (special protected areas) on the map.For the full list of the above in Regions 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 see Table 5.6 in

.This European network of protected wildlife areas, known as Natura 2000, consists of SACs for habitats and species including two named cetaceans, bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises, as well as SPAs established to protect wild birds but which may also contain some cetacean habitat.

Marine Protected Areasfor Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

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According to IUCN, a protected area is 'a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values'. A marine protected area uses the same definition but refers to an area at sea from coastal regions to the high seas.

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Agoa Sanctuary & Caribbean Cetacean Network7-A

Kerguelen Islands MarineNature Reserve (1-5)

Heard Island &McDonald Islands

Marine Reserve (1-2)

Crozet Islands Marine Nature Reserve (1-6)

Amsterdam & St. Paul Marine Reserve (12-34)

Ponta do Ouro-Inhaca IslandCoastal Partial Reserve (12-15)

Bazaruto ArchipelagoNational Park (12-14)

Marromeu ComplexRamsar Wetland (12-16)

VelondriakeMPA (12-35)

Mananara-Nord National Park (12-8)

Marine de la RéunionNational NatureReserve (12-17)

Anse aux Anglais, Grand Bassin,Passe Demie, Rivière Banane

Marine Reserves (12-39)

Masoala National Park & Itampolo,Masoala & Tanjona Reserves (12-9)

Aldabra Atoll Special Reserve& World Heritage Site (12-40)

Mohéli Marine Park (12-1)Passe en S Reserve (12-12)

Saziley Marine Park (12-13)

MayotteMarineNatural

Park (12-36)

Quirimbas National Park (12-38)

Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma EstuaryMarine Park (12-20)

Mafia Island Marine Park (12-21)

Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park (12-42)Pemba Channel Conservation Area (12-41)

Kisite Marine National Park& Mpunguti Reserve (12-6)

Diani-Chale Marine National Reserve (12-5)

Mombasa Marine NationalPark & Reserve (12-4) Malindi-Watamu Marine National Reserve (12-2)

Socotra Islands Protected Area (11-24)

Dahlak Marine National Park (11-10)

Farasan IslandsMarine Reserve (11-21)

Sanganeb Atoll MarineNational Park (11-22)

Dungonab Bay-MukkawarIsland MPA (11-25)

Wadi El Gemal-Hamata NationalPark & Natural Monument (11-9)

Samadai Reef 'Dolphin House’ (11-6)

Hawar IslandsProtected Area (11-5)

Marawah MPA (11-23)

Hara ProtectedArea (11-11)

HingolNational

Park (11-16)

Chagos IslandsMPA (10-11)

Bar Reef MarineSanctuary (10-31)

Mahatma Gandhi MarineNational Park (10-24)

North, Middle& South

Button IslandNational

Parks (10-25)

Meinmahla Kyun WildlifeSanctuary (10-29)

Lampi Island MarineNational Park (10-7)

Gulf of KachchhMarine National Park& Sanctuary (10-17)

National Chambal Sanctuary (10-3)

10-30 10-10

10-26

10-110-16

10-4

10-23

11-15

11-4

11-14

11-13

11-17

11-1911-18

10-22

Daymaniyat Islands NationalNature Reserve (11-1)

Ras Mohammed National Park (11-7)

Kiunga Marine National Reserve (12-7)

Prince Edward Islands MPA (1-3)

Hauraki GulfMarine Park (18-56)

Clifford &Cloudy Bay

Marine MammalSanctuary (18-53)

Banks PeninsulaMarine MammalSanctuary (18-49)

Catlins CoastMarine MammalSanctuary (18-54)

Te Waewae BayMarine MammalSanctuary (18-55)

Auckland Islands/Motu MahaMarine Reserve (18-48)

Macquarie Island Marine Park& World Heritage Area (18-8)

West CoastNorth Island

Marine MammalSanctuary (18-52)

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park& World Heritage Area (18-1)

Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (18-46)

Mermaid Reef MarineNational Nature Reserve (18-4)

Rowley Shoals Marine Park (18-43)

Far West Coast Marine Park& Great Australian Bight

Marine National Park (18-36)

Shark Bay Marine Park &World Heritage Area (18-42)

Jurien Bay Marine Park (18-41)

Marmion Marine Park (18-40)Shoalwater Islands Marine Park (18-39)

Ningaloo Marine Park (18-9)

Montebello/Barrow Islands MarineConservation Reserves (18-45)

Great Barrier ReefCoast Marine Park (18-13)

Great Sandy Marine Park (18-12)

Moreton Bay Marine Park (18-11)

Solitary Islands Marine Reserve & Marine Park (18-2)

Cape Byron Marine Park (18-21)

East Gippsland CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-63)

Flinders CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-64)

Freycinet CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-66)

South Tasman Rise CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-69)

Huon CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-7)

Tasman Fracture CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-70)

Zeehan CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-71)

Nelson CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-68)

Murray CommonwealthMarine Reserve (18-67)

18-74

18-7518-76

18-7718-7818-79

18-80

18-8118-82

18-83

18-84

18-85

18-87

18-88

18-86

18-37

18-8918-90

18-2818-33

18-60

18-3018-3218-24

18-31 18-26

18-6518-94

18-6218-61

18-9318-29

18-25

18-38

Elizabeth & Middleton ReefsMarine National Nature Reserve (18-6)

Coringa-Herald& Lihou Reef

NationalNatureReserve(14-26)

Lagoons of New CaledoniaWorld Heritage Site (14-21)

Ha'apai MarineConservation Area (14-16)

AleipataMPA

(14-12)

Funafuti MarineConservation Area (14-17)

National Parkof AmericanSamoa (14-2)

Rose Atoll MarineNational Monument (14-3)

Phoenix IslandsProtected Area (14-19)

Pacific Remote Islands MarineNational Monument (14-20)


Palmyra Atoll NationalWildlife Refuge (14-10)


Safata MPA (14-13)Fagatele Bay

National MarineSanctuary (14-1)

Lord Howe Island Marine Park& World Heritage Area (18-5)

Jervis Bay Marine Park (18-22)

Batemans Marine Park (18-73)

Port Stephens-Great LakesMarine Park (18-23)

Parininihi MarineReserve (18-57)

Ngā Motu/SugarLoaf IslandsMPA (18-58)

Taymirskiy Biosphere Reserve (2-12)

Ust’-Lenskiy Nature Reserve (2-13)

Wrangel Island Nature Reserve (2-14)

Southeastern Bering SeaRight Whale Critical Habitat (2-44)

Koryakskiy Nature Reserve (2-36)

Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve (2-37)

Nalychevo Nature Park &Marine Nature Reserve (2-34)

South Kamchatka Sanctuary (2-38)

Poronayskiy Nature Reserve (2-42)

Maliy Kurils Wildlife Refuge (16-16)

Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve (16-18)

Vostok Bay National Comprehensive Marine Sanctuary (16-21)

Far Eastern Marine Nature Reserve (16-10)

Seto-naikai National Park (16-5) Finless Porpoise Gathering Area

National Natural Monument (16-6)

Batanes Islands ProtectedLand & Seascape (16-36)

Cendrawasih BayMarine National

Park (13-4)

Kaimana MPA (13-36)

Dampier StraitMPA (13-37)

Bunaken NationalMarine Park (13-2)

Berau MPA(13-39)

Tun MustaphaMarine Park (13-22) Turtle Islands Wildlife

Sanctuary (13-31)Pulau Tiga MarinePark (13-45)

Malampaya SoundProtected Land

& Seascape (13-24)

Tañon StraitProtected

Seascape (13-25)

13-32

Northern SierraMadre Natural

Park (13-30)

16-31

16-3016-34

16-3216-3

16-29

16-33

16-27

16-4

13-27

13-33

13-44

13-41Kofiau & Boo

Islands MPA (13-38)

Wakatobi MarineNational Park (13-3)

Alor MPA (13-7)Savu SeaMPA (13-35)

Johor MarinePark (13-19)

Pahang MarinePark (13-43)

Nha TrangBay MPA

(13-34)

Xiamen National Natural ReserveArea for Rare Marine Species (16-2)Sha Chau & Lung Kwu Chau

Marine Park (16-1)

Kurilskiy Nature Reserve (16-15)

Shiretoko National Park & World Heritage Site (16-35)

Dzhugdzhurskiy Nature Reserve (2-35)

MagadanskiyNature Reserve (2-39)

Tarium Niryutait MPA (2-31)

Glacier BayNational Park

& Preserve (15-21)

Bowie Seamount MPA (15-7)

Gwaii Haanas National MarineConservation Area Reserve (15-2)

Robson Bight/Michael BiggEcological Reserve (15-1)

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (15-20)

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (15-16)

El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve (15-10)

Upper Gulf of California & Colorado RiverDelta National Biosphere Reserve (15-14)

Revillagigedo Archipelago NationalBiosphere Reserve (15-11)

Loreto Bay National Park (15-13)

Marieta IslandsNational Park (15-28)

Cabo San Lucas Underwater Refuge Zone (15-33)Cabo Pulmo NationalMarine Park (15-29)

Espirítu Santo InsularComplex (15-30)

San Pedro Martir IslandBiosphere Reserve (15-26)

Bahía de los Angeles, Canales de Ballenas& Salsipuedes Biosphere Reserve (15-31)

San Lorenzo Archipelago (Marine)National Park (15-32)

Gulf of California Islands Flora &Fauna Protection Area (15-27)

Islas Marías National Biosphere Reserve (15-12)

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (15-4)

Melville Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (2-3)

Northeast Greenland National Park (2-2)

BreidafjördurConservation Area (2-4)

Bear Island Nature Reserve (2-27)South Spitsbergen National Park (2-21)

Nordenskjöld Land National Park (2-23)Nordre Isfjorden National Park (2-24)

Forlandet National Park (2-22)

Northwest SpitsbergenNational Park (2-20)

Sassen-Bünsow LandNational Park (2-25)

Northeast SvalbardNature Reserve (2-18)

Southeast Svalbard Nature Reserve (2-19)Hopen Nature Reserve (2-26)

Kandalakshskiy Nature Reserve (2-9) Nenetskiy Nature Reserve (2-10)

Gydanskiy Nature Reserve (2-8)

Great Arctic Nature Reserve (2-7)

Auyuittuq National Park (2-29)

Saguenay-St Lawrence Marine Park (4-1)

Roseway Basin Right WhaleConservation Area (4-4)

Great South Channel Northern RightWhale Critical Habitat Area (4-13)

Cape Cod Ocean Sanctuary (4-16)

Iona National Park (8-56)

Namibian Islands MPA (8-66)

De HoopMPA (8-22)

RobbergMPA (8-23)

Dwesa-Cwebe MPA (8-24)

TsitsikammaMPA (8-25)

Gough Island Nature Reserve (9-66)

Inaccessible Island Nature Reserve (9-67)

Gough & Inaccessible IslandsWorld Heritage Site (9-68)

Isla de los EstadosProvincial Reserve (9-45)

Cape Horn UNESCO MABBiosphere Reserve (17-24)

Francisco Coloane Marine Park (17-1)

San Ignacio de Huinay Multiple UseMarine & Coastal Area (17-25)

Lafken Mapu-Lahual MCPA (17-3)

Isla Chañaral Marine Reserve (17-23)

Islas Choros-Damas Marine Reserve (17-4)

Isla Grande de Atacama Multiple UseMarine & Coastal Protected Area (17-26)

Caldera MPA (17-2)

Paracas National Reserve (17-19)

Guano Islands & Capes National Reserve (17-22)

El Morro Reserve (17-34) Santa Elena Fauna Reserve (17-33)

Isla Gorgona NationalNatural Park (17-6)

Malpelo Island Flora & Fauna Sanctuary (17-29)

Cocos Island Marine &Terrestrial Conservation Area (17-9)

Manglares-ChuruteEcological Reserve (17-12)

Galápagos Marine ResourcesReserve & Whale Sanctuary (17-11)

Costa Atlántica de Tierradel Fuego Reserve (9-14)

Península San Julián Provincial Reserve (9-11)

9-16

9-139-46

9-449-3

9-439-41

9-7 9-42 9-40

9-4

9-5 Península Valdés Nature Reserve (9-6)

Golfo San José Provincial Marine Park (9-2)

Cabo Polonio MPA (9-37)

Right Whale EnvironmentalProtection Area (9-33)

Anhatomirim EnvironmentalProtection Area (9-32)

Laje de Santos Marine State Park (9-27)

Ilhabela State Park (9-30)

Ilha Anchieta State Park (9-31) Arraial do CaboSustainable Reserve (9-26)

Shelf of theNorthern CoastEnvironmental

Protected Area (9-25)

Atol das RocasBiologicalReserve(9-22)

Fernando de NoronhaNational Marine Park (9-23)

Cabo Orange National Park (9-18)

9-19

Laguna de Rocha MPA (9-38)

PondolandMPA (8-27)

HlulekaMPA (8-28)

iSimangalisoWetland Park (8-30)

Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary (8-33)

Langebaan Lagoon MPA (8-35)Sixteen Mile Beach MPA (8-36)

Bird Island MPA (8-53)

AliwalShoal MPA

(8-54)

Table Mountain National Park MPA (8-55)

Delta du Saloum National Park & Biosphere Reserve (8-21)

Kissama National Park (8-57)

Akanda National Park (8-60)

Loango National Park (8-61)

Mayumba National Park (8-62)

Conkouati-Douli National Park (8-65)

Pongara National Park (8-63)

Baía da MurdeiraMarine Reserve (8-58)

Desert Nature Reserve (8-59)

Niumi National Park (8-15)

Tanjii River Bird Reserve (8-16) Kiang West National Park (8-17)

Konkouré Estuary Ramsar Wetland (8-18)

Banc d'Arguin National Park (8-19)Dakhla National Park (8-20)

Al HocemiaNational

Park (3-26)

Faial-Pico ChannelMarine Park (5-51)

Atlantic Islands NationalPark & OSPAR MPA (5-37)

Iroise Marine Nature Park (5-18)

Moray Firth SAC (5-45)St Kilda Archipelago

SAC (5-50)

Cardigan BaySAC (5-46)

Gulf of el-SalloumMPA (3-117)

Kolkheti National Park (3-67)

Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary (4-15)

Grand Manan Basin Right WhaleConservation Area (4-3)

Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen BankNational Marine Sanctuary (4-12)

Cape Cod Bay Northern Right WhaleCritical Habitat Area (4-14)

Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (4-17)

Gray's Reef National MarineSanctuary & Biosphere Reserve (7-43) Fort Clinch State Park

Aquatic Preserve (7-46)

Southeastern Right WhaleCritical Habitat (7-44)

Florida Keys NationalMarine Sanctuary (7-45)

Walker's Cay Marine Park (7-62)

Pelican Cays Land & Sea Park (7-1)Abaco National Park (7-4)

Central Andros National Parks Area (7-5)

Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park (7-2)

Marine Mammal Sanctuary ofSilver & Navidad Banks (7-34)

Soufrière/Scotts Head Marine Reserve (7-33)

Soufrière Marine Management Area (7-40)

7-54

7-75

7-76

Portland BightProtected Area (7-79)

7-21

7-10

7-97-8

17-3117-32

17-3917-30

17-1017-17

17-16 17-18 17-1517-38 17-37

17-7

17-8

7-78 7-77 7-39

7-72

7-12

7-747-13

7-80 7-737-67

7-667-71

7-68

7-707-65 7-69

7-557-58

7-60

7-567-53

7-52

7-47

7-49

7-51

7-50

9-75

9-55

9-57

9-54

9-21

9-53

9-50

9-529-49

9-47

9-20

9-569-61

9-62

9-59

9-70

9-63

9-649-71

9-72

9-73

9-74

9-69

7-61

7-64

7-57

7-28 7-187-17

7-147-207-257-26

7-317-19

7-29

7-327-24 7-27

7-237-157-22

7-167-30


Papahānaumokuākea MarineNational Monument (14-7)


Mariana Trench MarineNational Monument (14-22)

War in the Pacific NationalHistorical Park (14-18)

Rock IslandsConservation Area (14-8)

Ngeremenduu BayConservation Area (14-9)

5-47 5-215-20

5-696-4

6-126-66-2

6-1

5-64

3-27

3-28

3-20

3-163-15

3-9

3-133-10 3-22

3-63

3-793-81

3-56

3-513-11

3-12

3-52

3-19

3-14

3-93

3-101

3-1133-111

3-1093-108

3-1073-105

3-1143-112

3-106

3-110

3-99

3-100

3-95

3-94

3-80

3-98

3-543-55

3-53

3-23-64

3-57

8-12

8-108-88-38-5

8-11 8-2 8-48 8-7

6-5

ChinijoArchipelago

Natural Park (8-1)

Penguin Island Marine Interjurisdictional Park (9-12)

São Paulo State Environmental Protection & Sustainable Use

Marine Areas (9-58)

Hepu Dugong NationalNature Reserve (16-28)

Campbell Island MarineReserve (18-59)

16-2416-26

16-25

St Lawrence Estuary MPA (4-10)

Manicouagan MPA (4-6)

La Coronilla-Cerro Verde MPA (9-39)

Marine Tucuxi EnvironmentalProtection Area of Paraty Bay (9-34)

St Helena Biosphere Reserve (8-45)

Cabo Santa María - La Pedrera MPA (9-36)

Punta Ballena -Bahía de Maldonado -

José Ignacio MPA (9-35)

Tortel Multiple Use Marine& Coastal Area (17-28)

Tictoc Melimoyu MPA (17-27)

Peninsula Bayovar MPA (17-21)

South AmericanRiver Dolphin

Protected AreaNetwork

Solovetskiy Islands Biosphere Reserve (2-17)

Ingermanlandsky Reserve (6-7)

Tysfjord & HellemofjordMPA (2-6)

Skjálfandi Bay MPA (2-5)

Baie d'Antongil - Saint Marie IslandHumpback Whale Sanctuary (12-10)

Primeiras & SegundasReserve/National Park (12-37)

Great Red Sea ReefProtected Area (11-8)

Dodekanese MPA (3-76)

Turkish StraitsSystem MPA (3-104)

Cape Anaklia to Sarp MPA (3-68)

Kerch Strait MPA (3-85)

SouthwestCrete-Hellenic

Trench MPA (3-8)

Hebrides Marine Reserve & CetaceanCritical Habitat Network (5-48)

5-77

5-74

5-27

5-75

5-765-55

5-71

8-508-13

8-49

5-735-72

3-713-893-90

3-38

3-40

3-41

3-65

3-66

3-61

3-78

3-773-7

3-72

3-733-97

3-74

3-96

3-84

3-59

3-1033-116

3-87

3-102 3-703-69

3-75

3-60

3-623-18

3-37

3-923-88

3-91

5-605-65

5-58

5-57 5-66

5-59

5-62

5-63 5-68

5-53 5-52

6-10 6-86-9

6-11

6-135-67

5-61

5-78

Lower River Shannon SAC (5-22)

Roaringwater Bay &Islands SAC (5-25)

Blasket Islands SAC (5-26)

Bar al HikmanMPA (11-2)

Masirah Island MPA (11-3)

ProtectedArea Networkfor Cetacean

Diversity (10-32)

10-14

11-12

10-27

10-2 10-28

10-1510-21

Svalbard National Park (2-28)

Niginganiq NationalWildlife Area (2-30)

Lancaster Sound National MarineConservation Area (2-32)

Cook Inlet Beluga WhaleCritical Habitat (2-43)

Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area (15-6)

Race Rocks Candidate MPA (15-3)

Mouchoir Bank Marine Sanctuary (7-42)

7-11

17-35

17-36

7-59

7-63

9-60

9-51

9-65

Southern Strait of Georgia NationalMarine Conservation Area Reserve (15-5)

Northeast SakhalinWhale Wildlife Refuge (2-40)

Shantar Archipelago National Park (2-41)

Akaroa Harbour MarineReserve (18-50)

Kermadec Marine Park (18-95)

New ZealandHector's DolphinProtected Area

Network

Doubtful SoundMarine MammalSanctuary (18-51)

Coral Sea Conservation Zone (14-25)

Milne Bay Community-basedCoastal & Marine

Conservation Program (14-11)

Kimbe Bay MarineConservation Area (14-23)

Bali-LombokStrait (13-17)

Regnard Marine Management Area (18-92)

Ngari Capes Marine Park (18-91)

West Australian Cetacean MarineSanctuary Network (18-72)

Songkhla LakeDolphin PA (13-46)

13-18

Mekong RiverConservationZones (13-1)

Babuyan Islands KeyBiodiversity Area (13-29)

13-26

13-42

13-40

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (15-19)

Russian Arctic National Park (2-16)

The Gully MPA (4-2)

GoukammaMPA (8-44)

Mnemba Island & Chwaka Bay Marine Conservation Areas (12-27)

10-12

11-2010-19

10-20

10-13

Hithadhoo Protected Area (10-6)

Gulf of Mannar MarineInternational Park (10-5)

Satapada/Chilika DolphinSanctuary (10-18)

Sochinskiy National Nature Park (3-58)Lošinj Dolphin Reserve (3-1)

Ilhas Desertas NaturalReserve (5-30)

Doñana National Park (5-35)

5-19

Sado Estuary NaturalReserve & Ramsar (5-33)

Arrábida Natural Park &Marine Natural Reserve (5-34)

El Cachucho MPA (5-70)

Dogger BankSAC (5-56)

Menai Bay Conservation Area (12-18)

Cabo Vírgenes NatureReserve (9-17)

Chiloe National Park (17-5)

Machalilla NationalPark (17-14)

Motu Motiro HivaMarine Park (14-24)

National Marine Parksof Rapa Nui (14-4)

Abrolhos NationalMarine Park (9-24)

Franz Josef Land Wildlife Refuge (2-15)

Nirjutiqavvik NationalWildlife Area (2-1)

Commander Islands StateBiosphere Reserve (2-33)

Komodo National Park, Biosphere Reserve& World Heritage Site (13-5)

San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (15-23)

Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve (15-9)

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (15-18)

Hawaiian Islands Humpback WhaleNational Marine Sanctuary (14-5)

Arnavon Islands MarineConservation Area (14-15)

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (15-17)

East NationalPark (7-35)

7-81

9-48

3-35

3-173-5

3-21

3-863-82

3-83

3-115

3-34

Wadden Sea NatureReserve (5-54)

Royal BardiaNational Park (10-8)

Southeast Shoal ofthe Grand Bank (4-I)

Charlie GibbsFracture Zone

OSPAR MPA (5-IV)

3-XIX3-XX

3-V3-XVIII

3-XVII

3-XVI

3-III3-XIV

3-XV

3-XIII

3-IV

3-XII

3-XI

3-X

3-IX3-VIII

3-VII

3-VI

Pelagos Sanctuaryfor Mediterranean

Marine Mammals (3-I)

Beringia HeritageInternational Park (2-III)

Saya de MalhaBanks MPA (12-I)

Spratly IslandsMarine

Sanctuary (13-II)

Costa Rica DomeMPA (17-I)

South Orkney Islands MPA (1-II)

ASMA 7: Southwest Anvers Island & Palmer Basin (1-III)

ASPA 152: Western Bransfield Strait (1-IV)ASPA 153: Eastern Dallmann Bay (1-V)

Ross Sea Marine Reserve (1-I)

Blue Hole (9-I)

Alborán Sea MPA& SPAMI (3-II)

Proposed Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMIs) on the high seasNile Delta Region (3-VI)Eratosthenes Seamount (3-VII)Northeastern Waters off Cyprus (3-VIII)Rhodes Gyre (3-IX)Northern Aegean (3-X)Northeastern Ionian (3-XI)Northern Ionian (3-XII)Northern Adriatic (3-XIII)Northern Strait of Sicily (3-XIV)Tunisian Plateau (3-XV)Central Tyrrenian (3-XVI)Gulf of Lion Shelf & Slope (3-XVII)Southern Balearic (3-XVIII)Alborán Seamounts (3-XIX)Southwestern Alborán (3-XX)

4-A

5-A

5-B

7-B

7-C

9-A

9-B

9-C

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Habitats and Birds Directives MPAs with potential bottlenose dolphin or harbor porpoise habitat.The largest EU Habitats and Birds Directives MPAs with targeted habitat protection for bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises are shown as SACs (special areas of conservation) and SPAs (special protected areas) on the map.For the full list of the above in Regions 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 see Table 5.6 in

.This European network of protected wildlife areas, known as Natura 2000, consists of SACs for habitats and species including two named cetaceans, bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises, as well as SPAs established to protect wild birds but which may also contain some cetacean habitat.



This world map shows marine and land-based protected areas (MPAs and PAs) in

125 countries and overseas territories that protect the habitat of

whales, dolphins and porpoises — the cetaceans. Worldwide,

across the 18 marine regions covering every ocean and sea,

there are 570 protected areas with cetacean habitat,

53 of which are proposed for expansion,

.

plus 138

newly proposed areas. In addition, there are 5

existing and 27 proposed high seas MPAs.

This makes a total of 740 proposed or

existing MPAs and PAs with cetacean

habitat (Hoyt 2011). There are also

28 'national sanctuaries' declared

for cetaceans which provide lesser

degrees of habitat protection

This map is based on and designed to accompany the book,

Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises:

A world handbook for cetacean habitat conservation and

planning, by Erich Hoyt. A Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Society (WDCS) book published 2011 by Earthscan, London

and Washington, DC (Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84407-762-5;

paperback ISBN: 978-1-84407-763-2).

Text/original concept: Erich Hoyt

Map/poster design/original concept: Lesley Frampton

Research/GIS/editing: Calvin Frampton

Book cover photograph: Pierre Gallego

Homes for WhalesCetacean illustrations:

© 2003, 2004, 2011 Pieter Arend Folkens /

A Higher Porpoise Design Group

This poster has its own website dedicated to

the study and conservation of cetacean habitat.

To download a free copy of this poster, or to

find out more about the book, please go to

www.cetaceanhabitat.org

A0 poster ISBN: 978-1-901386-25-7 A1 poster ISBN: 978-1-901386-26-4

Amazon River dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

•The proposed Costa Rica Dome MPA is the only known year-round habitat for endangered blue whales.

spotlights twelve of the world's key proposed protected areas and representative networks with

cetacean habitat. These “12 for 2012 and beyond” are highlighted in yellow on the map. The following areas are examples of those included:

in support of the work of scientists, conservation groups and coalitions, governments

These and other areas have been proposed by WDCS's Critical Habitat/ MPA Programme,

and international bodies such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the regional

treaties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). All are areas important for not only cetacean biodiversity but

for a wide range of species and ecosystems.

To find out more, go to www.wdcs.org/homesforwhales or

www.cetaceanhabitat.org

WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Critical Habitat / MPA ProgrammeBrookfield House38 St Paul Street

ChippenhamWiltshire

SN 15 1LJUnited Kingdom

Charity No. 1014705

The WDCS campaign, Homes for Whales and Dolphins,

•The Protected Area Network for Cetacean Diversity in Bangladesh and the South American River Dolphin Protected Area Network are proposed

networks featuring mainly dolphins living in rivers and estuaries.

•The proposed Ross Sea Marine Reserve is the last large intact ecosystem in the southern ocean with three types of orcas, minke and other whales.

•The proposed Hebrides Marine Reserve and Cetacean Critical Habitat Network, in Scotland, and the proposed Alborán Sea MPA and SPAMI, in the western Mediterranean, are two of

the most cetacean diverse areas in European waters.

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Port Honduras Marine Reserve (7-8)Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site (7-9)Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary (7-10)

El Tuparro National Park (7-64)Tayrona National Natural Park (7-65)Corales del Rosario & San Bernardo National Natural Park (7-66)Rosario & San Bernardo Archipelago MPA (7-67)Via Salamanca Island Park (7-68)Los Flamencos Fauna & Flora Sanctuary (7-69)Santa Marta's Large Marsh Fauna & Flora Sanctuary (7-70)El Corchal 'Mono Hernandez' Fauna & Flora Sanctuary (7-71)Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park (7-72)Cispata Bay Integrated Management District (7-73)Tortuguero National Park (7-12)Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (7-13)

Turneffe Atoll MPA & Biosphere Reserve (7-11)Confluence River Meta & Orinoco (7-63)

Cahuita National Park (7-74)Caguanes Natural Park (7-14)Cayos de Ana María Wildlife Refuge (7-15)Delta del Cauto Wildlife Refuge (7-16)Lanzanillo Pajonal Fragoso Wildlife Refuge (7-17)Las Picúas Wildlife Refuge (7-18)Río Máximo Wildlife Refuge (7-19)Buena Vista Biosphere Reserve (7-20)Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve (7-21)Jardines de la Reina Natural Park (7-22)Ciénaga de Zapata Natural Park & Biosphere Reserve (7-23)Cayo Cantiles - Avalo - Rosario Natural Park (7-24)Los Caimanes Natural Park (7-25)Cayo Coco Ecological Reserve (7-26)Cayo Largo Touristic Natural Area (7-27)Cayo Levisa Touristic Natural Area (7-28)Bahía de Malagueta Wildlife Refuge (7-29)Banco de Buena Esperanza Wildlife Refuge (7-30)Cayo Cruz Wildlife Refuge (7-31)Cayos Juan Ruiz, Cristóbal & Providencia Wildlife Refuge (7-32)

Amana National Nature Reserve (7-75)Île du Grand-Connétable National Nature Reserve (7-76)Cayos Cochinos Marine Natural Monument (7-77)Jeanette Kawas National Park (7-78)Cayos Miskitos & Franja Costera Marine Biological Reserve (7-39)Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park (7-80)

Caño Guaritico Wildlife Refuge (7-47)Arrau Turtle Wildlife Refuge (7-49)Parima Tapirapecó National Park (7-50)Yapacana National Park (7-51)Santos Luzardo National Park (7-52)Aguaro-Guariquito National Park (7-53)Orinoco Delta Biosphere Reserve & Orinoco Delta National Park (7-54)Perijá National Park (7-55)Turuépano National Park (7-56)Peninsula de Paria National Park (7-57)

Multiple use management areas/nature reserves (7-81)

Ciénagas de Juan Manuel National Park (7-58)

Mochima National Park (7-60)National Monument Cerro Autana (7-61)

Ciudad Bolívar (narrowness of the Orinoco River) (7-59)

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Strait of Sicily MPA (3-III)Malta & Southeastern Sicily MPA (3-IV)Balearic Islands MPA (3-V)Vjose-Narte Protected Landscape (3-54)Sazani Island-Karaburuni Peninsula MPA (3-55)Cap de Garde Marine Reserve (3-56)Iles Habibas Marine Nature Reserve (3-57)

Port Cros National Park (3-2)

Capu Rossu, Scandola, Reveletta, Calvi SPA (3-63)Côte Languedocienne SPA (3-64)

Gulf of Trieste Miramare MPA (3-9)Ventotene & Santo Stefano Islands MPA (3-10)Capo Carbonara MPA (3-11)Egadi Islands MPA (3-12)Tavolara & Punta Coda Cavallo MPA (3-13)Capo Rizzuto Island MPA (3-14)Cinque Terre Marine Natural Protected Area (3-15)Portofino MPA (3-16)

Pelagie Islands MPA (3-19)Asinara Island MPA (3-20)

Regno di Nettuno (Ischia) MPA (3-22)Capo Caccia - Isola Piana Natural MPA (3-79)Porto Cesareo MPA (3-80)Natural Marine Reserve of the Sinis Penisola - Mal di Ventre (3-81)

Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park (3-27)Cabrera Archipelago Marine & Land National Park (3-28)

Kaliakra Nature Reserve SAC (3-116)

Porto/Scandola/Revellata/Calvi/Calanches de Piana SAC (3-60)Plateau du Cap Corse SAC (3-61)Golfe d'Ajaccio SAC (3-62)

Calanques et Iles Marseillaises - Cap Canaille et Massif du Grand Caunet SAC (3-65)Rade d'Hyères SAC (3-66)Supsa MPA (3-69)Chorokhi MPA (3-70)Southern Waters of Gibraltar SAC (3-71)Kalamos MPA (3-7)Eastern Ionian Sea & Gulf of Corinth MPA (3-72)Gulf of Saronikos MPA (3-73)Northern Sporades MPA (3-74)Northern Aegean Sea MPA (3-75)Amvrakikos Gulf MPA (3-77)Amvrakikos Kolpos, Delta Lourou Kai Arachthou SAC (3-78)

Capo Testa-Punta Falcone MPA (3-18)

Cape Tuzla MPA (3-84)

Taman Bay MPA (3-87)

Strait of Bonifaccio Natural Reserve (3-5)

Tuscan Archipelago National Park (3-17)

Maddalena Archipelago National Park (3-21)

Marine Reserve 2 Mai - Vama Veche & SAC (3-82)Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (3-83)

Bol'shoi Utrish Nature Sanctuary (3-86)

Illes Columbretes Regional Marine Reserve & SPA (3-34)Tabarca Marine Reserve (3-35)

Tarkhankut National Nature Park MPA (3-115)

Medio Marino SAC (3-37)Alborán SAC (3-38)Arxipèlag de Cabrera SAC (3-40)Badies de Pollença i Alcúdia SAC (3-41)Costes del Garraf SAC (3-88)Estrecho Oriental SAC (3-89)Seco de los Olivos SAC (3-90)Cañón de Creus SAC (3-91)Delta del Ebro-Columbretes SAC (3-92)

Saros Bay MPA (3-96)Kemer-Antalya coast MPA (3-97)

Cide MPA (3-102)Prebosphoric MPA (3-103)Cape Sarych to Cape Khersones MPA (3-59)

La Galite MPA & SPAMI (3-51)Zembra & Zembretta MPA & SPAMI (3-52)Kneiss MPA & SPAMI (3-53)Gökova Special Environmental Protection Area (3-93)Fethiye-Göcek Special Environmental Protection Area (3-94)Datça-Bozburun Special Environmental Protection Area (3-95)

Igneada Protected Area (3-98)Kizilirmak Delta Ramsar Site (3-99)Yeşilırmak Delta MPA & IBA (3-100)Sarikum Nature Reserve (3-101)

Zernov's Phyllophora Field State Botanical Preserve (3-105)Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (3-106)Cape Martyan Nature Reserve (3-107)Karadag Nature Reserve (3-108)Opuk Nature Reserve (3-109)Kazantip Nature Reserve (3-110)Azov & Sivash National Nature Park (3-111)Swan Islands branch of the Crimean Nature Reserve (3-112)Meotida Landscape Park (3-113)Danube Biosphere Reserve (3-114)

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Vadehavet med Ribe Å, Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde SAC (5-52)Sydlige Nordsø SPA & SAC (5-53)Celtic Shelf Break MPA (5-55)Ouessant-Molène SAC (5-57)Chaussée de Sein SAC (5-58)Baie du Mont Saint-Michel SAC (5-59)Pertuis Charentais SAC (5-60)Chausey SAC (5-61)Recifs Gris-Nez Blanc-Nez SAC (5-62)Bancs des Flandres SAC (5-63)

Plateau rocheux de l'île d'Yeu SAC (5-65)Cap d'Erquy-Cap Fréhel SAC (5-66)

NTP S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete SAC (5-67)Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer SAC (5-68)

Dublin Bay SAC (5-27)Chimeneas de Cádiz SAC (5-71)Cañón de Avilés SAC (5-72)Banco de Galicia SAC (5-73)

Tête de Canyon du Cap Ferret SPA (5-64)

Sylter Außenriff SAC (5-20)Borkum-Riffgrund SAC (5-21)

Östliche Deutsche Bucht SPA (5-69)

Harbor Porpoise Sanctuary & SAC, National Park Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein (5-19)

Lleyn Peninsula & the Sarnau SAC (5-47)North East Scotland Marine Reserve & Cetacean Critical Habitat Network (5-74)Coastal Wales Marine Reserve & Cetacean Critical Habitat Network (5-75)South West England Marine Reserve & Cetacean Critical Habitat Network (5-76)Wyville Thomson Ridge SAC (5-77)North West Rockall Bank SAC (5-78)

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Skagens Gren og Skagerrak SAC (6-10)Flensborg Fjord, Bredgrund og farvandet omkring Als SAC (6-11)

Ostoja na Zatoce Pomorskiej SAC (6-13)

Vrångöskärgården SAC & SPA (6-8)Stora Middelgrund och Röde bank SAC (6-9)

Fehmarnbelt SAC (6-1)Kadetrinne SAC (6-2)Pommersche Bucht mit Oderbank SAC (6-4)Adlergrund SAC (6-6)SPA Pommersche Bucht (6-12)

Kurshskaya Kosa National Park (6-5)

DenmarkDenmark

GermanyGermanyGermanyGermanyGermany

PolandRussia

SwedenSweden

Franja Marina Teno-Rasca SAC (8-2)Franja Marina Santiago - Valle Gran Rey SAC (8-3)Mar de las Calmas SAC (8-5)Área Marina de la Isleta SAC (8-7)Franja Marina de Mogán SAC (8-8)Sebadales de Playa del Inglés SAC (8-10)Franja Marina de Fuencaliente SAC (8-11)Playa de Sotavento de Jandía SAC (8-12)

Sebadales de Güi-Güí SAC (8-48)MPA (Eastern Fuerteventura & Lanzarote) (8-13)

Sur de Fuerteventura SAC (8-49)Banco de la Concepción SAC (8-50)

Indus River Dolphin Reserve/Sind Dolphin Reserve (11-4)

Chashma Barrage Dolphin Sanctuary (11-13)Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary (11-14)Indus Delta Ramsar Wetland (11-15)Keti Bunder North & South Wildlife Sanctuaries (11-17)Jiwani Coastal Ramsar Wetland (11-18)Ormara Turtle Beaches Ramsar Wetland (11-19)

Indus Dolphin Reserve (11-12)

Astola Island Ramsar Wetland (11-20)

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Punta Loma Faunal Reserve (9-3)Punta Norte Provincial Faunal Reserve (9-4)Punta Pirámide Faunal Reserve (9-5)Bahía San Antonio Hemispheric Reserve (9-7)Ría Deseado Nature Provincial Reserve (9-13)Monte León National Park (9-16)Punta Bermeja Natural Protected Area (9-40)Puerto Lobos Natural Protected Area (9-41)Caleta de los Loros-Punta Mejillón Reserve of Multiple Use (9-42)El Doradillo Municipal Protected Area (9-43)Punta León Natural Protected Area (9-44)Patagonian Austral Interjurisdictional Marine Coastal Park (9-46)Isiboro Sécure National Park & Indigenous Territory (9-47)

Iténez Departmental Park & Natural Area of Integrated Management (9-49)Bruno Racua Departmental Wildlife Reserve (9-50)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (9-48)

Muncipal PA Ibare-Mamore (9-51)

Lake Complex of Tarapoto & El Correo PA (9-60)

Caballo Cocha Lake PA (9-65)

Beni Biosphere Reserve Biological Station (9-52)Piratuba Lake Biological Reserve (9-19)Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve (9-20)Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (9-21)Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve (9-53)Jaú National Park (9-54)Amazônia National Park (9-55)Juami-Japurá Ecological Station (9-56)Anavilhanas National Park (9-57)Tapajós National Forest (9-75)Cahuinarí National Natural Park (9-59)

Puré River National Park (9-61)Amacayacu National Natural Park (9-62)National Natural Park La Paya (9-70)Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve (9-63)Yasuní Biosphere Reserve & National Park (9-64)

Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve (9-69)Güeppí Reserved Zone (9-71)Pucacuro Reserved Zone (9-72)Santiago-Comaina Reserved Zone (9-73)Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve (9-74)

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Sundarbans National Park/Sanctuaries/Biosphere Reserve/Ramsar Wetland/World Heritage Site (10-1)

Royal Manas National Park (10-10)Sundarbans National Park/Sanctuaries/Biosphere Reserve/Ramsar Wetland/World Heritage Site (10-1)Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (10-4)

Bhitarkanika Mangroves Wildlife Sanctuary (10-16)

Katerniya Ghat Gharial Sanctuary (10-22)Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary (10-23)Ayeyarwady River Dolphin Protected Area (10-26)

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (10-30)

Sangu River (10-2)

Kulsi Conservation Reserve (10-14)Subansiri Conservation Reserve (10-15)

Khabalu-Ghagarmukh Dolphin Sanctuary (10-21)

Ayeyarwady River PA (Bhamo to Sinkan) (10-27)Ayeyarwady River PA (Sinkan to Tagaung) (10-28)

Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora) Ramsar Wetland (10-12)Kaziranga National Park & World Heritage Site (10-13)

Sahebganj Dolphin Sanctuary (10-19)Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (10-20)

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Bontang-East Kutai MPA (13-40)

Mahakam River PA (Pela to Muara Kaman) (13-42)Community Fisheries Conservation Zones (Muang-Khong District) (13-18)

Pamilacan Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary (13-26)

Natural Reserve Habitat Pesut Mahakam (13-41)

Tun Sakaran Marine Park (13-44)

Tubbataha Reef Natural Park (13-27)Siargao Island Protected Land & Seascape (13-32)Apo Reef Natural Park (13-33)

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Honghu Xin-Luo Baiji National Natural Reserve (16-3)Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve (16-4)

Taishan Daijin Island Chinese White Dolphin Provincial Nature Reserve (16-27)Shishou Tian-e-Zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve (16-29)Tongling Yangtze Freshwater Cetacean National Natural Reserve (16-30)Zhenjiang Yangtze Cetacean Provincial Natural Reserve (16-31)Poyang Lake Yangtze Finless Porpoise Provincial Natural Reserve (16-32)Yueyang East Dongting Lake Yangtze Cetacean Natural Reserve (16-33)Anqing Yangtze Cetacean Natural Reserve (16-34)

Southwest Lantau Marine Park (16-24)Soko Islands Marine Park (16-25)Brothers Islands Marine Park (16-26)

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Ensenada de Utría National Natural Park (17-7)Malaga Bay Uramba National Natural Park (17-8)Ballena Marine National Park (17-10)Manuel Antonio National Park (17-30)Santa Rosa National Park (17-31)Guanacaste Conservation Area (17-32)Las Baulas National Marine Park (17-39)

Cerro Hoya National Park (17-15)Coiba National Park (17-16)Golfo de Chiriquí National Marine Park (17-17)Golfo de Montijo Wetland (17-18)Punta Patiño Wetland (17-37)Las Perlas Archipelago Special Coastal Management Zone (17-38)

Coastal Marine Zones of Guatemala (17-35)San Juan del Sur Humpback Whale MPA (17-36)

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Bunurong Marine National Park (18-24)Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park (18-25)Cape Howe Marine National Park (18-26)Discovery Bay Marine National Park (18-28)Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park (18-29)Point Addis Marine National Park/Point Danger Marine Sanctuary/Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary (18-30)Point Hicks Marine National Park (18-31)Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park (18-32)The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park & the Arches Marine Sanctuary (18-33)Encounter Marine Park (18-37)Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (18-38)Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve (18-60)Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve (18-61)Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve (18-62)Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve (18-65) Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park (18-74)West Coast Bays Marine Park (18-75)Investigator Marine Park (18-76)Thorny Passage Marine Park (18-77)Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park (18-78)Neptune Islands Group Marine Park (18-79)Gambier Islands Group Marine Park (18-80)Franklin Harbor Marine Park (18-81)Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park (18-82)Eastern Spencer Gulf Marine Park (18-83)Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park (18-84)Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park (18-85)Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park (18-86)Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park (18-87)Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park (18-88)Upper South East Marine Park (18-89)Lower South East Marine Park (18-90)Kent Group Marine Reserve (18-93)Port Davey Marine Reserve (18-94)

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National EEZ Sanctuaries by marine region

3 Mediterranean and Black Seas

5 North East Atlantic

6 Baltic

7 Wider Caribbean

8 West Africa

9 South Atlantic

10 Central Indian Ocean

13 East Asian Seas

11 Arabian Seas

16 North West Pacific

17 South East Pacific

18 Australia-New Zealand

MPAs not listed in full on map are :












1 Antarctic

2 Arctic

4 North West Atlantic

12 East Africa

14 North and South Pacific

15 North East Pacific

MPAs listed in full on the map above






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5-A5-B

7-B7-C

9-A9-B

9-C10-A

12-A

14-A14-B

14-C

14-G14-H

14-K

15-B17-A

17-B17-C

17-D18-A

18-B

14-M14-L

14-J

14-D

14-F14-E

13-A

8-A

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short-beaked common dolphin

Delphinus delphis

harbor porpoise

Phocoena phocoenaRisso's dolphin

Grampus griseus

Dall's porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

Lagenorhynchus acutusstriped dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Hector's dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Commerson's dolphin

Cephalorhynchus commersonii

pantropical spotted dolphin

Stenella attenuata

bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

fin whale

Balaenoptera physalus

killer whale

Orcinus orca

blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

narwhal

Monodon monoceros

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