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144 <strong>Marine</strong> Protected Areas <strong>for</strong> Whales, Dolphins <strong>and</strong> Porpoises<br />

Table 5.6 <strong>Marine</strong> Region 3: Mediterranean MPAs <strong>and</strong> sanctuaries<br />

Name of MPA or sanctuary,<br />

location <strong>and</strong> size<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Cetacean <strong>and</strong> other notable species<br />

(I) Pelagos Sanctuary <strong>for</strong> • fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus; striped dolphin, Stenella<br />

Mediterranean <strong>Marine</strong> Mammals coeruleoalba; sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus;<br />

• Ligurian, Corsican <strong>and</strong> northern bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; short-beaked<br />

Tyrrhenian Sea; in the waters of France, common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; Risso’s dolphin,<br />

Italy <strong>and</strong> Monaco <strong>and</strong> the adjacent Grampus griseus; long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala<br />

high seas<br />

• 33,772 mi<br />

melas; Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris<br />

2 (87,492 km2 )<br />

See Case Study 3.<br />

CROATIA Republic of Croatia<br />

Republika Hrvatska<br />

(1) Losinj Dolphin Reserve, • bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (resident – about<br />

proposed 120 photo-IDed animals)<br />

• waters adjacent to west coast of the • also: Griffon vultures on cliffs, marine turtles, at least<br />

isl<strong>and</strong>s of Losinj <strong>and</strong> Cres, Cres-Losinj 95 species of fish (large predators such as sharks, tunas<br />

Archipelago, northern Adriatic Sea <strong>and</strong> swordfishes), marine invertebrates <strong>and</strong> seaweeds in<br />

• 2002 proposal was <strong>for</strong> 386 mi 2 high diversity<br />

(1000 km 2 ) but there are still no definite<br />

borders as of early 2004<br />

FRANCE République Française<br />

(2) Port Cros National Park • bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus<br />

(Le Parc national de Port-Cros)<br />

• Iles d’Hyères, 25 mi (40 km)<br />

southeast of Toulon<br />

•9 mi 2 (24 km 2 ) including 7 mi 2 (18 km 2 )<br />

marine waters

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