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

Table 5.11 continued<br />

Name of MPA or sanctuary, Cetacean <strong>and</strong> other notable species<br />

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

(25) Tsitsikamma MPA • Jun–Nov: southern right whale, Eubalaena australis;<br />

• located along 35.4 mi (57 km) east of Apr–Dec, migratory: humpback whale, Megaptera<br />

Plettenberg Bay, spanning Western novaeangliae; year-round, common: Indo-Pacific<br />

<strong>and</strong> Eastern Cape provinces hump-backed dolphin, Sousa chinensis; short-beaked<br />

• total size is 142.2 mi2 (368.5 km2 ), of common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; Indo-Pacific<br />

which 124.7 mi2 (323 km2 ) is marine; bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus; also: Bryde’s whale,<br />

the marine reserve extends 3.4 mi Balaenoptera brydei; pygmy sperm whale, Kogia<br />

(5.5 km) offshore all along the coast breviceps; dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima; Risso’s dolphin,<br />

Grampus griseus; striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba;<br />

orca, Orcinus orca; various beaked <strong>whales</strong><br />

• also: 400+ species of marine fish, almost 50 per cent of<br />

which are endemic <strong>and</strong> important spawning grounds;<br />

vervet monkey, Cape clawless otter, bushbuck, blue duiker<br />

(26) Sardinia Bay MPA • Jun–Nov: southern right whale, Eubalaena australis;<br />

• located south of Port Elizabeth, along Apr–Dec, migratory: humpback whale, Megaptera<br />

4.3 mi (7 km) of shoreline, Eastern novaeangliae; year-round, common inshore: Indo-Pacific<br />

Cape hump-backed dolphin, Sousa chinensis; Indo-Pacific<br />

• 5.1 mi 2 (13.2 km 2 ) bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus<br />

(27) Mkambati MPA • Jun–Nov: southern right whale, Eubalaena australis;<br />

• located along 7.1 mi (11.5 km) of the Apr–Dec, migratory: humpback whale, Megaptera<br />

coast, 25 mi (40 km) east of Flagstaff, novaeangliae; year-round, common inshore: Indo-Pacific<br />

Eastern Cape hump-backed dolphin, Sousa chinensis; Indo-Pacific<br />

• 50 mi 2 (130 km 2 ) bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus; more offshore:<br />

short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis<br />

• also: Cape vulture, baboon

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