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254 <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 />

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

• located along 2.5 mi (4 km) of shore year-round: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops<br />

adjacent to Helderberg Coastal aduncus; short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus<br />

Reserve, northern False Bay, delphis<br />

Western Cape<br />

(33) Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary • Jun–Nov: southern right whale, Eubalaena australis;<br />

• Walker Bay, off Hermanus, Western year-round, common: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin,<br />

Cape Tursiops aduncus; short-beaked common dolphin,<br />

Delphinus delphis<br />

(34) West Coast National Park, • Jun–Nov: southern right whale, Eubalaena australis;<br />

including (35) Langebaan Lagoon year-round: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops<br />

MPA <strong>and</strong> (36) Sixteen Mile Beach aduncus; Heaviside’s dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii;<br />

MPA, as well as (37) Marcus, (38) dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus<br />

Jutten <strong>and</strong> (39) Malgas MPAs,<br />

proposed <strong>for</strong> amalgamation<br />

• located along Western Cape, north of<br />

Cape Town<br />

(40) Cape Peninsula MPA, • Jun–Nov: southern right whale, Eubalaena australis;<br />

proposed <strong>and</strong> in process, includes year-round: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops<br />

(41) Castle Rock MPA aduncus; short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis<br />

• adjacent to Cape Peninsula National<br />

Park, False Bay, Western Cape<br />

• 2.5 mi 2 (6.6 km 2 ) at present <strong>for</strong> Castle<br />

Rock MPA only; expansion would be<br />

considerably larger

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