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

Table 5.15 continued<br />

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

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

(15) Maputo Bay-Inhaca Isl<strong>and</strong> • Jul–Sept: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae;<br />

Machangalo c<strong>and</strong>idate World common: Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin, Sousa<br />

Heritage Site, proposed <strong>for</strong> expansion chinensis; northern limit: southern right whale, Eubalaena<br />

• Maputo Bay <strong>and</strong> Inhaca Isl<strong>and</strong> plus the australis<br />

Machangalo area close to the South • also: dugong, whale shark, coral communities<br />

African border<br />

• 1603 mi2 (4153 km2 ), includes isl<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> marine <strong>areas</strong><br />

(16) Zambezi River Delta • Jul–Sept: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae;<br />

c<strong>and</strong>idate World Heritage Site, common: Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin, Sousa<br />

proposed chinensis; Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus<br />

• Zambezi River delta • also: wattled crane, pelican, African skimmer<br />

• 4811 mi 2 (12,464 km 2 ) includes l<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> marine <strong>areas</strong><br />

LA RÉUNION (France)<br />

(French overseas department)<br />

(17) Réunion <strong>Marine</strong> Park • Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin, Sousa chinensis;<br />

(Parc Marin de La Réunion) Jul–Sept: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae<br />

• La Réunion<br />

SEYCHELLES Republic of Seychelles<br />

(A) Seychelles <strong>Marine</strong> Mammal • humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; fin whale,<br />

Sanctuary Balaenoptera physalus; sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis;<br />

• national waters of Seychelles to the Bryde’s whale, Balaenoptera brydei; Antarctic minke whale,<br />

limits of the EEZ Balaenoptera bonaerensis; southern right whale, Eubalaena<br />

australis; sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; orca,<br />

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

Gray’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi; Indo-Pacific<br />

beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus; pilot whale,<br />

Globicephala sp; Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus;<br />

pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata; roughtoothed<br />

dolphin, Steno bredanensis; melon-headed whale,<br />

Peponocephala electra; Blainville’s beaked whale,<br />

Mesoplodon densirostris<br />

TANZANIA United Republic of Tanzania<br />

Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania<br />

(18) Menai Bay Conservation Area • resident: Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin, Sousa<br />

• Menai Bay, southwest of Unguja chinensis; Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops<br />

Isl<strong>and</strong>, Zanzibar aduncus; common: spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris;<br />

• 181.4 mi 2 (470 km 2 ) Jul–Oct: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae;<br />

sporadic: Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus; possible:<br />

pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata<br />

• also: sea turtles, whale shark

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