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

Table 5.17 continued<br />

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

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

PHILIPPINES Republic of the Philippines<br />

Republika ng Pilipinas<br />

(24) Malampaya Sound Protected • Inner Sound: Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris;<br />

L<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Seascape Outer Sound: bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus<br />

• Malampaya Sound, northwestern • also: dugong, sea turtles; area includes some mangroves<br />

Palawan <strong>and</strong> modest coral reefs<br />

• 772 mi2 (2001 km2 ) total; marine only is<br />

430 mi2 (1114 km2 )<br />

(25) Tañon Strait Protected • Year-round: spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris;<br />

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

• Tañon Strait, between the isl<strong>and</strong>s of May–Sept: melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra;<br />

Negros <strong>and</strong> Cebu, shared by the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; short-finned pilot<br />

provinces of Cebu, Negros Occidental whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus; Risso’s dolphin,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Negros Oriental, Central Visayas Grampus griseus; Fraser’s dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei;<br />

• approximately 800 mi 2 (2000 km 2 ). rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; false killer whale,<br />

Pseudorca crassidens; dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima<br />

• also: sea turtles

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