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

Table 5.21 continued<br />

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

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

(7) Ensenada de Utría National • bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; Jun–Nov:<br />

Natural Park (Parque Nacional humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae<br />

Natural Ensenada de Utría) • also: marine turtles <strong>and</strong> coral reefs<br />

• Departamento de Chocó, on the<br />

Pacific coast<br />

• 206 mi2 (534 km2 ), 20 per cent of<br />

which is the marine area<br />

(8) Malaga Bay MPA, proposed • humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae<br />

• Malaga Bay (including Negritos area) • also: mangrove <strong>and</strong> wetl<strong>and</strong> habitats<br />

COSTA RICA República de Costa Rica<br />

(9) Cocos Isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>and</strong> • common: bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; also:<br />

Terrestrial Conservation Area false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; humpback whale,<br />

(Área de Conservación Marina y Megaptera novaeangliae; others<br />

Terrestre Isla del Coco) • also: Cali<strong>for</strong>nia sea lion, hawksbill, green <strong>and</strong> olive Ridley<br />

• includes all of Cocos Isl<strong>and</strong>, 311 mi turtles, various sharks (hammerhead, white-tip, whale),<br />

(500 km) SW of Costa Rica, eastern manta ray, nesting seabirds; various l<strong>and</strong>-based endemics<br />

tropical Pacific <strong>and</strong> surrounding<br />

waters up to 9.3 mi (15 km) around<br />

the isl<strong>and</strong><br />

• 385 mi 2 (997 km 2 ) total; 376 mi 2<br />

(973 km 2 ) marine<br />

(10) Ballena <strong>Marine</strong> National Park • common: spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris; bottlenose<br />

• extends 10 mi (15 km) from Uvita to dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; common dolphin, Delphinus<br />

Punta Piñuela <strong>and</strong> about 6 mi (9 km) sp; Dec–Apr: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae;<br />

out to sea sporadic: sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; orca,<br />

• undetermined but 17.4 mi2 (45 km2 )<br />

by one estimate<br />

ECUADOR República del Ecuador<br />

Orcinus orca<br />

(A) Whale Natural Refuge (Refugio • humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; Bryde’s whale,<br />

Natural de Ballenas) Balaenoptera brydei; fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus;<br />

• national waters of Ecuador, to the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus; bottlenose dolphin,<br />

200 nm (371 km) EEZ limit off the Tursiops truncatus; pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella<br />

mainl<strong>and</strong> as well as around the attenuata; spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris; common<br />

Galápagos Isl<strong>and</strong>s dolphin, Delphinus spp; Fraser’s dolphin, Lagenodelphis<br />

• 422,842 mi2 (1,095,455 km2 ) hosei; rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; Risso’s<br />

dolphin, Grampus griseus; orca, Orcinus orca; sperm<br />

whale, Physeter macrocephalus; various beaked <strong>whales</strong>;<br />

others

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