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Table E.1 Total sanctuaries and MPAs with cetacean habitat in each marine region
Marine Existing Existing Existing Existing Proposed Proposed Proposed or
region high-seas national MPAs MPAs high-seas national suggested
and multi- sanctuaries (includes specifically and multi- sanctuaries MPAs
country existing proposed country (including
sanctuaries MPAs for sanctuaries MPAs under
and MPAs specifically expansion and MPAs discussion)
proposed for
expansion)
1 Antarctic 1(s) – 3 – – – 1
2 Arctic – – 23 2 3 – 16
3 Mediterranean 1
4 Northwest
– 24 3 – – 35
Atlantic
5 Northeast
– 1 11 — — — 7
Atlantic 1 2 25 8 2 – 25
6 Baltic
7 Wider
– – 1 – – – 4
Caribbean – 1(s) 33 2 – 1 15
8 West Africa
9 South
– 1 41 2 1(s) 1 6
Atlantic
10 Central
Indian
– 1 33 2 1(s) – 4
Ocean
11 Arabian
1(s) – 5 2 – – 4
Seas 1(s) – 2 – – – 2
12 East Africa
13 East Asian
1(s) 1 28 3 – – 5
Seas
14 South
1(s) – 18 2 1 1 16
Pacific
15 Northeast
– 9 16 3 1(s) 1 1
Pacific
16 Northwest
– 1(s) 16 4 1 – 8
Pacific
17 Southeast
– – 22 2 – – 11
Pacific
18 Australia–
New
1 1 17 3 1(s) – 4
Zealand 2(s) 2 40 3 1(s) – 12
Totals 5 19 358 41 9 4 176
Notes:
(s) = shared with another marine region (counted more than once in separate marine regions).
Numbers in italics are proposed sanctuaries and MPAs. Proposed MPAs in the Arctic and the Northwest
Pacific include 5 and 10 MPAs specifically proposed in Table 5.3, as well as 11 unnamed MPAs proposed in
Russian waters. Totals for proposed high-seas and multi-country sanctuaries and MPAs do not include the
proposed Global Whale Sanctuary.
Source: Table is based on data obtained for this book, as shown in Tables 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10,
5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.20. 5.21 and 5.22.