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Marine protected areas for whales, dolphins, and porpoises: a world ...

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The gray whale, Eschrictius robustus, (above) was the first whale to have a dedicated<br />

<strong>protected</strong> area with the creation of Laguna Ojo de Liebre (Scammon’s Lagoon) National<br />

Gray Whale Refuge in 1971. In November 1988 the complex of Mexican Pacific gray whale<br />

breeding lagoons was named as El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve. Photograph by Stephen<br />

Leatherwood, courtesy Oceanic Society Expeditions

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