United States (National Waters)

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Level of Fishing Protection i

United States (National Waters)

Least Restrictive
Less Restrictive
Moderately Restrictive
Heavily Restrictive
Most Restrictive
Marine Area
% of Total
Marine Area
% of Total
37,797 km2
0.44 %
6,115,144 km2
70.76 %
957,962 km2
11.09 %
1,162,728 km2
13.45 %
368,309 km2
4.26 %

REPRESENTS

71%
of United States marine area
Least Restrictive
19.77 %
Less Restrictive
76.64 %
Moderately Restrictive
99.93 %
Heavily Restrictive
42.95 %
Most Restrictive
99.51 %
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4326 Protected and Managed Areas (Includes Subzones)

669 MPAs, 3657 Non-MPAs

NAME TYPE LFP SIZE
NAME TYPE LFP SIZE