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Key Information

TYPE
MPA
DESIGNATION
Special Reserve
LOCATED IN
Outer Islands
Seychelles
AREA
2,417 km2 MARINE AREA
2,430 km2 TOTAL AREA i
MANAGED BY
Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF)
LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)
Marine life removal is prohibited (or entry is prohibited)
DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: WDPA (Boundary Simplified for Display)

DATA VERSION

1.0

LAST REVIEWED

January 2023

OTHER DATABASES
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) ID: 1342

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To protect the near-pristine coral reefs and marine habitats that support a huge diversity and abundance of marine life in one of the world's largest coral atolls.

Species of Concern: manta ray, tiger shark, orca, humpback whale

Regulations Summary

Einschränkungen

1. No person shall in the Reserve remove, deface, damage or obscure any buoy, marker, notice, structure, craft or equipment belonging to or placed by the Foundation.
2. No person shall in the Reserve:
(a) kill, capture, take, shoot, or wilfully injure or disturb by any means:
(i) any animal whether vertebrate or invertebrate and whether alive or dead;
(ii) the egg, spawn, nest or shell of any animal;
(b) disturb, remove or destroy for any purpose any plant or the fruit or seed of any plant;
(c) disturb, remove or destroy for any purpose the substrate (being humus, soil, sand, mud, gravel, rock, coral or reef debris) forming the habitat of any animal or plant.
3. No person shall bring into, or have in possession in the Reserve,
(a) a weapon or device designed or which may be used to contravene the previous restriction;
(b) an explosive, explosive device or firework or a poisonous substance.
4. No person shall bring, or permit to be brought, into the Reserve,
(a) any animal or the egg or spawn of any animal;
(b) any plant or the fruit or seed of any plant, which is capable of reproducing or propagating itself.
5. No person, inside or outside, of the Reserve shall throw down, drop, leave or otherwise deposit anything or substances so as to deface by litter or pollute the Reserve.

Erlaubt

Certain activities may be allowed in accordance with local laws.

Governing Regulations