South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area

Location

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Key Information

TYPE

MPA

DESIGNATION

High Seas Management Area

LOCATED IN

USA, EU, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay

High Seas / International

AREA

93,758 km²	MARINE AREA
93,758 km²	TOTAL AREA ⁱ

MANAGED BY

Commission for the Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

Management Website

LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)

Most Restrictive ⁱ

Marine life removal is prohibited (or entry is prohibited)

DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Unmodified)

OTHER DATABASES

World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) ID: 478191

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Last updated on 01 November 2017.

Purpose

To protect the seafloor around the South Orkney Islands, which has been shown to be an area with exceptionally high biodiversity. The marine animals there represent approximately one fifth of all species recorded for the entire Southern Ocean.