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World Database on Protected Areas – Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area Archived 7 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, New Zealand and United States Delegation, 2015.
On 28 October 2016, after several years of scientific and diplomatic discussions, the Commission agreed by consensus to designate the Ross Sea marine protected area at its annual meeting in Hobart. The protected area covers 1.55 million square kilometres of ocean, of which 72% is a no-take zone.
Milford Sound, New Zealand is a strict marine reserve (Category Ia).. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) defines a protected area as: [12] [13]. A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.
About 1.12 million square kilometres of the Ross Sea region have been declared a Marine Protected Area (MPA). In this regard, the Navy is tasked with conducing Southern Ocean patrols during the fishing season to enforce international rules and fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. [15]
Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area, 2,060,058 km 2 (795,393 sq mi) [7] Asia. Thailand. Ao Phang Nga National Park – Marine protected area in southern Thailand ...
Upload another image ASPA-106 Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea Cape Hallett is located at the southern end of Moubray Bay, Northern Victoria Land, in the western Ross Sea. The area contains a variety of habitats with plant communities that are the most extensive and representative examples known at the northern end of the latitudinal gradient of Victoria Land and the Ross Sea ...
The suitcase was found near Ross Lake. A suitcase containing possible human remains was found by people fishing on Oct. 12 in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Whatcom County.
A rock bluff rising to about 500 metres (1,600 ft) high between Dibble Bluff and Mount Nesos. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Michael A. Castellini, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, who studied the Weddell seal in McMurdo Sound sea ice areas, 1977-2004, including winter season research at White Island with Randall W. Davis (Davis Bluff), 1981.