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UnderwaterTimes | Huge New Marine Protected Area For Cocos Islands Offers Hope For Endangered Sharks And Sea Turtles

The protected area, called "Seamounts Marine Management Area" (Area Marina de Manejo Montes Submarinos), extending nearly one million hectares - will be five times as large as the existing National Park around the Cocos Islands, currently a fully protected non-fishing zone covering nearly 200,000 hectares and UNESCO World Heritage Site. To put it in context, the new Seamounts Marine Management Area is larger than Yellowstone National Park in the United States, and second only to Galapagos National Park in terms of marine protected areas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

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