Ross Sea Marine Protected Area

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The Ross Sea Marine Protected Area is one of the world’s largest and most remote marine reserves in Antarctica, established to conserve its exceptionally rich and relatively untouched polar marine ecosystem.

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instanceOf Antarctic marine protected area
marine protected area
marine reserve
area about 1.55 million square kilometres
approximately 600,000 square miles
cameIntoForceOn 2017-12-01
characterizedAs one of the most pristine marine ecosystems
one of the most remote marine protected areas
one of the world’s largest marine protected areas
designation large-scale marine protected area
special area for scientific research
establishedBy CCAMLR Conservation Measure 91-05
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
establishedOn 2016-10-28
fishingRestrictions allows limited research fishing in designated research zones
prohibits commercial fishing in no-take zones
governedBy Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
hasNoTakeArea about 1.12 million square kilometres
approximately 72 percent of its total area
hasTemporalLimit 35-year duration from entry into force
hasZone general protection zone
krill research zone
special research zone
legalBasis Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
locatedIn Antarctica
Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
notableFor large-scale international conservation collaboration
protection of a relatively untouched polar marine ecosystem
partOf CCAMLR Convention Area
surface form: CCAMLR MPA network
protectionType no-take marine reserve (core area)
partially protected research zones
protects Adélie penguin colonies
Antarctic toothfish
Emperor penguin colonies
Weddell seal populations
benthic communities
krill populations
minke whales
orcas
purpose conservation of Antarctic marine living resources
protection of biodiversity
protection of ecosystem structure and function
protection of key ecological processes
protection of representative habitats
provision of reference areas for scientific research
region Antarctic Treaty area
surface form: Antarctic Treaty Area
reviewScheduledIn 2052
shortName Ross Sea Marine Protected Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ross Sea MPA

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Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) relatedTo Ross Sea Marine Protected Area
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
Ross Sea Marine Protected Area shortName Ross Sea Marine Protected Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ross Sea MPA