Witless Bay Ecological Reserve

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Important Bird Area ecological reserve protected area

Witless Bay Ecological Reserve is a protected coastal area in Newfoundland renowned for its seabird colonies, including one of the world’s largest Atlantic puffin populations, and rich marine wildlife.

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Label	Occurrences
Witless Bay Ecological Reserve canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Important Bird Area ⓘ ecological reserve ⓘ protected area ⓘ
access	boat only ⓘ
climate	cool maritime climate ⓘ
contains	Bird Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Gull Island NERFINISHED ⓘ surrounding marine waters ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ecosystemType	coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ subarctic marine environment ⓘ
governingBody	Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ Parks and Natural Areas Division of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitatFor	Atlantic puffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Leach’s storm petrel NERFINISHED ⓘ black-legged kittiwake ⓘ common murre ⓘ fin whale ⓘ harbour porpoise ⓘ humpback whale NERFINISHED ⓘ minke whale ⓘ razorbill ⓘ thick-billed murre NERFINISHED ⓘ various seabird species ⓘ
humanActivityRegulation	landing on islands restricted ⓘ wildlife disturbance prohibited ⓘ
IUCNCategory	Ia ⓘ
knownFor	large common murre colony ⓘ large seabird colonies ⓘ one of the world’s largest Atlantic puffin colonies ⓘ rich marine wildlife ⓘ whale watching opportunities ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Newfoundland ⓘ
nearestTown	Witless Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSpecies	Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) NERFINISHED ⓘ Leach’s storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) NERFINISHED ⓘ black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) ⓘ common murre (Uria aalge) ⓘ
partOf	Newfoundland and Labrador provincial protected areas system ⓘ
protectedAreaDesignation	Ecological Reserve under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act (Newfoundland and Labrador) NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionObjective	protection of marine ecosystems ⓘ protection of seabird nesting colonies ⓘ
tourismActivity	seabird watching boat tours ⓘ whale watching tours ⓘ

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eastern Newfoundland → contains → Witless Bay Ecological Reserve ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Newfoundland