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What is Marine Protected Areas
A marine protected area (MPA) is essentially a space in the ocean where human activities are more strictly regulated than
the surrounding waters - similar to parks we have on land. These places are given special protections for natural or historic
marine resources by local, state, territorial, native, regional, or national authorities.

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Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala

S.no.
Name of MPA
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2 Krishna
3 Pulicat Lake
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Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya

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Mizoram
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Sikkim
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Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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State
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Dadra & Nagar
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Haveli
Fudam
Daman & Diu
Chorao Island
Goa
Marine
(Gulf
of
Kachchh)
Gujarat
Khijadia
Gujarat
Marine
(Gulf
of
Kachchh)
Gujarat
Kadalundi Vallikkunnu
Com R
Kerala
Malvan Marine
Maharashtra
Bhitarkanika
Odisha
Bhitarkanika
Odisha
Chilka (Nalaban)
Odisha
Gahirmatha
Odisha
Balukhand Konark
Odisha
Gulf of Mannar Marine Tamil Nadu
Point Calimere
Tamil Nadu
Pulicat Lake
Tamil Nadu
Sundarbans
West Bengal
West Sundarbans
West Bengal
Haliday Island
West Bengal
Sajnakhali
West Bengal

Area
235.7
194.81
500

Year of
establishment
1978
1989
1980

92.16
2.18
1.78

2000
1991
1988

National Park
Sanctuary

162.89
6.05

1995
1981

Sanctuary
Community
Reserve
Sanctuary
National Park
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
National Park
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
National Park
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Sanctuary

295.03

1980

1.50
29.12
145
672
15.53
1435
71.72
6.23
172.6
153.67
1330.1
556.45
5.95
2091.12

2007
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1998
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1987
1997
1984
1980
1967
1980
1984
2013
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1976

Category
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
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Delhi

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24 Lothian Island

West Bengal

Sanctuary

38

1976

*excluding small island MPAs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Source: K Sivakumar, Coastal and Marine BiodiversityProtected Areas in India: Challengesand
Way Forward,K. Venkataraman et al. (eds.),Ecology and Conservation of TropicalMarine Faunal
Communities, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
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PA Name
Arial Island
Bamboo Island
Barren Island
Battimalv Island
Belle Island
Bennett Island
Bingham Island
Blister Island
Bluff Island
Bondoville Island
Brush Island
Buchanan Island
Campbell
Chanel Island
Cinque Islands
Clyde Island
Cone Island
Curlew (B.P.) Island
Curlew Island
Defence Island
Dot Island
Dottrell Island
Duncan Island
East Island
East Of Inglis Island
Egg Island
Elat Island
Entrance Island
Galathea
Gander Island
Girjan Island
Goose Island
Hump Island
Interview Island
James Island
Jungle Island
Kyd Island
Landfall Island
Latouche Island
Lohabarrack
Mahatma Gandhi Marine
Mangrove Island
Mask Island
Mayo Island
Megapode Island
Middle Button Island
Montogemery Island
Mount Harriett
Narcondam Island
North Brother Island
North Button Island
North Island
North Reef Island
Oliver Island
Orchid Island
Ox Island
Oyster Island-I

State
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Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
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Andaman & Nicobar

NP/ WLS
Area Status year
Sanctuary
0.05
1977
Sanctuary
0.05
1977
Sanctuary
11.99
1977
Sanctuary
5.03
1977
Sanctuary
0.08
1977
Sanctuary
3.46
1977
Sanctuary
0.08
1977
Sanctuary
0.26
1977
Sanctuary
1.14
1977
Sanctuary
2.55
1977
Sanctuary
0.23
1977
Sanctuary
9.33
1977
National Park 426.23
1992
Sanctuary
0.13
1977
Sanctuary
9.51
1977
Sanctuary
0.54
1977
Sanctuary
0.65
1977
Sanctuary
0.16
1977
Sanctuary
0.03
1977
Sanctuary
10.49
1977
Sanctuary
0.13
1977
Sanctuary
0.13
1977
Sanctuary
0.73
1977
Sanctuary
6.11
1977
Sanctuary
3.55
1977
Sanctuary
0.05
1977
Sanctuary
9.36
1977
Sanctuary
0.96
1977
National Park
110
1992
Sanctuary
0.05
1977
Sanctuary
0.16
1977
Sanctuary
0.01
1977
Sanctuary
0.47
1977
Sanctuary
133.87
1977
Sanctuary
2.1
1977
Sanctuary
0.52
1977
Sanctuary
8
1977
Sanctuary
29.48
1977
Sanctuary
0.96
1977
Sanctuary
22.21
1977
National Park
281.5
1983
Sanctuary
0.39
1977
Sanctuary
0.78
1977
Sanctuary
0.1
1977
Sanctuary
0.12
1977
National Park
0.44
1987
Sanctuary
0.21
1977
National Park
46.62
1987
Sanctuary
6.81
1977
Sanctuary
0.75
1977
National Park
0.44
1987
Sanctuary
0.49
1977
Sanctuary
3.48
1977
Sanctuary
0.16
1977
Sanctuary
0.1
1977
Sanctuary
0.13
1977
Sanctuary
0.08
1977

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Oyster Island-II
Paget Island
Parkinson Island
Passage Island
Patric Island
Peacock Island
Pitman Island
Point Island
Potanma Islands
Ranger Island
Rani Jhansi
Reef Island
Roper Island
Ross Island
Rowe Island
Saddle Peak
Sandy Island
Sea Serpent Island
Shark Island
Shearme Island
Sir Hugh Rose Island
Sisters Island
Snake Island-I
Snake Island-II
South Brother Island
South Button Island
South Reef Island
South Sentinel Island
Spike Island-I
Spike Island-II
Stoat Island
Surat Island
Swamp Island
Table (Delgarno) Island
Table (Excelsior) Island
Talabaicha Island
Temple Island
Tillongchang Island
Tree Island
Trilby Island
Tuft Island
Turtle Islands
Kwangtung Island
West Island
Wharf Island
White Cliff Island
Galathea Bay
Cuthbert Bay
Pitti

Andaman & Nicobar

Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
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Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Andaman & Nicobar
Lakshadweep

Sanctuary
0.21
Sanctuary
7.36
Sanctuary
0.34
Sanctuary
0.62
Sanctuary
0.13
Sanctuary
0.62
Sanctuary
1.37
Sanctuary
3.07
Sanctuary
0.16
Sanctuary
4.26
National Park 256.14
Sanctuary
1.74
Sanctuary
1.46
Sanctuary
1.01
Sanctuary
0.01
National Park
32.54
Sanctuary
1.58
Sanctuary
0.78
Sanctuary
0.6
Sanctuary
7.85
Sanctuary
1.06
Sanctuary
0.36
Sanctuary
0.73
Sanctuary
0.03
Sanctuary
1.24
National Park
0.03
Sanctuary
1.17
Sanctuary
1.61
Sanctuary
0.42
Sanctuary
11.7
Sanctuary
0.44
Sanctuary
0.31
Sanctuary
4.09
Sanctuary
2.29
Sanctuary
1.69
Sanctuary
3.21
Sanctuary
1.04
Sanctuary
36.43
Sanctuary
0.03
Sanctuary
0.96
Sanctuary
0.29
Sanctuary
0.39
Sanctuary
0.57
Sanctuary
6.4
Sanctuary
0.11
Sanctuary
0.47
Sanctuary
11.44
Sanctuary
5.82
Sanctuary
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Manual on
Status of Marine and Coastal environments and developing a Marine Protected Area
Network in India

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(download pdf version)

Citation: Saravanan, K. R., K. Sivakumar and B.C. Choudhury, 2011. Status of Marine and Coastal environments and
developing a Marine Protected Area Network in India. Wildlife Insitute of India. Dehradun. Pp 334.
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Source Paper on
Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in India: Challenges and Way Forward

(download pdf version)

Citation: K Sivakumar, VB Mathur & Anant Pande. (2013). Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in
India: Challenges and Way Forward. In Sivakumar, K. (Ed.) Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in
India: Challenges and Way Forward, ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife & Protected Areas. Vol. 15 Wildlife
Institute of India, Dehradun-248001, India. 292-298 pp.

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