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France and Netherlands toegether on Caribbean whale Sanctuary
Montego Bay, Jamaica
7th October 2010
France and Netherlands share common goals for whale Sanctuary in the Caribbean
At the Fourteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region being held in Montego Bay, Jamaica this week, France reconfirmed the establishment of a Marine Mammal Sanctuary “AGOA” in their territorial waters in the French Caribbean as of the 5th October 2010; a maritime zone of 138,000 sq.km,
The Netherlands Antilles in congratulating France on this initiative stated that they were developing a management plan within their established Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s), of which the most recent is the Saba Bank , that would permit that part of the region to conclude a joint marine mammal sanctuary initiative with France. These joint initiatives and that of the Dominican Republic’s Silver Bank Whale Sanctuary will considerably enlarge safe havens for marine mammals and other forms of ocean life in the Caribbean.
7th October 2010
France and Netherlands share common goals for whale Sanctuary in the Caribbean
At the Fourteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region being held in Montego Bay, Jamaica this week, France reconfirmed the establishment of a Marine Mammal Sanctuary “AGOA” in their territorial waters in the French Caribbean as of the 5th October 2010; a maritime zone of 138,000 sq.km,
The Netherlands Antilles in congratulating France on this initiative stated that they were developing a management plan within their established Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s), of which the most recent is the Saba Bank , that would permit that part of the region to conclude a joint marine mammal sanctuary initiative with France. These joint initiatives and that of the Dominican Republic’s Silver Bank Whale Sanctuary will considerably enlarge safe havens for marine mammals and other forms of ocean life in the Caribbean.
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