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| Site Overview | ||
General description of site:  The Loreto Bay National Park is located inside the Gulf of California in the east side of the Baja California Peninsula. The park was established in 1996 by the promotion of the Loreto community and the local authorities since 1992. Inside the park there are six communities (Loreto, Juncalito, Nopolo, Puerto Escondido, Ligui and Ensenada Blanca) with approximately 11,000 people. The main features of the park are five large islands, Carmen (151 km2), Coronados (8.5 km2), Danzante (4.9 km2), Monserrat (19.4 km2) and Catalana (43 km2). The islands present dune vegetation and desert scrub with 51 species of reptiles and 33 mammals of which 33 and 12 species are under a protection status by the Mexican Government, respectively.
Date of establishment: July 19, 1996 Area (Km2): 2065 Size of site (S <= 20Km2; M = 20 - 2000Km2; L >= 2000Km2): Large Ecosystem type/main ecological features:
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| Location Information | ||
Geographic coordinates (lat/long): 25  35'18.41"-2607'48.72" N 11045'00"- 11121'08.67" W
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| Goals and Accomplishments | ||
Goals and objectives of MPA: Goal: Define and establish management strategies and mechanisms that allow the preservation of the renewable and no-renewable natural resources present in the Loreto Bay National Park and the restoration of critical environments, promoting the social development of the communities living in the zone. Objectives: Site accomplishments to date:
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| Site Management | ||
Management objective: Multiple Type of management structure: Conventional Challenges of site management: Forthcoming Does a management plan exist? Yes. However, it is not yet officially published, this will be at the end of 2002. Summary of main aspects of management plan:
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Other Site Evaluations and Research |
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Description of any other site evaluations to date: No other site evaluations to date. |
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For inquiries: mei_contact@noaa.gov |
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Rocky reefs, sand and mud flats, rodolites beds, and six mangrove estuaries characterize the marine environments. There are recorded 300 macroinvertebrates, six of them under a protection. The fish fauna is composed by at least 260 species, 90% of them use rocky reefs of the park in some life stages. The five sea turtles in the Gulf of California are present in the park, all of them under protection. The bird fauna is composed by 90 terrestrial and 110 aquatic birds, some of them use the islands and small rockeries for nesting (e.g. gulls). The diversity of marine mammals is high with 30 species of the 35 species reported in the Gulf of California, nine of them under protection.