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For the United States Marine Corps Reserve see: Marine Forces Reserve
Marine Forces Reserve

The Marine Forces Reserve , a part of the United States Marine Corps, is the largest command in the Marine Corps.The mission of Marine Forces Reserve is to augment and reinforce active Marine forces in time of war, national emergency or contingency operations, provide personnel and operational tempo relief for the active forces in peacetim...


A marine reserve is an area of the sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
 which has legal protection against fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
 or development. This is to be distinguished from a marine park
Marine park

A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there....
, but there is some overlap in usage. As of April 2008 there are no high seas marine reserves, but Greenpeace is campaigning for the "doughnut holes" of the western pacific to be declared as marine reserves.

They are campaigning for 40 percent of the world’s oceans to be protected as Marine Reserves.
New Zealand New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 has over thirty marine reserves spread around the North
North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
 and South
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
 Islands and two other outlying islands.






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For the United States Marine Corps Reserve see: Marine Forces Reserve
Marine Forces Reserve

The Marine Forces Reserve , a part of the United States Marine Corps, is the largest command in the Marine Corps.The mission of Marine Forces Reserve is to augment and reinforce active Marine forces in time of war, national emergency or contingency operations, provide personnel and operational tempo relief for the active forces in peacetim...


A marine reserve is an area of the sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
 which has legal protection against fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
 or development. This is to be distinguished from a marine park
Marine park

A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there....
, but there is some overlap in usage. As of April 2008 there are no high seas marine reserves, but Greenpeace is campaigning for the "doughnut holes" of the western pacific to be declared as marine reserves.

They are campaigning for 40 percent of the world’s oceans to be protected as Marine Reserves.

Marine reserves by country


Australia


  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

    The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. Fishing and the removal of artifacts or...
     is the largest marine park, at 350,000 km² and is partially a marine reserve.
  • Australian Whale Sanctuary
    Australian Whale Sanctuary

    The Australian Whale Sanctuary is a non-contiguous area overlapping Australian Indian Ocean Territories.It was established in 1999 to protect dolphins and whales from hunting....
  • Great Australian Bight Marine Park
    Great Australian Bight Marine Park

    Great Australian Bight is a marine national park in South Australia and in Western Australia, 918 km west of Adelaide, Australia.The area extends from West of Ceduna, South Australia to the Western Australian border an additional area of a wide strip that extends to off-shore, forming a large T shape....
  • Shark Bay Marine Park
    Shark Bay Marine Park

    Shark Bay Marine Park is located at Shark Bay, Western Australia, Western Australia, over 800 km north of Perth, Western Australia.It is the site of the world's largest seagrass Wooramel Seagrass Bank, with a total of twelve species of seagrass in the park....


New Zealand

New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 has over thirty marine reserves spread around the North
North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
 and South
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
 Islands and two other outlying islands. These are 'no take' areas where all forms of exploitation are prohibited. Marine reserves are administered by the Department of Conservation.

See also

  • Marine park
    Marine park

    A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there....
  • Marine Protected Area
    Marine Protected Area

    Marine Protected Area is a protected area whose boundaries include some area of ocean. MPA is often used as an umbrella term covering a wide range of marine areas with some level of restriction to protect living, non-living, cultural, and/or historic resources....


External links

  • is calling for a global network of Marine Reserves,