Towards A Network of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean - Table 3

1Source: World Resources Institute [127].
2Percentage of continental shelf within marine protected areas.
3Percentage of coral reef MPAs judged to be effective in a rapid appraisal by regional experts. Developed from Burke et al. [24]. Both the Burke analysis and this one use the same definition of an MPA.
4Percentage of reefs at medium or high risk from overfishing and destructive fishing. Developed from Burke et al. [24].
5At 68,332 km2, Mayotte Marine Park is much larger than its continental shelf area. Until 31 March 2011, Mayotte was not an overseas department of France and separate figures for continental shelf were not attainable. The figure used as a conservative proxy is the size of its lagoon [123].
6South Africa only includes KwaZulu Natal, the Province that borders the WIO. As continental shelf values for the province weren’t available, a conservative proxy of 10% of South Africa’s total shelf area was used.
7Figures for continental shelf of the mainland and Zanzibar were unavailable, so an arbitrary split of 50% of Tanzania’s total shelf was used.
*WIO values are totals.
Extent of MPA coverage and effectiveness for coral reef MPAs in the Western Indian Ocean.