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Coral Reef Habitat Assessment for U.S. Marine Protected Areas: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

机译:美国海洋保护区珊瑚礁栖息地评估:北马里亚纳群岛联邦

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The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is part of the 290-km long Mariana Islands Archipelago which encompasses the 14 islands of the CNMI, numerous offshore banks, and the U.S. Territory of Guam. The southernmost islands of the CNMI (Rota, Tinian, and Saipan) are volcanic in origin and are chiefly covered with uplifted limestone derived from coral reef. These islands have the oldest and most developed reefs in the CNMI (predominantly located along the western/leeward sides) and are also where the majority of CNMI residents live. Currently there are eight MPAs established in the commonwealth with four sites designated as No-take MPAs . No-take MPAs allow human access and even some potentially harmful uses, but totally prohibit the extraction or significant destruction of natural or cultural resources. In the fall of 2007, after this assessment was completed, a new MPA was established in CNMI on the island of Tinian. This new MPA is not yet named, but will be geographically bound by the high-tide mark on shore to one-half mile out to sea between Southwest Carolinas Point and Puntan Diablo Point.

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