Nanumea Conservation Area

Nanumea Conservation Area
Nanumea Atoll
Coordinates: 5 ° 39 ′ 23.8 ″  S , 176 ° 6 ′ 13.7 ″  E
Location:	Nanumea , Tuvalu
Next city:	Lolua ( Nanumea )
Surface:	2 km²

Nanumea Conservation Area ( German  Nanumea Protected Area ) is a marine reserve in the Pacific state of Tuvalu . It is one of three nature reserves in the country and covers an area of ​​two square kilometers . The reserve was established in 2006.

The Nanumea Conservation Area is located in the north of Nanumea - Atoll . The reserve covers about 10 percent of the lagoon around the main island Nanumea .

In 2012, 207 species of fish were registered in the waters. Up to 42 percent of the sea is covered with corals .

See also

• Funafuti Conservation Area
• Nukulaelae Conservation Area

Web links

• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) to Tuvalu (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sandrine Job, Dr. Daniela Ceccarelli: Tuvalu Marine Life Synthesis Report . an Alofa Tuvalu project with the Tuvalu Fisheries Department. December 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
2. ^ ^{A b} Sandrine Job, Dr. Daniela Ceccarelli: Tuvalu Marine Life Scientific Report . an Alofa Tuvalu project with the Tuvalu Fisheries Department. December 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
3. ^ Tuvalu Marine Life Scientific Report. Tuvalu Fisheries Department, December 2012, p. 50, accessed July 25, 2014
4. ^ Tuvalu Marine Life Synthesis Report. Tuvalu Fisheries Department, December 2011, pp. 11/12, accessed July 25, 2014