Nukulaelae Conservation Area

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

Nukulaelae Conservation Area ( German  Nukulaelae Protected Area ) is a marine reserve in the Pacific state of Tuvalu . It is the smallest of three nature reserves in the country and covers about a fifth of the atoll.

The Nukulaelae Conservation Area is located in the north of Nukulaelae - atoll .

In 2012, 194 species of fish were registered in the waters. Up to 42 percent of the sea is covered with corals .

See also

• Funafuti Conservation Area
• Nanumea 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 Synthesis Report. Tuvalu Fisheries Department, December 2011, p. 24, accessed July 28, 2014