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Menai Bay Conservation Area (Area de Conservación)

Site Description

Menai Bay is located in the south-west of Zanzibar in Tanzania . It is home to nineteen villages with a total population of around 17,000.

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Data Sources

Original data record from World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) via ProtectedPlanet.net [view record on site].

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Name: Menai Bay
Original Name: Menai Bay
Designation: Area de Conservación
English Designation: Conservation Area
Designation Type: National
Status: Designated
Status Year: 1997
MPAtlas MPA Definition: True
Implemented?: True
MPA ID: 3494
WDPA ID: 198282
WDPA Parcel ID: 198282
IUCN Category: VI
No Take: Not Reported
No Take Area km²: 0.0
Reported Marine Area km²: 470.0
Reported Area km²: 475.5
fishing: Unknown
fishing info: None
access: Unknown
constancy: Unknown
permanence: Unknown
Governance Type: Collaborative governance
Management Authority: MANREC Dept of Fisheries & Marine Products in collaboration with 17 village Envi
Ownership Type: Not Reported
Management Plan Type: None
Management Plan Reference: Not Reported
International Criteria: Not Applicable