One of World's Largest Marine Protected Areas Created Off Easter Island

[Sea Save Foundation]

At 740,000 sq km, the new Rapa Nui marine park "is roughly the size of the Chilean mainland and will protect at least 142 endemic marine species, including 27 threatened with extinction.” A whopping 77% of Pacific Ocean fish abundance occurs there. Species include “scalloped hammerhead sharks, minke, humpback and blue whales, and four species of sea turtle.” The Rapa Nui people will be permitted to continue fishing in the reserve using traditional methods.

Read more here (story #6).