PARC MARIN DE RODRIGUES

Created in 2005, the Marine Biodiversity Conservation Project is a 35 km2 marine protected area extending from Mourouk Bay to Grande Passe via Hermitage, Chat and Plate Islands. Initially co-financed by the State and foreign funds, its objective is to protect the exceptional biodiversity of this part of Rodrigues which is said to have more than 1,000 species of endemic corals and fishes, and several new species. Emblematic of this marine wealth is the pomacentrus rodriguensis, a fish unique in the world, and named Rodrigues for the occasion.