Important Marine Mammals Area (IMMA)

The IUCN IMMA layer indicates discrete portions of habitat, important to one or more marine mammal species that have the potential to be delineated and managed for conservation. IMMAs consist of areas that may merit place-based protection and/or monitoring. IMMAs can be seen as a marine mammal data layer indicative of important biodiversity and potentially ecosystem health that can be considered as priorities for protection and management by governments, intergovernmental organisations, conservation groups, and the general public.