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French Polynesia (also known as the Islands of Tahiti) has served as home to the world’s largest marine sanctuary for 2 decades. The groundwork has been laid to expand the sanctuary to reach half a million square kilometers (193,051 square miles) by 2030. French Polynesian President Édouard Fritch recently committed to creating the new large-scale marine protected area and establishing artisanal fishing zones around each of Tahiti’s 118 islands. This will curb industrial fishing by about 20 percent.
