The Marine National Park – Jamnagar, is the one of the rich wildlife sanctuaries in Gujarat offers ideal showcase of diverse varieties of marine life in Gujarat and also in India that include the islands like Pirotan, Narara, Positra, Ajad, Kalubhar and others more than 35 islands where one can enjoy the marine bio diversity like verity of coral rief, marine fish, octopus, star fish, jelly fish etc.., and rich birding like crab plovers, Flamingoes, Pelican, and other verity of waders and gulls & turns.
This sanctuary offers extensive wild view offer for the wildlife enthusiasts. Marine Sanctuary and National Park is located in the Gulf of Kutch, Jamnagar district in Gujarat.
Marine National Park– Introduction
The Marine Sanctuary and the Marine National Park were established in 1980 and 1982 respectively. They are made to protect the marine flora and fauna in the area. The Marine Sanctuary extends over an area of 270 Sq. Km stretching from Okha to Jodhya. Out of that area, 110 sq. km was notified as the Marine Park. The majority of the landscape is dominated by a complex coral reef ecosystem. Apart from the corals you can find mainly six species of mangroves in this area.
Wildlife in Marine National Park
The main park population are the marine life that include turtles, shrimp, eels, sponge, sea urchin lurk and huge fishes. The mammals that can be found in the Marine National Park are dugong, gangetic dolphin, jackal, jungle cat, and leatherback turtle. It is also a home to wide variety of birds that include white-tailed eagle, imperial eagle, pallid harrier, Indian courser, western reef egret, pelican, flamingo etc
