MARINE PARK area destined to preserve ecological units of high interest for science and as natural heritage, guarding the maintenance and diversity of hydrobiological species target, and those associated with their habitat. Every Park has a General Administration Plan. In Chile there are 14 protected areas, some covering 200. 000 km2, constituting 42.4% of Chile's maritime territory. They are the marine parks Archipelago of Juan Fernández and Cabo de Hornos and the coastal marine reserves of Rapanui, Tortel and Zeno Almirantazgo.
