Global InformationTutia Reef information
| Tutia Reef | |
|---|---|
IUCN category II (national park) | |
  location in Tanzania | |
| Location |  Tanzania,Pwani Region, Mafia District's Mafia Channel |
| Nearest city | Dar es Salaam |
| Coordinates | 8°07′48″S 39°39′21″E / 8.13000°S 39.65583°E |
| Length | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Width | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| Established | March 2007 |
| Governing body | Marine Parks & Reserves Authority (Tanzania) |
| Website | MIMP |
Tutia Reef (Miamba ya Tutia, in Swahili) is a system of protected coral reefs inside the Mafia Island Marine Park (MIMP) with the IUCN category II designation. The reef is located on Tanzania's Mafia Archipelago of Mafia District in southern Pwani Region of Tanzania.[1] Tutia Reef is rated as the country's top spot for sport fishing, however the reef is also the site some of the worst coral bleaching events in history in 1998.[2][3] The reef is located south west of Jibondo Island inside the Mafia Channel.[4]
- ^ "Marine Parks and Marine Reserves of Tanzania". Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ Mohammed, Mohammed S., C. A. Muhando, and Haji Machano. "Assessment of coral reef degradation in Tanzania: results of coral reef monitoring–1999." Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) and Institute of Marine Sciences, Zanzibar, Tanzania (2000).
- ^ Adibi, S. A. H., et al. "A study on the trend of sports fishery of Mafia Island (Tanzania) along the East African coast from 1961-1972." (1977).
- ^ King, Norman. “Mafia.” The Geographical Journal, vol. 50, no. 2, 1917, pp. 117–25. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1779924. Accessed 12 Sept. 2023.