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The Dos Mares Biosphere Reserve is a proposed large-scale and highly protected MPA surrounding the state of Baja California Sur including both the Sea of Cortez and the Southern Pacific Ocean. Establishing a Biosphere Reserve in the region would restrict access to these external industrial vessels, providing much-needed support to artisanal fishers in Baja California Sur who have faced decades of unequal competition.The reserve would establish a 192,000 km2 large-scale MPA. The no-take zone fully protects 88,000 km2 from fishing and other extractive activities, while artisanal fishing and recreational activities such as sports fishing, diving and wildlife observation are allowed within a 104,000 km2 buffer zone along the coast. Dos Mares would help Mexico in achieving the 30x30 iniative.