National report

Abstract

The Republic of Mauritius consists of the main island of Mauritius located in the Indian Ocean at 20.17 o S and 57.33 o East and a number of smaller islands namely Agaléga, the Cargados Carajos, the Chagos Archipelago, Rodrigues and Tromelin. The total land area amounts to 2 040 km whilst the marine exclusive economic zone covers an area of about 1.9 million km extending from latitude10 o S to 20 o S and from longitude 55 o E to 75 o E (Figure 1).