A Marine Wildlife Area is a conservation designation for a marine geographical region of Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. It protects marine areas extending from the edge of territorial waters to the boundary defined by Canada's Exclusive Economic Zone, that is, the areas between 12 and 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the coastline. Such areas are established and managed by the Canadian Wildlife Service, a division of Environment Canada. Provisions for their creation are defined in the Canada Wildlife Act.^[1]