Practice question

India's first marine national park was established in 1982 in Gulf of Kutch, off Jamnagar coast Gujarat, covering 162.89 km² core plus 295 km² sanctuary area comprising 42 tropical islands with fringing reefs, mangroves, mudflats, and seagrass beds. Notable islands include Pirotan, Narara, and Positra which expose vast intertidal zones at low tide revealing octopus, pufferfish, starfish, and live coral colonies. Gujarat Marine National Park pioneering model protected marine biodiversity before Gulf of Mannar notification and remains important coral site. Such details are high-yield for NEET and CUET as they link morphological classification with modern molecular phylogeny insights.