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Chennai: The State government notified India’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ in the Palk Bay, covering 448 square kilometres of the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts in a bid to protect the endangered Dugong species and its marine habitats in the region on Wednesday. The announcement on the conservation reserve was made by the State government on the floor …