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Notes and rationale For more information
• This nearshore MPA was proposed through national legislation in • Bearzi and Notarbartolo di
1982 (L 979/82) and established in 1997 by ministerial decree. The Sciara, 1992; Consiglio et
area has been managed by the coast guard (Capitaneria di Porto) al, 1992; Marini et al, 1995
offices in Olbia but management is being handed over to a local • Contact: ICRAM;
management body assigned to a consortium of the municipalities of email:
Olbia, Loiri, Porto San Paolo and San Teodoro. The Marine Protection comunicazione@icram.org
Service will update the status of the MPA based on proposals from • Giuseppe Notarbartolo di
the new management body. There is no management plan but one Sciara;
may be prepared later. Cetacean research has been photo-ID studies email: disciara@tin.it
of bottlenose dolphins. Future useful research could help establish the • Giovanni Bearzi, Tethys
extent of habitat use. Research Institute;
• Rationale is to protect marine waters and the sea floor with biological,
geological and cultural features.
email: bearzi@inwind.it
• Established in 1991 through legislation L 979/82, this MPA is • Contact: ICRAM;
managed by the Province of Crotone. There has been no research on email:
cetaceans here, but local MPA personnel see dolphins. comunicazione@icram.org
• Rationale is ecological, not specifically for cetaceans. • Giuseppe Notarbartolo di
Sciara;
email: disciara@tin.it
• Giovanni Bearzi, Tethys
Research Institute;
email: bearzi@inwind.it
• The rationale for these areas is ecological, not specifically for • Contact: ICRAM;
cetaceans. email:
• More research is needed to determine cetacean habitat use within comunicazione@icram.org
as well as all around these proposed and existing MPAs. • Giuseppe Notarbartolo di
Sciara;
email: disciara@tin.it
• Giovanni Bearzi, Tethys
Research Institute;
email: bearzi@inwind.it
• This MPA was proposed in 1982 (legislation L 979/82). • Marini et al, 1995; Pace et
• Rationale is to protect marine waters and sea floor including al, 1998
biological, geological and cultural features. • Contact: ICRAM;
• Research on cetaceans includes photo-ID studies of bottlenose email:
dolphins and tracking of fin whales near Lampedusa Island, but there comunicazione@icram.org
is limited information on the two species’ presence and habitat use. • Giuseppe Notarbartolo di
There have been only 12 individual dolphins photo-IDed here. Sciara;
email: disciara@tin.it
• Giovanni Bearzi, Tethys
Research Institute;
email: bearzi@inwind.it