This list is of the Marine Protected Areas (Italian: aree marine protette) of Italy. As of the most recent Official list of natural protected areas [it], decreed on 27 April 2010 and published in the official gazette on 31 May 2010 by the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection, there were twenty-seven such marine protected areas, and a further two "Submerged Archaeological Parks" (Italian: parchi sommersi); in 2018, two new marine protected areas were created. Typically subdivided into Zones A, B, and C, each affording a different level of protection, these areas help safeguard in total some of the seas around Italy as well as some of its coastline. The Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary is not included in these figures. While some stakeholders have opposed such measures, fearing the impact on short-term economic exploitation, a study of the alternatives at Portofino suggested that steps towards protection might offer not only environmental benefits but also the concomitant potential of enhanced long-term usufruct.
List of Marine Protected Areas Name Image Region Area(km2) Coast(km) Established Coordinates EUAP Code Capo Caccia - Isola Piana Sardinia 26.31 36.14 2002 EUAP0554 Capo Carbonara Sardinia 143.60 34.21 1998 EUAP0953 Capo Gallo - Isola delle Femmine Sicily 21.73 16.12 2002 EUAP0555 Capo Milazzo Sicily 7.55 5.67 2018 Capo Rizzuto Calabria 147.21 42.15 1991 EUAP0166 Capo Testa - Punta Falcone Sardinia 51.42 41.70 2018 Cinque Terre Liguria 45.54 19.30 1997 EUAP0948 Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta Campania 23.32 13.81 2009 EUAP1228 Isola dell'Asinara Sardinia 107.32 79.64 2002 EUAP0552 Isola di Bergeggi Liguria 2.03 1.92 2007 EUAP0911 Isola di Ustica Sicily 159.51 14.45 1986 EUAP0170 Isole Ciclopi Sicily 6.28 6.24 1989 EUAP0171 Isole Egadi Sicily 539.92 73.99 1991 EUAP0172 Area Marina Protetta Isole Pelagie Sicily 41.36 46.28 2002 EUAP0553 Tremiti Islands Apulia 14.66 20.41 1989 EUAP0168 Isole di Ventotene e Santo Stefano Lazio 27.99 9.84 1997 EUAP0947 Miramare Friuli-Venezia Giulia 0.30 1.10 1986 EUAP0167 Penisola del Sinis - Isola Mal di Ventre Sardinia 267.03 30.08 1997 EUAP0951 Plemmirio Sicily 24.29 14.35 2004 EUAP0512 Porto Cesareo Apulia 166.54 32.71 1997 EUAP0950 Portofino Liguria 3.46 13.89 1998 EUAP0949 Punta Campanella Campania 15.39 31.43 1997 EUAP0946 Regno di Nettuno Campania 112.56 52.39 2007 EUAP0917 Santa Maria di Castellabate Campania 70.95 19.26 2009 EUAP1225 Secche della Meloria Tuscany 93.72 0.21 2009 EUAP1227 Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo Sardinia 153.57 76.09 1997 EUAP0952 Secche di Tor Paterno Lazio 13.87 0.00 2000 EUAP1172 Torre del Cerrano Abruzzo 34.30 7.10 2009 EUAP1226 Torre Guaceto Apulia 22.27 8.41 1991 EUAP0169
List of Submerged Archaeological Parks Name Image Region Area(km2) Coast(km) Established Coordinates EUAP Code Baia Campania 1.77 3.72 2002 EUAP0849 Gaiola Campania 0.41 1.99 2002 EUAP0850
See also
Conservation in Italy List of National Parks of Italy List of Regional Parks of Italy
References
External links Marine Protected Areas Official list of protected areas