Garajau Nature Reserve

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Key Information

TYPE
MPA
DESIGNATION
Partial Nature Reserve
LOCATED IN
Portugal
AREA
3 km2 MARINE AREA
3.75 km2 TOTAL AREA i
MANAGED BY
The Nature Conservation Institute, ICN
LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)
Marine life removal is mostly prohibited, with few exceptions, e.g., very limited or relatively non-intrusive recreational/sport or subsistence fishing
DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: European Environment Agency - CDDA (Unmodified)

DATA VERSION

1.0

LAST REVIEWED

August 2021

OTHER DATABASES
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) ID: 555545815

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Purpose

This protected area, due to its geographical location and mainly for its biological richness and transparent and clean waters, presents great aptitude of use from the recreational, educational and scientific point of view.

Species of Concern: multiple

Regulations Summary

Restrictions

Any type of fishing activity is forbidden inside this MPA, with the exception of live bait capture.

The following acts and activities are prohibited in this area:
1. The collection, capture, killing or holding of specimens of living beings, as well as the destruction of their natural habitats;
2. the abandonment of debris or garbage;
3. the release of water from the washing of vessels, as well as waste water for domestic use and with the use of detergents, in the sea or on the ground;
4. the exercise of any fishing, commercial or receational;
5. spearfishing;
6. navigation with a motorized vessel.

Allowed

Certain activities may be permitted.