Ir-Ramla tal-Mixquqa

Location

Key Information

TYPE

MPA

DESIGNATION

Protected Beaches

LOCATED IN

Northern

Malta

AREA

<0.01 km²	MARINE AREA
0.04 km²	TOTAL AREA ⁱ

MANAGED BY

Environment and Resources Authority, Hexagon House, Spencer Hill, Marsa, MRS 1441, Malta

Management Website

LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)

Less restrictive ⁱ

At least one species- or gear-specific restriction applies (beyond permit requirements or generally applicable restrictions)

DATA SOURCE(S)

Regulations: MedPAN’s database on Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. MedPAN. February 2020.

Boundary: European Environment Agency - CDDA (Unmodified)

OTHER DATABASES

World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) ID: 346051

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Last updated on 31 January 2023.

Purpose

To protect the site, which the Environment and Resources Authority has determined is of ecological and scientific importance and is in need of conservation.

Species of Concern: loggerhead sea turtle

Regulations Summary

Restrictions

No vessel is allowed within Ir-Ramla tal-Mixquqa Bay, unless authorised by the Malta Environment and Resources Authority (Authority). In addition, no person shall, within the emergency conservation area, unless authorised by the Authority:
1. take or attempt to take, disturb, damage or destroy any adult marine turtle, eggs or any turtle hatchlings, whether dead or alive;
2. enter or attempt to enter, or in any way assist any other person to enter the area cordoned-off by the Malta Police Force;
3. place or attempt to place any object that, at any time between sunrise and sunset, may cast a shadow inside the area cordoned-off by the Malta Police Force;
4. remove any Mediterranean tapeweed from the seaward side in front of the area cordoned-off by the Malta Police Force;
5. deploy any gill net, trammel net or fishing net of any sort;
6. deploy at the sea surface any ropes or other items that can effectively block the passage of juvenile turtles at sea surface;
7. participate in any organised activity involving a group of more than 15 persons;
8. participate in any leisure activity at a distance of less than 10 meters from the area cordoned off by the Malta Police Force;
9. install or place any object, or attempt to install or place any object, within a distance of 10 meters from the area cordoned-off by the Malta Police Force that in any way may reasonably hinder or has the potential to reasonably hinder the safe passage of juvenile turtles to the sea;
10. deploy any object or installation at sea within the emergency conservation area, or attempt to deploy any object or installation, that in any way may reasonably hinder or has the potential to reasonably hinder the safe passage of juvenile turtles towards the open sea;
11. generate any excessive noise or vibrations;
12. generate light unless screened in such a way as not to be directly visible from the area cordoned-off by the Police or covered with a red coloured filter, and in both these cases only within the areas designated as per site plan under Schedule II of the Emergency Conservation Order (except in the case of navigational lights of seagoing vessels);
13. dig any holes in the sand; or
14. utilise or be in possession of any sort of lighting device for fishing purposes or the capturing of any fauna.