The Natural Marine Reserve of Tremiti Islands, established by Ministerial Decree in 14/06/1989 by the Ministry of Environment, in consultation with the Ministry of Mercantile Marine, (published in the Official Gazette no. 295 19/12 / 1989), interested in a stretch of water, with a surface area of 1466 and a coastline of 20410 meters surrounding the islands of St. Domino, S. Nicholas, Cretaccio, Caprara and Pianosa. Within the marine reserve have been identified in different areas of environmental protection regime:
  1. Zone “A”– integral reserve, with an area of 180 hectares;
  2. Zone “B” - general reserve, with an area of 268 hectares; 3. Zone “C”  - partial reserve, with an area of 1018 hectares.
The management of Marine Reserve of Tremiti Islands, according to the law 394/91, Art. 19, paragraph 2, is committed to Gargano National Park Authority. The entire land area of the Tremiti islands is part of the Gargano National Park, established by Presidential Decree 05.06.1995. For their natural interest, the Tremiti Islands are recognized as a Site Of Community Importance (SIC IT9110011) under the European CommunityDirective "Habitat" 92/43/EC and Special Protection Area (SPA IT9110040) under the"Birds" Directive 79/409/EEC.
Description of Personnel Involved in the Project
Contact Details
Official address: Area Marina Protetta Isole Tremiti, c/o Ente Parco Nazionale del Gargano, Via S. Antonio Abate 121, 71037 Monte Sant'Angelo (FG) Italia
T: (+ 39) 0884 568928  F: (+39) 0884 561348 , E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  W: http://www.parcogargano.gov.it

Contact person responsible for the organisation of the project’s work (the coordinator): Name: Pasquale  Santoro, E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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ADRIPLAN aims to deliver a commonly-agreed approach to cross-border MSP in the Adriatic-Ionian region, considered as a whole and more specifically through two Focus Areas (Northern Adriatic Sea; Southern Adriatic / Northern Ionian Sea).