List of Marine Protected Areas of Italy

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 gazzette 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 228,000 hectares (2,280 km²) of the seas around Italy as well as some 700 kilometres (430 mi) 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 at 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	Reference
Capo Caccia - Isola Piana	175px	Sardinia	26.31	36.14	2002		EUAP0554	[1]
Capo Carbonara	175px	Sardinia	143.60	34.21	1998		EUAP0953	[2]
Capo Gallo - Isola delle Femmine	175px	Sicily	21.73	16.12	2002		EUAP0555	[3]
Capo Milazzo	175px	Sicily	7.55	5.67	2018			[4]
Capo Rizzuto	175px	Calabria	147.21	42.15	1991		EUAP0166	[5]
Capo Testa - Punta Falcone	175px	Sardinia	51.42	41.70	2018			[6]
Cinque Terre	175px	Liguria	45.54	19.30	1997		EUAP0948	[7]
Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta	175px	Campania	23.32	13.81	2009		EUAP1228	[8]
Isola dell'Asinara		Sardinia	107.32	79.64	2002		EUAP0552	[9]
Isola di Bergeggi	175px	Liguria	2.03	1.92	2007		EUAP0911	[10]
Isola di Ustica	175px	Sicily	159.51	14.45	1986		EUAP0170	[11]
Isole Ciclopi	175px	Sicily	6.28	6.24	1989		EUAP0171	[12]
Isole Egadi	175px	Sicily	539.92	73.99	1991		EUAP0172	[13]
Isole Pelagie	175px	Sicily	41.36	46.28	2002		EUAP0553	[14]
Isole Tremiti	175px	Apulia	14.66	20.41	1989		EUAP0168	[15]
Isole di Ventotene e Santo Stefano	175px	Lazio	27.99	9.84	1997		EUAP0947	[16]
Miramare	175px	Friuli Venezia Giulia	0.30	1.10	1986		EUAP0167	[17]
Penisola del Sinis - Isola Mal di Ventre	175px	Sardinia	267.03	30.08	1997		EUAP0951	[18]
Plemmirio	175px	Sicily	24.29	14.35	2004		EUAP0512	[19]
Porto Cesareo	175px	Apulia	166.54	32.71	1997		EUAP0950	[20]
Portofino	175px	Liguria	3.46	13.89	1998		EUAP0949	[21]
Punta Campanella	175px	Campania	15.39	31.43	1997		EUAP0946	[22]
Regno di Nettuno	175px	Campania	112.56	52.39	2007		EUAP0917	[23]
Santa Maria di Castellabate	175px	Campania	70.95	19.26	2009		EUAP1225	[24]
Secche della Meloria	175px	Tuscany	93.72	0.21	2009		EUAP1227	[25]
Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo	175px	Sardinia	153.57	76.09	1997		EUAP0952	[26]
Secche di Tor Paterno	175px	Lazio	13.87	0.00	2000		EUAP1172	[27]
Torre del Cerrano	175px	Abruzzo	34.30	7.10	2009		EUAP1226	[28]
Torre Guaceto	175px	Apulia	22.27	8.41	1991		EUAP0169	[29]

This list is complete and up-to-date as of December 2021.

List of Submerged Archaeological Parks

Name	Image	Region	Area (km2)	Coast (km)	Established	Coordinates	EUAP Code	Reference
Baia	175px	Campania	1.77	3.72	2002		EUAP0849	[30]
Gaiola	175px	Campania	0.41	1.99	2002		EUAP0850	[31]

This list is complete and up-to-date as of December 2021.

See also

• Conservation in Italy
• List of National Parks of Italy
• List of Regional Parks of Italy

External links

• Marine Protected Areas
• Official list of protected areas