The protected marine area of Ventotene covers an area of approximately 2800 hectares.
It has 3 degrees of protection: from the Zone A (with the best preserved marine biological characteristics), to the Zone B (tourist allowed with limitations) to Zone C (daily human activities only if compatible with the well-being of the places).
The excellent quality of the water and its transparency favours the presence of an extensive range of “forest of the sea”, a habitat of numerous species of fish, molluscs and crustaceans.
Offshore you can find fish such as amberjack, tuna, corvine, but also sea turtles as well as dolphins and other cetaceans, even sperm whales.
Below the coast, along the cliffs, octopuses, bream, rainbow fish, red snapper, groupers and a multitude of other “fish”, as well as molluscs and animals that are fixed on the rocks, such as sponges and rare madrepore (coral).
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