175VARSTVO NARAVE, Supl. 1 (2011)
THE MARINE PROTECTED AREA OF TORRE DEL CERRANO, 
ABRUZZO-ITALY
MORSKO ZAVAROVANO OBMOČJE TORRE DEL CERRANO, 
ABRUCI, ITALIJA
Benigno D'ORAZIO
ABSTRACT
The MPA “Torre Cerrano” was founded by decree issued on October 21st 2009 by the Department of 
Environment and Protection of Natural Territories and published in the Italian Official Journal No. 80 
on April 7th 2010.
It extends 3 nautical miles into the sea from the coast and spreads 7 km along the coastline. The Marine 
Protected Area is composed of sand dunes following each other for 2.5 km along the seashore, from the 
outlet of Calvano stream in Pineto as far as the centre of Silvi. It covers about 37 km2 and includes a 
restricted B Zone opposite Torre Cerrano, a square-shaped zone with a length of about 1 km; a C Zone 
of 14 km2, which extends 2 km into the sea from the coast, and a wide D Zone, a trapezium-shaped area 
of about 22 km2 spreading out for 3 nautical miles.
Since 2008, the Marine Protected Area Authority, which was constituted upon signing the Cerrano Charter, 
has been working within the framework of Adriatic Protected Areas Network called AdriaPAN.
IZVLEČEK
MZO “Torre Cerrano” je bilo osnovano z odlokom Oddelka za okolje in zaščito naravnih teritorijev, 
izdanim 21. oktobra 2009 in objavljenem v italijanskem Uradnem listu št. 80 dne 7. aprila 2010.
MZO se razteza 3 navtične milje v morje in poteka 7 km vzdolž obalne črte. Sestoji iz sipin, ki si sledijo 
2,5 km vzdolž obale, in sicer od izliva potoka Calvano pri Pinetu do središča Silvija. Pokriva kakih 37 
km2 in zajema omejeno Cono B nasproti Torre Cerrana (približno 1 km2 veliko četverokotno območje), 
Cono C (14 km2 veliko območje, ki se razteza 2 km v morje), in Cono D (kakih 22 km2 veliko območje 
trapezaste oblike, ki se razteza v morje 3 navtične milje). 
Urad MZO Torre Cerrano, ki je bil osnovan ob podpisu tako imenovane “Cerranske listine”, od leta 
2008 deluje v okviru Omrežja jadranskih zaščitenih območij AdriaPAN.
Benigno D’ORAZIO
MPA Torre del Cerano, 
Casella Postale n.34 
64025 Pineto, Italy
info@torredelcerrano.it
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