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FRANCE
The Pelagos Sanctuary
MONACO ITALY
The Agreement regarding the creation

PELAGOS of a Mediterranean Sanctuary for
SANCTUARY marine mammals was signed in Rome
Giens
peninsula on 25 November 1999 by France, Italy
and the Principality of Monaco and
Fosso
CORSICA Chiarone entered into force on 21 February 2002.

The Sanctuary covers 87,500 km
2
MEDITERRANEAN SEA TYRRHENIAN SEA
of water and is managed by the
Capo Ferro
governments of the three countries.
Capo Falcone
These countries benefit from
SARDINIA the coordination of a permanent
Secretariat based in the Principality
of Monaco and the support of a

scientific and technical committee.

The Pelagos Sanctuary is the largest

Marine Protected Area (MPA) in
the Mediterranean and the only
international MPA dedicated to
ANGUILLA ST-BARTHELEMY protecting marine mammals.
ST-MARTIN &
ST-MAARTEN
BARBUDA

ANTIGUA
ST-KITTS

NEVIS The Agoa Sanctuary
GUADELOUPE
The Agoa Sanctuary covers the entire
MONTSERRAT
MARIE-GALANTE exclusive economic zone of the French
West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe,
St. Martin and St. Barthélemy), i.e.
DOMINICA
a surface area of 143,256 km . It is
2
governed by 53 local Ocean bodies.
N
It has an international status since

MARTINIQUE 27 October 2012.

0 100 km
STE-LUCIA
0 50 nautical miles