Ministerial Decree establishing a zone of biological protection to be known as “Area Barbare”. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 77, 1 April 2004. Subject Fisheries, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Marine fisheries Protected fishing area Fishing gear/fishing method Protection of species Fishery management and conservation Marine protected areas Protected area Management/conservation Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Decree provides for the estalishment of a zone of biological protection in the marine waters delimited by the coordinates specified in article 1. Fishing with trawl nets as well as fishing for any juvenile species shall be forbidden. Full text Italian Website www.comune.jesi.an.it