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Mapping of Marine Key Habitats and Initiation of Monitoring Network MONTENEGRO MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PROJECT Montenegro: Platamuni and Ratac areas Mapping of marine key habitats and initiation of monitoring network Financed by: NOTE : The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA. © 2016 United Nations Environment Programme 2015 Mediterranean Action Plan Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) Boulevard du leader Yasser Arafat B.P. 337 - 1080 Tunis Cedex - TUNISIA E-mail: [email protected] All property rights of texts and content of different types of this publication belong exclusively to RAC/ SPA. Reproduction of these texts and contents, in whole or in part, and in any form, is prohibited without prior written permission from RAC/SPA, except for educational and other non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is fully acknowledged. For bibliographic purposes, this volume may be cited as: UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA, 2016. Montenegro: Platamuni and Ratac areas. Mapping of marine key habitats and initiation of monitoring network. By Torchia G., Pititto F., Rais C., Trainito E., Badalamenti F., Romano C., Amosso C., Bouafif C., Dragan M., Camisassi S., Tronconi D., Macicˇ ´ V., Sghaier Y.R. & Ouerghi A. Ed. RAC/SPA - MedKeyHabitats Project, Tunis: 77 pp + Annexes. Graphic design: Zine el Abidine MAHJOUB - www.zinetoon.com and Yassine Ramzi SGHAIER. Cover photos credit: © CAR/ASP, Egidio Trainito This document has been edited within the framework of the MedKeyHabitats Project “ Mapping of key marine habitats in the Mediterranean and promoting their conservation through the establishment of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI) ” In partnership with : The MedKeyHabitats Project is implemented with the financial support of MAVA Foundation. Available from: www.rac-spa.org Montenegro: Platamuni and Ratac areas Mapping of marine key habitats and initiation of monitoring network Study required and fnanced by: Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) Boulevard du Leader Yasser Arafat B.P. 337 1080 Tunis Cedex - Tunisia In charge of the study: Atef OUARGHI, MedKeyHabitats Project, RAC/SPA Yassine Ramzi SGHAIER, MedKeyHabitats Project, RAC/SPA Milena BATAKOVIĆ, Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro Scientifc responsible of the study: Giovanni Torchia (Golder) - Senior Project Manager and Project Director Francesco Pititto (Golder) - Project Manager Chedly Rais (Okianos) - Senior technical review of the work and preparation of the assessment report for SPAMI list Egidio Trainito (Golder consultant) - Marine photographer and expert in marine biology and taxonomy Fabio Badalamenti (IAMC) - Senior consultant Chiara Romano (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) - Senior consultant Cecilia Amosso (Golder) - Bibliographic research and review Cyrine Bouaff (Faculty of Science - University of Tunis) - Preparation of the SDF for the two study areas Massimo Dragan (Golder) - Senior Expert in GIS and cartographic data management Stefano Camisassi (Golder) - Database and WebGIS expert Davide Tronconi (Golder) - GIS Expert Vesna Mačić (Institute of marine biology General biology) - Marine Biology Expert Reference of the study: MedKeyHabitats n° 9/2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 FOREWORD .................................................................................................................... 9 2.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 11 2.1 Scope of work ............................................................................................................... 11 3.0 METHODS ....................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Study areas ................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Adopted methodology .................................................................................................. 13 3.2.1 Desktop study .......................................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 Qualitative analysis of fishery activities.................................................................... 14 3.2.3 Main adopted parameters ....................................................................................... 14 3.2.4 Geophysical survey ................................................................................................. 15 3.2.4.1 Field work method .............................................................................................. 15 3.2.4.2 Data elaboration method .................................................................................... 16 3.2.5 Biological survey ...................................................................................................... 18 3.2.5.1 Field work methods ............................................................................................ 18 3.2.5.2 Data elaboration methods .................................................................................. 24 3.2.6 GIS and WebGIS ...................................................................................................... 27 3.2.7 Assessment of the conservation interest of the two sites ....................................... 27 4.0 RESULTS ......................................................................................................................... 28 4.1 Baseline - desktop study .............................................................................................. 28 4.1.1 The southern Adriatic Sea and the Montenegrin coasts ......................................... 28 4.1.2 The Platamuni area .................................................................................................. 29 4.1.3 The Ratac area ......................................................................................................... 30 4.1.4 Gap Analysis ............................................................................................................ 30 4.2 Qualitative analysis of the fishery activities .................................................................. 31 4.2.1 The Montenegrin Area ............................................................................................. 31 4.2.2 The Platamuni Area .................................................................................................. 32 4.2.3 The Ratac Area......................................................................................................... 33 4.3 Bathymetric and geomorphological maps ................................................................... 33 4.3.1 Ratac ........................................................................................................................ 34 4.3.2 Platamuni ................................................................................................................. 35 4.4 Biocenotic maps and benthic assemblages ................................................................ 36 4.4.1 Ratac ........................................................................................................................ 36 4.4.1.1 Distribution of the benthic biocenoses ............................................................... 36 4.4.1.2 Hard bottom communities .................................................................................. 38 4.4.1.3 Soft bottoms communities .................................................................................. 47 4.4.2 Platamuni ................................................................................................................. 48 4.4.2.1 Distribution of the benthic biocenoses ............................................................... 48 4.4.2.2 Hard bottom communities .................................................................................. 50 4.4.2.3 Soft bottoms communities .................................................................................. 50 4.5 Fish assemblages ......................................................................................................... 51 4.5.1 Ratac ........................................................................................................................ 51 4.5.1.1 Qualitative analysis ............................................................................................. 51 4.5.1.2 Quantitative analysis: fish visual census data .................................................... 52 4.5.2 Platamuni ................................................................................................................. 53 4.5.2.1 Qualitative analysis ..............................................................................................54 4.5.2.2 Quantitative analysis: fish visual census data .....................................................55 4.5.3 General comments about the fish assemblages ......................................................57 4.6 Setting of the monitoring networks of key habitats .......................................................58 4.6.1 Posidonia oceanica meadow: Ratac .......................................................................58
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