For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
• 2. SITE LOCATION
• 3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
• 4. SITE DESCRIPTION
• 5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
• 6. SITE MANAGEMENT
• 7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 Type

B

1.2 Site code

GR2330008

1.3 Site name

THALASSIA PERIOCHI KOLPOU KYPARISSIAS: AKR. KATAKOLO - KYPARISSIA

1.4 First Compilation date

1995-04

1.5 Update date

2020-07

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας
Address:
Email:

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	1996-08
Date site confirmed as SCI:	2006-09
Date site designated as SAC:	2011-03
National legal reference of SAC designation:	Law 3937/29-3-11 (OJ 60 A)

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	21.408301
Latitude:	37.621753

2.2 Area [ha]

11324.6200

2.3 Marine area [%]

100.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
GR23	Dytiki Ellada
GR25	Peloponnisos

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Marine Mediterranean

(0.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types						Site assessment
Code	PF	NP	Cover [ha]	Cave [number]	Data quality	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Representativity	Relative Surface	Conservation	Global
1110			4272.22	0.00	P	A	A	A	A
1120	X		359.975	0.00	P	C	C	C	C
1170			20.9802	0.00	P	B	C	B	B

• PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
• NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
• Cover: decimal values can be entered
• Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species					Population in the site						Site assessment
G	Code	Scientific Name	S	NP	T	Size		Unit	Cat.	D.qual.	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Min	Max				Pop.	Con.	Iso.	Glo.
F	1103	Alosa fallax			r				P	DD	D
R	1227	Chelonia mydas			p				P	DD
M	1355	Lutra lutra			p				P	M	C	B	C	B

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
• Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species					Population in the site				Motivation
Group	CODE	Scientific Name	S	NP	Size		Unit	Cat.	Species Annex		Other categories
					Min	Max		C|R|V|P	IV	V	A	B	C	D
M	1353	Canis aureus						P			X
M	1353	Canis aureus						P
I	1028	Pinna nobilis						P			X
I	1028	Pinna nobilis						P					X
I	1028	Pinna nobilis						P	X
M	2016	Pipistrellus kuhlii						P			X
M	2016	Pipistrellus kuhlii						P	X
M	2016	Pipistrellus kuhlii						P					X
M	5009	Pipistrellus pygmaeus						P					X
M	5009	Pipistrellus pygmaeus						P			X
M	5009	Pipistrellus pygmaeus						P	X
P		Posidonia oceanica						P					X
F		Syngnathus abaster						P					X
F		Syngnathus abaster						P			X

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
• Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
• Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N01	100.00
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

This marine area expands from Cape Katakolo to Kyparissia town in western Peloponnisos. The substrate is sandy and the seabed is covered by fine-grained sand with scattered eroded calcareous rocks. Wide beaches of fine sand are backed by dunes along the coastline. The bay is not deep. Patches of Cymodocea nodosa in the shallows are followed by the beds of Posidonia. The latter are very well developed with high density population and robust plants. On the calcareous rocks a few species of macrophytes grow.

4.2 Quality and importance

The beds of Posidonia in the site are probably the best developed of all around Peloponnisos. They constitute an unseparable part of the marine ecosystem as they offer ground for fish to lay eggs, to find food and shelter. The marine phanoerogam Posidonia oceanica is a very good bioindicator of the ecological conditions of a marine environment. Additionally, the sea turtle Caretta caretta uses the Posidonia meadows for resting and feeding. Studies have shown that the adjacent sandy beaches of the bay are very important nesting areas for the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta. (For details see the texts of the site THINES KYPARISSIAS). Both organisms are facing extinction in the Mediterranean Sea, either because of large urban sources of pollution - as in the case of Posidonia - or because of tourist activities in the coastal sea zone and the nesting areas - as in the case of the turtle. C. caretta is a priority species of the Dircetive 92/43/EEC, also mentioned in the Greek Red Data Book as "Endangered". Another vertebrate taxon, the fish Syngnathus abaster, also occurs in this site; it is evaluated as an Other Important Species (section 3.3) since it is mentioned in the lists of the Bern Convention (motivation C).

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

4.4 Ownership (optional)

No information provided

4.5 Documentation (optional)

No information provided

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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5.1 Designation types at national and regional level (optional):

Code	Cover [%]
GR00	100.00

5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites (optional):

No information provided

5.3 Site designation (optional)

No information provided

6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

No information provided

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)

No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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