A marine area that stretches from the small town of Vrsar on the western coast all the way to Cape Sv. Stipan beneath the village of Šišan on the south - eastern coast. The 76,000 ha area represents almost the entirety of the marine part of the western coast of Istria and includes two priority habitat types and one marine mammal priority species under the Habitats Directive. Priority habitats are sandbanks covered by seawater at all times and submerged or partially submerged sea caves, and the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a priority species.
