Amorgos FRA – Nikouria Islet Fisheries Restricted Area

The marine area around the uninhabited islet of Nikouria, off Agios Pavlos beach on Amorgos (Cyclades), is closed to ALL fishing — professional and recreational, «με οποιοδήποτε μέσο και εργαλείο» (by any means or gear), so spearfishing included — all year round under art. 2(β) of Presidential Decree 73/2025 (ΦΕΚ 148 Α΄, 18 August 2025). The decree’s Annex closes the sea enclosed between the coastline of Amorgos and the islet of Nikouria, delimited by the four points Α 36°51′52.6854″N 25°53′31.0920″E, Β 36°53′13.0452″N 25°53′11.5368″E, Γ 36°52′57.1080″N 25°56′5.7840″E and Δ 36°52′50.6778″N 25°56′13.4190″E; the map pin is the area centroid of those statutory vertices, in the Nikouria–Agios Pavlos channel. The decree entered into force on 18 November 2025, three months after publication (art. 6), and its measures are temporary, running for five years, i.e. to 18 November 2030 (art. 2) — they are not permanent. A separate seasonal closure under art. 2(α) shuts all professional and recreational fishing by any means or gear within 1.5 nautical miles of the whole island from 1 April to 31 May every year. (GPS-tracking enforcement and fines of up to €3,000 are reported by the fisher-led Amorgorama initiative page of the Cyclades Preservation Fund, not stated in the decree.)