Complejo Barra de Santiago (Ramsar site)

Complejo Barra de Santiago, El Salvador's seventh Ramsar Site (designated 16 January 2014), covering 11,519 hectares at the western end of the Salvadoran Pacific coast (Ahuachapan department). Barra de Santiago is also one of the named bocanas declared an 'area de reserva acuatica' under Art. 28 of the fisheries law (Decree 637), where trawling and non-selective/non-authorized methods (incl. spearfishing) are prohibited, with a 2-nautical-mile-per-end plus 5-nautical-mile-offshore protection band.