A marine protected area in Portugal’s Madeira has been expanded around the Selvagens Islands, in what is now Europe and the North Atlantic’s largest fully protected marine reserve. The legal declaration of this marine area of total protection covers a territory of 2,677 square kilometres, in an area of 12 nautical miles around the Selvagens Islands, a small archipelago in the North Atlantic located midway … Continue reading Europe and the North Atlantic’s largest fully protected marine reserve established