Antonio (Argentine Republic) respectively’’ (Fig. 10.3). It also provides a ‘‘Joint
Technical Commission …which shall be responsible for conducting studies and
adopting and co-coordinating plans and measures for the conservation, preservation and rational exploitation of living resources and the protection of the marine
environment in the common zone binational organisms…’’
Uruguay has a National System of Protected Areas (SNAP). In the Atlantic
zone of influence, there are two coastal marine protected areas (from the terrestial
coast seaward some miles: Laguna de Rocha and Cabo Polonio). Two additional
areas will be formalized soon (Laguna Garzón and Cerro Verde). There are not
exclusively marine Protected Areas (SNAP 2010).
Fig. 10.2 Examples of coastal morphology of Uruguay. a Lagoon, rocky point, and rather
straight beaches at each side. b Rocky points and arched beaches in between
Fig. 10.3 Political limits of
Uruguayan waters (modified
from FREPLATA)
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Technical Commission …which shall be responsible for conducting studies and
adopting and co-coordinating plans and measures for the conservation, preservation and rational exploitation of living resources and the protection of the marine
environment in the common zone binational organisms…’’
Uruguay has a National System of Protected Areas (SNAP). In the Atlantic
zone of influence, there are two coastal marine protected areas (from the terrestial
coast seaward some miles: Laguna de Rocha and Cabo Polonio). Two additional
areas will be formalized soon (Laguna Garzón and Cerro Verde). There are not
exclusively marine Protected Areas (SNAP 2010).
Fig. 10.2 Examples of coastal morphology of Uruguay. a Lagoon, rocky point, and rather
straight beaches at each side. b Rocky points and arched beaches in between
Fig. 10.3 Political limits of
Uruguayan waters (modified
from FREPLATA)
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