Alonnissos Marine Park
Skopelos Island, North Sporades, Magnesia, Greece

There are two, legally protected, marine parks in Greece: the National Marine Park of Alonnissos, North Sporades (1992) and the Zakynthos Marine Park (1999). The surrounding sea of Skopelos and some of the further outlying islands have been made conservation areas, as they are breading grounds for the dwindling population of monk seals. Almost every morning, excursion boats leave Skopelos harbour for an organized trip within the Marine Park, where a rise in the population of dolphins has become easily visible.

Various species of dolphins and some whale species may be seen in the region. The more common dolphin and whale species are the common dolphin (Delphinus Delphis), the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), the long-fined pilot whale (Globicephala melaera), the killer whale Physter catodon. The richness and variety of wild life and beautiful scenery justly characterise the Park as an area of great aesthetic and biological value and demand that it be protected and respected by us all.

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