Ronneby blåmusselbankar, Naturreservat

Year of protection: 2020

Municipality: Ronneby, Karlskrona

Characteristics: Marine areas, archipelago

Area: 14,180 hectares, of which 5 hectares are land and 14,175 hectares water

Landowners: State, public water, undeveloped water

Manager: Blekinge County Administrative Board

Form of protection: Nature reserve, partly Natura 2000 (Gåsfeten island) and bird protection area (Asla island).

The area is located just over six kilometers south of Ronneby and extends three miles from the Bräkne-Hoby archipelago in the west to the sea area southeast of Hasslö in the east. It can only be reached by sea.

You are welcome to visit the area, but please note that it is not allowed to:

• damage the ground or seabed, any fixed natural object or surface formation
• deliberately harm or disturb wildlife
• damage shrubs, seaweed and algae or other vegetation, plant or spread plants, animals, fungi or other organisms,
• bring dogs, cats or other unleashed predators to the islands
• make a fire directly on a rocky outcrop
• camping or otherwise setting up camp for more than two days in the same place
• anchoring or mooring a boat in the same place for more than two days
• trapping and collecting invertebrates in such a way as to damage or destroy their biotopes or reproductive habitats
• idling the engine (for more than 1 minute) or using a motorized charger.

Without permission from the county administrative board, you may not either:

• carry out surveys involving sampling, marking, trapping or fishing, installation of equipment or any form of interference with plant or animal life. In the case of collection by destructive methods, such as destroying substrate, a permit cannot be granted,
• using the area for competitions or exercises that may disturb nature or the public's outdoor life
• putting up a board, placard, poster, sign, signpost, inscription or similar device.