On 19th April 2013 the Slovenian government declared a complemented Natura 2000 network which now includes the first marine sites in Slovenia with the Mediterranean shag as a qualifying species. The sites contain all three shags’ communal roosting sites on the buoys of maricultures and their nearest surroundings. They are situated in the bay of St. Bartholomew (SI5000028 Debeli rtič), the Strunjan bay (SI5000031 Strunjan) and the Piran bay (SI5000018 Sečoveljske soline).