The report gives an overview of activities, methods and preliminary results for the two municipalities involved, Tvedestrand and Lindesnes. The Ministry for Fisheries and Coastal affairs proclaimed 20.06.2012 the establishment of four zones for conservation and one no-catch zone in the municipality of Tvedestrand. Through test fishing during the last 3 years, there are now a good documentation of the chosen key-species (cod and lobster). Some documentation of biodiversity, specially on fish, has been performed using photo- and video-systems. There will be done a survey of flat oysters in 2013. After a local hearing, the municipality of Lindesnes this autumn sent a suggestion of establishing a conservation zone for lobster by Kleppeskjær
