Slano Bay is located about 25 km northwest of Dubrovnik. The bay is about 2.5 km long and has the southeast-northwest direction. It is a large shallow bay with a well-developed community of Posidonia oceanica. The northern part of a bay is mostly built and the Slano town is located there. Slano town has a small harbour and anchorage for yachts in a sheltered bay Banja and a larger yacht can anchor in front of the Slano Bay entrance. Throughout its history, the main sources of income for the inhabitants of Slano were agriculture, fishing and trade while today tourism is the most important source of income for the local population. Slano bay is under the protection of Natura 2000 network – classified as Sites of Community Importance (SCI) HR3000165 Uvala Slano. There are two habitat types present on the site a Large shallow inlet and bay and Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanica). Habitats of Infralittoral sands with more or less silt (mud) occupy more than 80% of the surface inside the Slano Bay. In the area of Osmine Bay, north of Cape Viganj in Brnakova Bay and sporadically in other parts of the entire Slano Bay, there is Cymodocea nodosa (Little Neptune Grass) but its actual surface is still not completely determined. The entire coastline of the bay is under anthropogenic pressure, so in the narrow coastal belt, anthropogenic habitat is the dominant habitat in the infralittoral. Nearby the Slano bay area is the only site of Oleander galleries habitat type in Croatia, in Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Slano-
oleandrin area is also under Natura 2000 network protection. The habitat type present is Olea and Ceratonia forests. Natural Oleander stands are situated in a gully along the temporary watercourse that ends in the sea. Along with Nerium oleander and Arundo donax that characterise Oleander galleries habitat type, vegetation is represented with elements of Quercus ilex maquis. The site has not yet been fully described and it has to be additionally investigated.