Laje de Santos Marine State Park

The Laje de Santos Marine State Park (PEMLS) was created on the 27th of september of 1993, through the State Decree nº 37.537. PEMLS is the first marine park within the Conservation Units of the State of São Paulo and has, as its primary goal, the conservation of the marine environment.

PEMLS has its own administrative headquarters, being supervised by the Forest Foundation, a branch of the Environment Bureau of the State of São Paulo.

In geographical terms, PEMLS belongs to the city of Santos and, according to the Nautical Chart nº 1711, is located at 164º and 16,8 nautical miles of its continental reference point, the Moela Island lighthouse.