Nature Park Katič stretches across 47 kilometres of Montenegro’s Adriatic coast, protecting seagrass meadows, coral communities, underwater caves, and a wide variety of marine life. These ecosystems also underpin the tourism economy built around the coast. But protection on paper does not always translate into protection in practice. Many of the people swimming, snorkelling, boating, or jet skiing in the area are unclear about where the protected area begins, which rules apply, or why the site matters. Last summer, Blue4All set out to examine that gap. Through fieldwork in and around Katič, project partners explored how the protected area is understood, experienced, and used.