To restore the former population of little terns in Kurzeme, the estuaries of the Kikan and Irbe rivers will be closed to visitors from 1 April to 1 August. During this period, people are encouraged to choose areas and routes for recreation and beach walks that do not cross the aforementioned territories, with particular care taken to ensure that dogs brought along do not cross the fenced-off areas either.

A ~1.4 km stretch of beach and dune between the left bank of the Irbe and the sea in Ventspils Municipality is completely closed. Meanwhile, at the Kikan estuary, a ~600 m stretch of beach and dune is closed, which people may cross along the edge of the sea provided they do not linger unnecessarily and keep their dogs on a short lead.

Currently, there are only 70-100 pairs of little terns nesting in Latvia, and their numbers continue to decline. Consequently, the little tern is the most threatened species of bird nesting on the beach. However, common ringed plovers, sanderlings, common terns, Arctic terns, and oystercatchers also nest in these same locations and value the tranquillity.