Author: Medaces

In European waters, cetacean conservation tends to focus on direct and obvious threats. Cetacean conservation should go beyond just avoiding further population decline or warding off the extinction of single species. Allowing only the...

An 18-metre-long fin whale was trapped on the 14th of july for about four hours at the Valencia Yacht Club in Spain. The animal was able to return to the open sea guided by...

Factors that likely contributed to making common dolphins increasingly less common include incidental mortality in fishing gear, habitat degradation, and the effects of chemical pollutants, underwater noise, and climate change. These impacts may have...

A young grey whale lost in the Mediterranean is looking for its way home. Wally entered the Mediterranean through the Gibraltar Strait probably in march, followed Moroccan coast before cutting across to Italian shores,...

The Fifth Conference on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries (CSMC5) welcomes experts in cetacean-related science and knowledge, particularly from the South Mediterranean region, aiming at exchanging experiences and information and at discussing best...

This study investigates stranding patterns and diet of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the portuguese coasts, from years 1981-2014. The results shows that striped dolphins are mostly piscivorous. Main preys found in stomachs of...

Tenerife – La Gomera marine área has been awarded with a prestigious title as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe. Currently there are only 3 more sites with this title: Dana Point, awarded...

This study evalues the situation of the monk seal (Monachus monachus) subpopulation from eastern Mediterranean Sea (Greece). This species is considered a flagship for marine conservation and today it is reduced to only 3...

This study analyzed the spatial distribution of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in the coast of Veneto (northen Adriatic Sea). Also, it is evaluated the effect of fishing activities to dolphin´s ocurrences in this...

Most species of Mediterranean cetaceans are in population decline, being classified from “Vulnerable” to “Critically Endangered” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This study lists the main causes of cetaceans...