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Pingers as cetacean bycatch mitigation measure in Bulgarian turbot fishery
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is of the most heavily affected species by Bycatch. First large-scale use of pingers was made during standard turbot fishing operations in Bulgarian waters of Black Sea in 2019. Bycatch...
High levels of toxic chemicals found in stranded dolphins and whales along the southeastern coast of the United States
Tissue toxicant concentrations and pathology data from 83 odontocetes that stranded in the southeastern United States during 2012–2018 was evaluated in this study. Arsenic, mercury and other chemicals from the burning of fossil fuels...
Toño, the trapped sperm whale in the Strait of Gibraltar…Is he the same that has been seen near the Eolian islands?
2 sperm whales have been seen trapped in nets the last week. One was seen near the Eolian islands, and the other in the Strait of Gibraltar. Both videos show a sperm whale trapped...
Sanctuary of the Pelagos Agreement: Fin whale without caudal fin in difficulty
https://accobams.org This fin whale, well known to experts in the ACCOBAMS area since it has been photographed several times, appears thinned and weakened, with numerous parasites, following the loss of its tail fin last...
Dead Cetacean? Beach, Bloat, Float, Sink
The authors of this work reviewed the possible factors that make a cetacean Beach, Bloat, Float, Sink after death, and how to recognize the origin of the cetacean mortality. Only some carcasses strand, or...
A taste for squid
The diet of sperm whales stranded in Greece,Eastern Mediterranean This study expands the available knowledge using analysis of the stomach contents from nine individuals stranded in Greece between 2005 and 2014. 48,166 prey remains...
FINS special edition
ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative In summer 2018, the ASI campaign survey teams conducted the first ever large-scale Mediterranean Sea survey of marine megafauna, marine litter and underwater noise. For this effort, 20 countries and 30...
World Marine Mammal Conference
Together for Science and Conservation 7-8 December 2019 – Pre-Conference Workshops 9-12 December 2019 – Conference Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain In December 2019, the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM)...
Trace metals in striped dolphins stranded along the Murcia (Spain) coastline
Heavy metal concentrations in internal tissues of 72 striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Murcia Region have been investigated for the first time in stranded dolphins during the period 2009-2015. The levels of metal found...
