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Monk Seal Protection in the Eastern Mediterranean
Monk Seal Protection in the Eastern MediterraneanProject Title: Monk Seal Protection in the Eastern Mediterranean Aim: This project aims to improve the knowledge of the population of the Mediterranean monk seal at the eastern Mediterranean, monitoring their...
POLICY BRIEF / The ‘silent’ problem of fisheries: A call to address one of the biggest fisheries-driven environmental threats
Overfishing and bycatch are among the greatest threats to marine biodiversity loss and have been the principal drivers of decline and local extinction of marine vulnerable species. Following a standardized data collection protocol developed by GFCM, we conducted...
Mediterranean Monk Seal – Educational Brochure
Mediterranean Monk Seal – Educational BrochureThis trifold educational brochure was created to educate and raise awareness about the Mediterranean Monk Seal, among the general public, the relevant stakeholders and the users of the sea as well as to be used by...
Γνώρισε τη Μεσογειακή φώκια – Meet the Mediterranean Monk Seal
** ENG TEXT FOLLOWS ** Βουτήξτε στην ιστορία και μάθετε για την κατάσταση, τις απειλές και την προστασία της μεσογειακής φώκιας, του πιο απειλούμενου θηλαστικού στη Μεσόγειο Θάλασσα. Η μεσογειακή φώκια (Monachus monachus) είναι το μοναδικό είδος φώκιας που βρίσκεται...
MEDITERRANEAN ANGEL SHARKS: SUBREGIONAL ACTION PLAN (SUBRAP)
The Mediterranean is a risky place to be a shark. At least 50% of rays and 54% of sharks in this region face an elevated risk of extinction, including the three species of angel sharks. While measures do exist for the management of these species under the General...
Παιδικό Παραμύθι “Το Γαλάζιο Συνέδριο”
Περίληψη βιβλίου: Τα θαλάσσια είδη της Μεσογείου βρίσκονται σε κίνδυνο. Οι παραδοσιακές μέθοδοι ψαρέματος αρχίζουν να μειώνουν τους πληθυσμούς σημαντικών ειδών όπως των καρχαριών, των σαλαχιών, των δελφινιών, των θαλάσσιων χελώνων, των φωκιών και των θαλασσοπουλιών. Ο...
Good Practice Guides for the Handling of Vulnerable Species Caught Incidentally in Mediterranean Fisheries
The following safe handling and release guides of vulnerable species that were developed by the Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and the Secretariat of the General...
Elasmobranch Field Identification Guide
This field identification guide was developed under the framework of the Cyprus Bycatch Project (phase II) and it shows some of the most common elasmobranch species that are often bycaught and interact with fisheries.
Awareness Material: The Mediterranean Monk Seal
The following awareness material was produced as part of the “Monk seal conservation in the Eastern Mediterranean” project aimed at improving knowledge of possible conflict between fishermen and the monk seal in the Republic of Cyprus.
Commercial Fisheries Elasmobranch Advisories
Under the framework of the CERECON project, Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre and SPOT, in collaboration with the Shark Trust have developed Commercial Fisheries Advisories for professional fishermen operating within the Republic of Cyprus. These are...