20th May 2021 : European Maritime Day – the municipality of Cascais, Portugal, launches the “Alert Dolphins!” awareness campaign
ACCOBAMS participated to the launch of the citizen science campaign “Alert Dolphins!”
This community outreach project aims at:
. Raising awareness on how to act in case of dolphin and other cetacean sightings on the Cascais coast,
. Raising awareness among boat owners on how to approach dolphins in a respectful way, and
. Creating a database of dolphin sightings on the Cascais coast, accessible via the platform created for this purpose on the Cascais Environment website.