CSMC5 Article Presentations
Opening Session
| Overview on the National Centre for Marine Sciences’ recent activities for cetaceans’ conservation in Lebanon (host country conference) Milad FAKHRI, ACCOBAMS National Focal Point for Lebanon |  |
Session 1: Monitoring of cetacean populations
| Introductory presentation: ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative, reinforcement and sustainability of monitoring efforts – Julie BELMONT Information on ASI Results Special Issue – Nejla BEJAOUI | |
| La région tunisienne, un point chaud de mégafaune marine en Méditerranée Mehdi DEKHIL | |
| Assessing knowledge on cetaceans inshore and offshore Algeria Souad LAMOUTI | |
| Estimation des biais associés à l’évaluation de l’abondance de la mégafaune marine au cours de la campagne d’observation ASI Mehdi DEKHIL | |
| A well-connected network for cetacean monitoring in south Mediterranean countries following the EcAp/IMAP principles Mehdi AISSI | |
| Collaboration tripartite (Liban, Tunisie et France) pour une amélioration du suivi des cétacés en Méditerranée Gaby KHALAF | |
Session 2: Areas of importance for cetaceans
| Introductory presentation: Toward the identification of important cetacean’s areas at a regional scale Léa DAVID & Maÿlis SALIVAS | |
Session 3: Interactions between cetaceans and human activities: whale watching and noise
| Introductory presentation: Progress for a better prevention and mitigation of underwater noise impacts on cetaceans and for a sustainable implementation of whale-watching activities Lobna BEN NAKHLA & Maÿlis SALIVAS | |
| Whale watching et pescatourisme au Maroc, enjeux et contraintes Abdelali LOUDRHIRI | |
| Investigating the impact of anthropogenic activities on cetaceans within the Eastern Mediterranean Sea of Turkey Aylin AKKAYA | |
| Cetacean sightings in the Mediterranean off the territorial waters of Moroccan Atlantic coast during oil exploration aboard the drilling vessel: Biodiversity and Sperm whale behaviour Mohammed RAMDANI | |
| Prise en compte de la problématique du bruit sous-marin en Algérie Souad LAMOUTI | |
Session 4: Cetacean strandings
| Introductory presentation: Best practices in monitoring and management of cetacean stranding Sandro MAZZARIOL | |
| On the occurrence of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (cetacea: delphinidae) from the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean Sea): historical data and recent records Malek ALI | |
| Échouage des cétacés le long de la côte Algérienne. Cas du grand dauphin Tursiops truncatus Henda ASSIA | |
| Cetacean in Libyan waters: recorded via a citizen science project and mining social media platforms Jamila RIZGALLA | |
| Le Réseau National des Echouages en Tunisie : historique et perspectives Hédia ATTIA EL HILI | |
| Review and Compilation of Cetaceans’ Stranding Records along the Libyan Coastline Ibrahem BEN AMER | |
| Échouages de cétacés sur les côtes marocaines entre 2015 et 2020 Imane TAI | |
Session 5: Interactions between cetaceans and human activities: fisheries and bycatch
| Introductory presentation: Activities and progress in assessing and mitigating interactions with fisheries Souad LAMOUTI & Celia LE RAVALLEC | |
| Incidental catch of vulnerable species in the Mediterranean: an overview of the “MedBycath project” and of the results from “SoMFi 2020” Paolo CARPENTIERI | |
| Assessing the overlap of fishing and bottlenose dolphins in an understudied region of the Mediterranean Tim AWBERY | |
| Changement dans le volume et la composition des captures des sardiniers attribuable à la déprédation par Tursiops truncatus au Nord-Est de la Tunisie (Kélibia) Rimel BENMESSAOUD | |