ASI: the Hellenic Trench completed by the R/V Song of the Whale

The Hellenic Trench is an important area for cetaceans. It is considered by ACCOBAMS as a Cetacean Critical Habitat. The “deep-divers”: sperm whales and the Cuvier’s beaked whales, who dive a few thousand meters to find their preys (squids), have to face significant threat caused by the intense maritime traffic in this narrow area, in particular in summer when the sperm whale density is high.

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