On August 4th 2018, ACCOBAMS co-organised with the Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas (RAC /SPA) and the organisation “Méditerranée Action Nature” a presentation of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative while taking this opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of preserving marine environment.
Song of the Whale spent approximately two weeks in the Pelagos Sanctuary as part of the ACCOBAMS ASI survey. During this time, we documented five cetacean species along our survey route. The fin whale sighting rate was markedly higher in the Pelagos Sanctuary and the Gulf of Lyons compared to that elsewhere during our survey thus far (the entire western Mediterranean Sea).
We are three Tunisian researchers, enthusiastic about the marine world, joining the search for cetaceans within the framework of a great project on the Mediterranean scale: the project ACCOBAMS Survey Intiative (ASI). We are as follows Mrs Rimel BENMESSAOUD CHERIF and Mr Mourad CHERIF & Sami KARAA. We were aboard the R/V SOTW during the period between 19/07 and 12/08/2018.
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