Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of the Mediterranean and Black SeasPresents information on the conservation status of the marine mammals and sea turtles that inhabit the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Each species has previously been classified by IUCN at global level and here we present the first results of the regional assessment for those cetacean species resident in the Mediterranean Sea. It also focuses on the main threats that affect their survival and growth and makes recommendations to better preserve them. It presents brief details on resident species (those recorded all year round and breeding in the region), visitor species (scarcer but occurring regularly every year) and vagrant species (rare and unexpected ones that do not occur annually). This booklet also summarizes the current global status of visitor and vagrant cetaceans in the Mediterranean and the status of the endemic cetacean species in the Black Sea, the conservation status of the only Mediterranean seal species, and the latest information available on marine turtles. -- Publisher. |
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abundance ACCOBAMS Alboran Sea animals AREA ON MAP Atlantic Average adult length Balaenoptera BARCOM basin BCCEW Black Sea by-catch cetacean species cetaceans Cetartiodactyla Cetacea unranked CITES CLASSIFICATION TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION coastal Common Bottlenose Dolphin conservation status Convention Critically Endangered DATA DEFICIENT DD Delphinidae Delphinidae Genus DISTRIBUTION AND MAIN entanglement in fishing Family feed Fin Whale fishing gear gillnets individuals IUCN RED LIST Least Concern LIST Global status LIST Mediterranean status Loggerhead Turtle MAIN THREATS Mammalia Order mammals and sea marine turtles Mediterranean and Black Mediterranean Monk Seal Mediterranean Sea MEDITERRANEAN SEA BLACK Mediterranean Sea residents Mesoplodon migrate Odontoceti Odontoceti unranked offshore Phocoena pinniped pollution ponticus POPULATION STATUS RED LIST Global RED LIST Mediterranean resident marine mammals Risso's Dolphin SEA BLACK SEA sea turtles Short-beaked Common Dolphin sonar Specialist Group Sperm Whale squid Striped Dolphin taxon TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION Class TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION TAXONOMIC underwater noise Vulnerable waters Ziphiidae