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Strandings along Romanian Black Sea coasts 2010-2016
Citation
Marian Paiu, Eugen Anton, Mihaela Candea. 2012. Observation on dolphin sightings at the Romanian coast and measures to reduce accidental cathes in fishing nets. Recherches Marines. nr. 42/149-158. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4147
Contact: Paiu, Marian

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Description
The present database represents the situation of strandings of dolphins along the Romanian coast during 2010 and 2012. The data were collected from the entire Romanian coast, from Sulina to Vama Veche. more

The purpose of this dataset was to monitor the situation of Black Sea dolphins along the Romanian coast. In the Black Sea the cetaceans are represented by three species, Phocoena phocoena relicta, Tursiops truncatus ponticus and Delphinus delphis ponticus. The main threat and cause for the decline of the Black Sea dolphins are the fishing nets, so-called bycatches. For protection of the dolphin populations from Romanian Black Sea area in conformity with the objectives of the „National Action Plan for Conservation of Dolphins” and „Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area”, with finance from European Union true the Sectorial Operational Programme – Environment, NGO „Mare Nostrum” started a series of activities in partenership with National Institute for Marine Research and Development „Grigore Antipa” Constanța, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority, National Agency for Fishing and Aquaculture, Natural Science Museum Complex „Dolphinarium” Constanța, Border Police Inspectorate of Constanța County. And in 2012 we continued collecting data through two projects: one financed through ACCOBAMS Secretariat fund and one through CSR private companie. The present database represents the situation of strandings of dolphins along the Romanian coast during 2010 and 2012. The data were collected from the entire Romanian coast, from Sulina to Vama Veche.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Stranding, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Black Sea, Cetacea

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 28,5746; MinLat: 43,7386 - MaxLong: 29,6925; MaxLat: 45,1499 [WGS84]
MED, Black Sea [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2010 - 2012

Taxonomic coverage
Cetacea [WoRMS]

Parameter
Strandings

Contributors
Mare Nostrum NGOdata ownerdata provider
Paiu, Marian
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" (NIMRD)data ownerdata provider

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Anton, E. et al. (2012). Observations on dolphin sightings at the Romanian coast and measures to reduce accidental catches in fishing nets. Cercet. Mar. = Rech. Mar. 42: 149-158

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-04-02
Information last updated: 2017-10-19
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