In Italy different Institutions (both of public and private sector),
Universities and NGO have joined forces to undertake a large scale cetacean
monitoring programme from passengers ferries.
The network, active since 2007, in summer weekly monitors presence, relative
abundance, distribution and migration/dispersion timing of cetacean along the
following routes:
Civitavecchia-Golfo Aranci (since 2007) in the Central Tyrrhenian sea (along
this route from 1989 to 1991 weekly observations on cetacean were undertaken by
the same observers);
Livorno-Bastia and Savona-Bastia (since 2008) in the Pelagos sanctuary;
Calvi-Nizza (from 2009) in the western part of the Pelagos sanctuary.
Preliminary data show that in summer most of the sightings of “whales” occur in
coincidence with local high primary production zones such as the ones east of
Golfo Aranci and along the Calvi-Nizza route.
Accademia del Leviatano, Università di Genova, Università di Pisa , CRAB coop,
Fondazione CIMA, networked by ISPRA, are the different bodies that participate
to the research
On the research the network has already submitted two different MS for the 2008
and 2009 European Cetacean Society conference proceedings.
Summer weekly sightings can be checked from the blog:
http://lericerchedelleviatano.blogspot.com/
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