FINAL REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP
Report of the workshop. It includes the summary of the workshop, final program, book of abstracts and list of participants.
Gonzalez Garcia, Laura, Fernandez, Marc & Azevedo, Jose Manuel N. (2022). Long Term Ecological Data Series in cetaceans: essential but challenging! Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6497099
LONG TERM CETACEAN MONITORING PROGRAMS DISCUSSED DURING THE WORKSHOP
MONICET (Azores)
The MONICET platform aims to compile, organize and disseminate cetacean occurrence data collected by whale watching companies in the Azores since 2009.
IWDG (Ireland)
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group was founded in 1992. It holds long-term databases of cetacean occurrence from land and at sea, stranding events and photo-identification.
FLT Med Net (Mediterranean)
Long-term monitoring program founded in 2007 in the Mediterranean for marine megafauna , marine traffic and marine litter monitoring from ferries.
CETUS (Portugal)
Cetacean monitoring program established in 2012. It uses cargo ships as opportunistic platforms of observation in coastal Portugal, Azores, Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde and NW Africa.
Other long-term initiatives for cetaceans
Sail & Whale
Long-term cetacean monitoring program based on a network of sailors, citizens and scientists. Founded in 2016, it counts nowadays with more than 700 sightings of cetaceans all over the Atlantic including high seas.
Avvistiamo
Cetacean monitoring program in collaboration with sailors in the area of Sicily. Founded in 2020.
ORCA
Charity dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK and European waters. It established a long-term monitoring network in collaboration with ferry boats in the Gulf of Biscay, and mobilizing hundreds of volunteers.
The New Zealand Department of Conservation maintains two long-term ecological data series for cetaceans in their Marine Mammal Database. The New Zealand Whale Stranding Database contains over 4,500 records of strandings and incidents since 1840. The sightings dataset contains over 18,000 occurrences from opportunistic sightings, sightings from tourism operators, marine mammal observers, and researchers.