Objective
The principal aim of the project is to define and implement management plans for the sea areas frequented by the cetaceans and turtles. The impact of whale-watching and shipping on the cetaceans will be evaluated. Supplementary surveys of other parts of the Canary archipelago where these species occur are planned, as well as the development of monitoring methods to gain the improved knowledge required for their conservation. Finally, a rehabilitation centre for marine vertebrates will be established on Fuerteventura.
The Canary Islands straddle the loggerhead turtle's migration route across the Atlantic and important feeding and resting areas for the animals are found on the leeward side of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, sheltered from the trade winds and the Canaries current. The turtles can swim peacefully there for most of the year without being dragged away by currents and waves. This circumstance, which also applies to Madeira, is of vital importance for the turtles' ecology in the Atlantic, yet the animals are threatened, even here, as a result of various kinds of human activity: through accidental entanglement in fishing nets, by swallowing plastic debris, because of injuries inflicted by boats.
These turtle havens are also the most favorable habitats for bottle-nosed dolphins and pilot whales. These mammals are a tourist attraction for whale-watchers and cetacean enthusiasts, who cris-cross the sea by boat to spot them, which must have an impact on the populations. Beside the port of Las Palmas is a sedentary population of dolphins subjected to intense shipping traffic.
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Coordinator
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Spain
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