An ACCOBAMS-Pelagos Conference at the YCM

Last week (May 3rd 2017), 120 people (personalities from the Principality, Yacht Club Members, ACCOBAMS Partners and even kids) took part to the Conference held at the Yacht Club of Monaco to discover the Pelagos Sanctuary and the cetacean species often encountered in this area.

ACCOBAMS Executive Secretary, Mrs. Florence Descroix-Comanducci, opened the Conference with a presentation of the Agreement and focused on the threats cetacean populations face in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Fannie Dubois, Executive Secretary of the Pelagos Agreement, presented the Agreement and focused on the Sanctuary and the cetacean species often encountered in this area.

David Gamba, newly certified “High Quality Whale-Watching®” operator, informed about the Yacht Club activities regarding whale watching and presented in details the “High Quality Whale-Watching®” Certificate including its Code of Conduct.