Conferences on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries

The 7th edition of the Conference on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries (CSMC7) is planned for March/April 2027.

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Six CSMCs were already organized with the support of the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (SPA/RAC-MAP/UNEP) and the Government of Monaco Principality .

 TopicsReports / Proceedings

CSMC1

Tabarka, Tunisia 2009
  • Status, distribution and conservation of cetaceans
  • Interactions between cetaceans and human activities
  • Cetaceans’ strandings
Final Report

CSMC2
in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture
& Maritime Fisheries of Morocco

El Jadida, Morocco 2011
  • Interactions between cetaceans and human activities
  • Monitoring of populations
  • Pollution and other nuisances
Final Report

CSMC3
in collaboration with the National Centre for Marine Sciences (CNRS)
& the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation

Jounieh, Lebanon 2014
  • Interactions between cetaceans and human activities
  • Monitoring of populations and stranding
  • Critical habitats for cetaceans
  • Conservation plans for cetacean species
  • Networking and exchange of information
  • Photo-identification of cetacean species
Final Report

CSMC4

in collaboration the Algerian Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, the National Research Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Oran, Algeria
2017
  • interactions between cetaceans and human activities (fisheries, anthropogenic noise, whale watching, …)
  • monitoring of populations and strandings
  • critical habitats for cetaceans
  • conservation plans for cetacean species
  • exchange of information
  • photo-identification of cetacean species
Final Report

CSMC5
hosted by the National Centre for Marine Sciences (CNRS)

Online, 2021
  • interactions between cetaceans and human activities – fisheries and bycatch, underwater noise, whale watching –
  • cetacean strandings
  • monitoring of cetacean populations
  • areas of importance for cetaceans

Final Report

Proceedings

CSMC6
in collaboration with INSTM

Monastir, Tunisia 2023
  • Monitoring cetaceans’ populations
  • The interactions between cetaceans and human activities
  • Cetaceans’ strandings

Final Report