From 22 to 26 November 2021, the 14th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee was held at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco.

About forty participants were present, including Committee Members, regional representatives, representatives of the Sub-Regional Coordination Units (Mediterranean and Black Sea), various international organisations with actions related to cetacean conservation (ASCOBANS, IWC, CIESM, CMS, ECS, IUCN, Pelagos Agreement), ACCOBAMS Partners as well as many experts.

Continue reading

Thanks to financial support from Monaco a contest organised at the occasion of  the 5^th Conference on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the South Mediterranean Countries (CSMC5), last April, aimed at selecting the best informative posters in relation to the ACCOBAMS scientific scope of work.

Mrs. Isabelle ROSABRUNETTO, Director General of the Department of External Relations and Cooperation, announced that Mr Wael KOUCHED, a post-doctoral student at the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies in Tunisia, won the first prize with his poster on: “Monitoring of Tursiops truncatus around an aquaculture farm in eastern Tunisia“.

Today, during the 14^th meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee, the ACCOBAMS Executive Secretary, Mrs. Susana Salvador, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Scientific Committee, Mr. Simone Panigada and Mrs. Léa David, respectively, congratulated Mr. Wael Kouched for his work and collaboration.

Monaco 29 November 2021. For the third time in the Mediterranean, around 250 key players involved in the marine environment will meet from 28 November to 1st December 2021 in Monaco, to share their experiences, discuss and develop a joint work programme to improve, by 2030, the protection of the Mediterranean Sea. ACCOBAMS will take part to this important event.

Continue reading