Awarding of the prize to the CSMC5 winner of the poster contest in Monaco

Thanks to financial support from Monaco a contest organised at the occasion of  the 5th 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 14th 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.

 

Launching of the 2020 Forum of MPAs in the Mediterranean

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.

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Latest GFCM publications on incidental catches

GFCM recently published two reports related to monitoring and mitigation of incidental catches of vulnerable species.

 – GFCM Studies and Reviews 100. Overview of mitigation measures to reduce the incidental catch of vulnerable species in fisheries

 – GFCM Studies and Reviews 101. Incidental catch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries: a review

 

Both publications were developed in collaboration with ACCOBAMS as part of the projects on interactions with fisheries funded by the MAVA Foundation over the last years.

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