The endangered mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the Ionian sea, Greece

Panou, Aliki; Jacobs, Jürgen; Panos, Dimitris

doi:10.1016/0006-3207(93)90649-l

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“…Research conducted with the use of questionnaires in the Ionian islands of Greece in the early 1990s indicated that accidental entanglement accounted for 23% of the 34 deaths recorded in the area (Panou et al 1993). Similarly, research along the southern Aegean and western Mediterranean coasts of Turkey in the mid 1970s indicated that entanglement could almost rival shooting as a cause of mortality (Berkes et al 1979); out of 7 known seal deaths, 3 could be attributed to drowning by entanglement.…”

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Assessing accidental entanglement as a threat to the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus

Karamanlidis¹,

Androukaki²,

Adamantopoulou³

et al. 2008

Endang. Species Res.

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The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus is the most endangered seal in the world with < 600 ind. currently surviving. The species faces a number of threats to its survival: accidental entanglement has been identified as one of the most important amongst them. Here we made the first attempt to systematically describe the nature of this threat and assess its impact on Mediterranean monk seal populations. We based our study on information from an extensive literature review, questionnaires carried out in various locations in Greece and necropsies performed in Greece and in the Madeira Islands, Portugal. Our results indicate that accidental entanglement has been, and still is, a major threat to the species in its main distribution area in the northeastern Mediterranean, and that this threat may increase throughout the seal's range. Accidental entanglement occurs mainly with fishing nets, and affects mostly sub-adult seals. Short-term conservation actions should include the identification of critical pupping sites and their protection through the establishment and enforcement of protective measures. A long-term course of action will require detailed knowledge of the causes of accidental entanglement of Mediterranean monk seals in fishing gear.KEY WORDS: Endangered species · Mediterranean monk seal · Accidental entanglement · Conservation · Seal-fishery interactions · Greece · Madeira

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing accidental entanglement as a threat to the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus

Karamanlidis¹,

Androukaki²,

Adamantopoulou³

et al. 2008

Endang. Species Res.

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“…The main purpose of MPAs is to safeguard nature (Riggio 1989;Agardy 1994) through the protection of species (Panou et al 1993;Stoner 1996), threatened environments (Garcia Rubies & Zabala 1990;Boudouresque & Ribera 1993) and the biodiversity which the latter support. However, the role of MPAs now goes beyond these aims (Brunckhorst & Bridgewater 1995) as they can provide economically valuable activities (Farrow 1996) and interact with human beings and their institutions (Caldecott 1996).…”

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Cultural and socio-economic impacts of Mediterranean marine protected areas

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SummaryMarine protected areas (MPAs) may be important for protecting the marine environment, but they may also have substantial socio-cultural impacts about which very little is currently known, or acknowledged. In the Mediterranean, few data are available on the socioeconomic consequences of MPAs. The present study reviews the existing data on MPAs in Spain, France, Italy and Greece. A general increase in tourist activities in Mediterranean MPAs is evident, as are increases in the abundances of larger fish species, although there are no data indicating yields for fisheries increase adjacent to MPAs. A large increase in the number of divers and vessels using MPAs has already had impacts on natural benthic communities as a result of diver damage, mooring and the feeding of large fish by divers. Emphasis has been given in only a few MPAs to promoting public awareness of these impacts. Although the conservation of nature should be considered the fundamental objective of MPAs, neglecting their social, cultural and economic impacts has at times led to poor local consensus, if not hostility. We believe that planning and managing MPAs should be conducted on a multidisciplinary basis. Nonetheless, no single model can be considered valid for the whole Mediterranean. The very variable characteristics of coastal areas, from those of small uninhabited islands to those of cities, require different weightings to be assigned for each factor in order to achieve a durable equilibrium and realize the original objectives of each MPA. Only with such flexibility of management will it be possible to reach a greater understanding of the MPA system and create a lasting consensus in favour of conservation, a consensus which would mean an overwhelming majority of people actively avoiding damaging nature and preventing others from doing so.

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“…Greece is an extremely important country for the monk seal as it holds the largest population in the Mediterranean (Johnson, et al, 2006), with best known populations in the National Marine Park of Alonnissos -Northern Sporades (HSSPMS, 1995) and the Ionian islands (Panou et al, 1993).…”

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Social values of biodiversity conservation for Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

Matsiori¹,

Stamkopoulos²,

Aggelopoulos³

et al. 2013

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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This paper presents goods and services approach to determine the economic value of Monachus monachus with the aim of clarifying the role of valuation in the management and conservation of marine biodiversity. More specifically, it uses Contingent valuation method to estimate the existence value of the Mediterranean seal population that is predicted to be lost in the future if we not take any measure today to protect them. Our empirical findings suggest that the major variables affecting respondents' willingness to pay were related to respondents' attitude against reasons (values) of monk seals conservations with non use value to play the most important role. Results show that monk seal is highly valued and people are willing to pay for the most endangered seal in Europe. The results would help the choice of management strategies; the economic valuation of monk seal is a key part of any successful management plane informs conservation biologists and policy makers about opportunity costs of protection activities.

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The endangered mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the Ionian sea, Greece

Cited by 49 publications

References 7 publications

Assessing accidental entanglement as a threat to the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus

Assessing accidental entanglement as a threat to the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus

Cultural and socio-economic impacts of Mediterranean marine protected areas

Social values of biodiversity conservation for Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

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