This plan adjusted priorities to emphasize protection of seals in the wild, habitat protection at national and local levels, developing a national network of protected areas, and strengthening measures to protect seals moving outside of and between protected areas. The plan calls for national legislation to strengthen legal authority for seal protection and to establish a National Monk Seal Conservation Commission. Other elements include a vigorous public awareness program targeting commercial fishers and tourists, a national inventory of important habitat sites, stronger management ties between local communities and user groups in designated protected areas, legally enforceable conservation measures that are applicable throughout national waters, and expanded scientific research.
The Monachus Guardian no updates since September Madeira: Life Madeira — Monk Seal. Mitogenomics of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus reveals dramatic loss of diversity and supports historical gene-flow between Atlantic and eastern Mediterranean populations. Alba Rey-Iglesia et al. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Alexandros A. Karamanlidis et al. Scientific Reports. An interview-based approach assessing interactions between seals and small-scale fisheries informs the conservation strategy of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal.
Aquatic Conservation — Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Prehistoric and historic distributions of the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the eastern Atlantic.
Luis Mariano Gonzalez. Marine Mammal Science 31 3 — Shaping species conservation strategies using mtDNA analysis: The case of the elusive Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus. Biological Conservation The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus : status, biology, threats, and conservation priorities. Karamanlidis, et al. Mammal Review 46 2 Mediterranean Monk Seal The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus , the sole member of the genus Monachus , is one of two surviving species of monk seals.
Status Action Reports Letters More Species Status Mediterranean monk seals are in danger of extinction, but there are some encouraging signs: conservation efforts and coordination among countries are improving, some populations are increasing in size, previously undocumented breeding areas have been discovered, and monk seals are beginning to appear in habitats and places where they had not been seen for decades.
They are now three isolated reproductive populations. Eastern Mediterranean: primarily in the islands of the Ionian Sea off western Greece, along the mainland coast of Greece, in the islands of the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, and recently in northern Cyprus.
Mauritania: along a short stretch of the Cap Blanc Peninsula, on the west African coast south of the Madeira Archipelago. The results of this research, published in , demonstrated that the species has extremely low levels of genetic diversity.
So far, the Action Plan has yielded impressive results. The size of the Cabo Blanco population has now exceeded the pre level. Monk Seals are once again making regular use of open beaches across the reserve to breed, while the birth of the first seal pup on an open beach ten years ago was greeted by conservationists as a sensation. For more information on this story please write to: press[AT]cms. Last updated on 25 February Learn more.
Skip to main content. Species group:. Similar content Monk Seal in the Atlantic. A monk seal spotted on the Mani coast of Greece. Rehabilitated monk seal juvenile 'Badem' interacting with divers. A beach habitat for monk seals in Greece recently discovered December Aguilar, A.
Monachus monachus. In: IUCN Version Androukaki, E. Growth and development of Mediterranean monk seal pups during rehabilitation. Badosa, E. Moult in the Mediterranean monk seal from Cap Blanc, western Sahara. African Zoology 41 2 : — Dendrinos, P. A video surveillance system for monitoring the endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus. Aquatic Mammals 33 2 : — Durant, S. Assessment of monitoring and management strategies for local populations of the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus.
Gazo, M. Diving activity data on one of the most endangered divers: an adult male Mediterranean monk seal. How to obtain the information without disturbing the diver. In: P. Evans, E. Clark [eds. Diving behaviour of Mediterranean monk seal pups during lactation and postweaning. Harwood, J. Workshop on the causes and consequences of the mass mortality of Mediterranean monk seals in the western Sahara. Amsterdam 11—14 Dec. IBN Sci. Jiddou, A. Memorandum on the mass die-off of monk seals on the Cap Blanc peninsula.
Johnson, W. Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus. Monk seal fact files. Monachus Guardian. Karamanlidis, Alexandros A. King, J. Seals of the World, 2nd ed. British Museum Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N. ISBN Observations of diving behaiour of free-ranging Mediterranean monk seals Monachus monachus on Turkish coasts. The Monachus Guardian 5 1 : May MOm Mediterranean monk seal rehabilitation in Greece — 15 years of action. Hellenic Society for the study and protection of the monk seal.
Athens, Mom National strategy and action plan for the conservation of the Mediterranean monk seal in Greece, — Athens, 70pp. Mursaloglu, B. Pup-mother-environment relations in the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus Hermann , on Turkish coasts. Osterhaus, A. Vos, J. Morbillivirus in monk seal mass mortality. Nature Lond.
Investigation on the distrbution of the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus Hermann, in the Black Sea. Instanbul Universiy Journal of Aquatic Products 95— Pastor, T. Reproductive cycle of the female Mediterranean monk seal in the western Sahara. Pires, R. One pup —three 'mothers'. The Monachus Guardian 7 1 : June Wilson, S. Legal protection for seals in small populations in European community and Mediterranean coastal waters. Mammalia 65 3 : — Photo: Matthias Schnellmann, The Monachus Guardian Status For centuries Mediterranean monk seals have been killed by fishermen who see the seals as competitors or accuse them of destroying their fishing gear.
In Greece the Meditereanean monk seal was given complete protection in law in , and a Strategy for the protection of the monk seal in Greece was published by Mom the Hellenic Socity for the study and protection of the monk seal in and revised in Rehabilitation of orphan pups Because of the potential importance to the species of successful rehabilitation of orphan pups, the available information on the behaviour and survival of pups after release will be gradually assembled in this section.
Information on all rehabilitation efforts between and are presented in a summary paper by Mom Hellenic Society for the study and protection of the monk seal , Lactation and mother-pup behaviour in the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus : an unusual pattern for a phocid. Badosa E. Individual variation and sexual dimorphism of coloration in Mediterranean monk seal pups Monachus monachus.
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