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The “Fishing For Litter” project continues in 2021!
/in NewsFollowing the successful course of the “Fishing For Litter” project, the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation and iSea announce its continuation for the year 2021 in all the ports where it has already been implemented (Alexandroupoli, Volos, Thessaloniki, and Kavala), as well as its expansion to the ports of Heraklion, Lesvos, Patra, Chania, and Chios. In […]
About 1/3 of sharks and rays worldwide are facing extinction
/in News, Sharks and raysA total of 128,918 species are included in the recent IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; 35,765 of these species are listed as Endangered. The populations of more than 420 species were assessed, 154 of which are listed as Endangered. Among them, there are species that can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in […]
Wheeled vehicles in the Protected Area of Elafonisos during popular TV show
/in Marine Protected Areas, NewsΟn the 7th of December, thousands of TV viewers watched wheeled vehicles moving on the Protected Areas of Elafonisos island during the TV show of the STAR channel “Greece’s Next Top Model (GNTM) 3”. Elafonisos, due to its particularly high ecological value, is a Special Protected Area according to the Natura 2000 Network (GR2540002 site, […]
iSea’s participation in the consultation of the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy on the bill entitled “Integrated Maritime Policy in the Island Area and other provisions”.
/in News, Public consultationsiSea participated in the consultation of the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy on the bill entitled “Integrated Maritime Policy in the Island Area and other provisions”. We highlighted the fact that this bill does not have a truly integrated approach in regards to island and maritime areas, as it is not fully in line […]
Reforms in the management of alien species
/in News, Scientific PublicationsA new study with the participation of iSea, led by Cypriot and Greek scientists, proposes major changes in the management of marine alien species in the Mediterranean Sea Non-indigenous species (also known as alien or non-native) are species introduced outside their natural past or present range, which might survive and subsequently reproduce. There are more […]
NGOs, Universities and activists urge the Tunisian state to protect Great White Sharks
/in News, Sharks and raysTwo unfortunate incidents took place recently in Tunisia, where 2 individuals of Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) were landed and sold in the local markets. The sharks were captured as bycatch. This follows other such incidents reported in 2018, 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2009. Landings of White Sharks contravene the General Fisheries Commission for the […]
Launch of our new project “Updating the Greek National Chondrichthyans Checklist”
/in News, Sharks and raysAt least 63 species of chondrichthyans are found in Greek seas; nevertheless, our knowledge about their exact number and spatial distribution is limited, and thus further research is required to fill the gaps. Robust and up-to-date information is necessary for the development of effective and evidence-based chondrichthyan conservation actions and will ease the creation of […]
Mediterranean Angel Sharks: SubRegional Action Plan in Aegean Sea and Crete
/in News, Sharks and raysThe pictured shark is an angel shark. Angel sharks are flat-bodied bottom-dwelling sharks and their family is considered to be one the most endangered in the world. In the Mediterranean Sea, 3 species of angel sharks exist the Sawback Angelshark, the Smooth back Angelshark, and the Angelshark their Mediterranean population has been classified as Critically […]
The presence of Tripletail in Greece and Cyprus
/in News, Scientific PublicationsIn the context of our project Is it Alien to you? Share it!!! in addition to recordings of alien species, we further collect observations of rare Mediterranean species, sent to us by citizen scientists. Find bellow the new scientific paper of the project that focuses on the presence of Atlantic Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis in the […]
New case of illegal shark fishing in Greece
/in News, Sharks and raysAnother case of illegal fishing of a protected species of elasmobranch has come to our attention after a friend of iSea posted an article of viannitika.gr news site in the group Is it Alien to You? Share it!!!. The article (now removed from the website) included photos of a professional fisher from Crete exhibiting a […]