Local hub meeting on coexistence of human activities and marine sentinel species successful

On Tuesday, July 24, 2025, we organized a local hub meeting in Piran on the coexistence of human activities with dolphins and turtles in the Slovene sea. Together with representatives of local institutions we discussed existing good practices of coexistence, underlined remaining key issues and gathered suggestions for improving our coexistence with marine sentinel species.
Our conclusions were:
● that informing the public about the presence of dolphins and turtles in the Slovene sea is crucial, especially at the beginning of summer tourist season;
● that more work is needed to improve fishermen’s perception of dolphins;
● that maintaining the marine environment in good condition is too often overlooked by authorities.
The local hub meeting was attended by: Morigenos, the Slovenian Maritime Administration, Police Directorate Koper – Maritime Police, Debeli Rtič Landscape Park, the Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia and the Public agency for promotion of entrepreneurship and developing projects of Municipality of Izola. We thank all the participants for their invaluable input. Your cooperation is an important contribution to a sustainable coexistence with marine sentinel species in the Adriatic-Ionian region.

SAMESEA project is co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg IPA ADRION programme.

Project website: https://samesea.interreg-ipa-adrion.eu