On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 16 and 17, Morigenos hosted a two-day training titled “Monitoring of marine sentinel species and human activities interaction in the Adriatic Sea”, which was organized in collaboration with our partners from the SAMESEA project.

During lectures prepared by marine mammal and sea turtle experts from Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Greece, stakeholders were acquainted with the biology of the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), as well as various methods of monitoring these three sentinel species within the Adriatic and Ionian seas. During practical demonstrations the participants could try their hands at rescuing stranded dolphins and sea turtles, and gained hands-on experience at monitoring dolphins from land using binoculars.

The event was attended by representatives from the municipality of Piran , Strunjan Landscape Park, YouSea Institute and NOMED. The lectures and practical demonstrations were prepared by Morigenos, CoNISMa, Montenegro Dolphin research, Blue World Institute, VEFUNIZG and Archipelagos. Many thanks to all the participants and organizers for their collaboration and pleasant company.