Partners of the SAMESEA project met once again on February 25th, this time in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. The project, which is now entering its final year, brings together 11 partners from the adriatic-ionian region with the aim of addressing key challenges in marine biodiversity conservation and ecosystem monitoring in a coordinated manner.

At the meeting, Morigenos presented preliminary results of the Pilot Action in Piran bay, during which we collected reports on the presence of dolphins and sea turtles in the bay, monitored the presence of the two species and investigated potential interactions of dolphins with a fish farm. We reviewed deliverables and outputs created so far in the project and planned our next activities. In the upcoming months we will focus on improving the standardised methods for collecting and reporting data on sentinel species in the adriatic-ionian region and expanding the SAMESEA Network.