The PROMETEOS project aims to quantify in terms of biodiversity, the key role that mountains and underwater canyons play within the marine ecosystem, in particular by evaluating the effect that these structures have on the aggregation of marine mammals, fish, turtles and seabirds. <\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″ z_index=”112″ animation_style=”fade”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n (LIFE 09 NAT\/IT\/000190: Systems for Coastal Dolphin Conservation in the Ligurian Sea)<\/p>\n l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Genova \u2013 Dipartimento di Fisica (DIFI). Responsabile Prof. Mauro Taiuti. Partner del progetto: Direzione Marittima di Genova, Area Marina Protetta di Portofino, Softeco Sismat srl.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n (LIFE 09 NAT\/IT\/000190: Systems for Coastal Dolphin Conservation in the Ligurian Sea)<\/p>\n l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Genova \u2013 Dipartimento di Fisica (DIFI). Responsabile Prof. Mauro Taiuti. Partner del progetto: Direzione Marittima di Genova, Area Marina Protetta di Portofino, Softeco Sismat srl.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.3.2″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”Roboto|900|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n (LIFE 09 NAT\/IT\/000190: Systems for Coastal Dolphin Conservation in the Ligurian Sea)<\/p>\n l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Genova \u2013 Dipartimento di Fisica (DIFI). Responsabile Prof. Mauro Taiuti. Partner del progetto: Direzione Marittima di Genova, Area Marina Protetta di Portofino, Softeco Sismat srl.<\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||”]<\/p>\n Il progetto, nato con l\u2019obiettivo principale di contribuire efficacemente alla protezione e valorizzazione del delfino costiero (Tursiops truncatus, tursiope), si propone di utilizzare strumenti che possano contribuire alla gestione delle interazioni tra la specie e le attivit\u00e0 nautiche, coerentemente con le finalit\u00e0 delle Aree Marine Protette (AMP) in Mar Ligure e pi\u00f9 in generale del Santuario internazionale dei Cetacei \u201cPelagos\u201d. 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The Menkab association was involved in the project to create a paper and digital manual containing the images of the specimens of bottlenose dolphins photo-identified during the campaigns at sea, analyzing the spatial distribution with detail of 1 nautical mile and providing the cartography of the nautical traffic to the in order to highlight areas of particular interest for the protection of the species.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″ animation_style=”fade”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n (Governance and Integrated Observation of marine Natural Habitat).<\/p>\n Arpat Regione Toscana, Universit\u00e0 di Genova (DIPTERIS)<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n (Governance and Integrated Observation of marine Natural Habitat).<\/p>\n Arpat Regione Toscana, Universit\u00e0 di Genova (DIPTERIS)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.3.2″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”Roboto|900|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n (Governance and Integrated Observation of marine Natural Habitat).<\/p>\n Arpat Regione Toscana, Universit\u00e0 di Genova (DIPTERIS)<\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.2″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||”]<\/p>\n The Menkab association has collaborated on the GIONHA project, dedicated to the study of the distribution of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the waters of the Tuscan Archipelago, Bocche di Bonifacio and Ligurian sea, contributing to the analysis of the photo-identification and distribution data of the bottlenose dolphin with the estimation of abundance in the cross-border area considered by the project, the analysis of the movements and the social structure, also evaluating the temporary and \/ or permanent associations between individuals, implementing the mapping for \"habitat mapping\" and the definition of any special areas of conservation (ZCC).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″ animation_style=”fade”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n (Investigating Sperm whale Habitat in the MArine Environment of the Ligurian-corsica sea). l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Genova \u2013 Dipartimento di Biologia (oggi DISTAV). Responsabile scientifico Maurizio W\u00fcrtz<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n (Investigating Sperm whale Habitat in the MArine Environment of the Ligurian-corsica sea). l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Genova \u2013 Dipartimento di Biologia (oggi DISTAV). Responsabile scientifico Maurizio W\u00fcrtz<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.3.2″ text_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_4_font=”Roboto|900|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#424242″]<\/p>\n (Investigating Sperm whale Habitat in the MArine Environment of the Ligurian-corsica sea). l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Genova \u2013 Dipartimento di Biologia (oggi DISTAV). 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The aim of the project is to establish which of the mountains within the Mediterranean basin deserve greater protection as food aggregation and reproduction sites for pelagic predators
The information collected will be used to define the proposal for the establishment of Marine Protected Areas offshore in correspondence with structures worthy of conservation plans.
This project is coordinated by the Mediterranean section of the World Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med), in collaboration with the University of Genoa (DISTAV) and funded by the MAVA Foundation. For this project, the Menkab Association acted as the main operating unit, conducting two demanding campaigns across the Tyrrhenian Sea in 2013 and 2014.
The results of this project are summarized in three IUCN publications (link)
Mediterranean Pelagic Habitat. Oceanographic and Biological Processes, An Overview <\/a>
Mediterranean submarine canyons: ecology and governance <\/a>
Atlas of the Mediterranean seamounts and seamount-like structures <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n2010-2014 ARION<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2010-2014 ARION<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2010-2014 ARION<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Fulcro del progetto \u00e8 pertanto l\u2019implementazione di sistemi subacquei di rilevazione dei tursiopi in grado di identificare le minacce sugli stessi, prevenire collisioni ed altri rischi, diffondere in tempo reale informazioni sulla presenza dei delfini.
Nell\u2019ambito del progetto l\u2019Associazione si \u00e8 occupata della raccolta dati in mare, delle registrazioni acustiche tramite idrofoni dei suoni emessi dai delfini (tursiope e altre specie eventualmente presenti) nella zona antistante l\u2019AMP di Portofino e in aree limitrofe, della registrazione di suoni di origine antropica nelle stesse zone, raccolta di dati ambientali, realizzare foto degli esemplari avvistati utili per la foto-identificazione.<\/p>\n2012-2013 Progetto Go Green Mare<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2012-2013 Progetto Go Green Mare<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2012-2013 Progetto Go Green Mare<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2011 Progetto GIONHA<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2011 Progetto GIONHA<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2011 Progetto GIONHA<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2010 \u2013 2011 ISHMAEL<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2010 \u2013 2011 ISHMAEL<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
2010 \u2013 2011 ISHMAEL<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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