Small Cetaceans in the European Atlantic and North Sea (SCANS) II
Description
This Small Cetaceans in the European Atlantic and North Sea (SCANS-II) survey second iteration broadened the survey area of SCANS 94 to include the European Atlantic shelf waters west of UK, Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal. SCANS-II established monitoring methodologies for lower-cost annual surveys of relative abundance and develop a management procedure to set safe bycatch limits and provide information which could assist in the identification of marine Special Areas of Conservation.
The project completed its preparatory phase and field testing of equipment in early 2005 prior to a comprehensive survey of the European continental shelf Atlantic waters, including the North Sea, Celtic Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat in July 2005. The operation coordinated seven ships and three aircraft and a team of over 70 observers. During the month, they covered over 30,000km of sea survey transects and 200 hours of flying time.
Survey methods used are detailed in Hammond et al 2013 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713001055
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Tags
- joint-cetacean-data-programme
- cetacean
- scans