Acronym DELFI
Category
Fisheries
Title Dolphin Experience: Lowering Fishing Interactions Programme LIFE
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Alessandro Lucchetti Coordinator email alessandro.lucchetti@cnr.it
Coordinator institution
CNR-IRBIM - National Research Council; Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (Italy)
Institutions involved
BWI - Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation (Croatia) ,
NA - Filicudi WildLife Conservation (Italy) ,
NA - Legambiente (Italy) ,
NA - Marine Protected Area of Punta Campanella (Italy) ,
NA - Marine Protected Area of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo (Italy) ,
NA - Marine Protected Area of the Egadi Islands (Italy) ,
NA - Marine Protected Area of Torre del Cerrano (Italy) ,
NA - Municipality of Favignana (Italy) ,
UNIPD - University of Padua (Italy) ,
UNISI - University of Siena (Italy) ,
Start year 2020 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 4,867,500 Website https://lifedelfi.eu/ Summary DELFI will establish for the first time rescue teams dedicated to entangled dolphins (and whales) in the Mediterranean. Whereas dolphins entanglements or strandings can occur all along the coast, it is essential to be able to intervene in a timely manner both in case of live specimens, to free them quickly, and in case of dead animals, to avoid negative health consequences. Therefore, the teams set in the project will enable a wider spatial coverage and more effective actions.
In the world scenario there are few solutions that have proved effective in allowing to reduce dolphinsfishing interactions. The use of flashing lights to reduce interactions between dolphins and fishing gears can be considered as an innovative solution. Dolphins reactions to fishing gears rely also on visual cue, therefore the use of lights could contribute discouraging dolphins in approaching active gear (i.e. they could reduce depredations from the codend of active gears). Therefore, the action C3 can be considered as a pilot study to verify the effectiveness of visual deterrents
Keywords
Dolphins;
Environmental impact;
Gear technology;
Cetaceans;
Fishing technology;
Bycatch;
Marine Region
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
58
Southern Ionian Sea (GSA 21)
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
60
Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)
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