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Assessing Accidental Entanglement As a Threat to the Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus Monachus Vol. 5: 205–213, 2008 ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH Printed December 2008 doi: 10.3354/esr00092 Endang Species Res Published online July 16, 2008 Contribution to the Theme Section ‘Fisheries bycatch: problems and solutions’ OPENPEN ACCESSCCESS Assessing accidental entanglement as a threat to the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus Alexandros A. Karamanlidis1,*, Evgenia Androukaki1, Stella Adamantopoulou1, Archontia Chatzispyrou1, William M. Johnson2, Spyros Kotomatas1, Anastasios Papadopoulos3, Vangelis Paravas1, Giorgos Paximadis4, Rosa Pires5, Eleni Tounta1, Panagiotis Dendrinos1 1MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, 18 Solomou Street, Athens 10682, Greece 2The Monachus Guardian, c/o M. Schnellmann, Wernerstraße 26, 3006 Bern, Switzerland 3Fisheries Research Institute, Nea Peramos, Kavala 64007, Greece 4WWF Greece, 26 Filellinon Street, Athens 10558, Greece 5Parque Natural da Madeira, Caminho do Meio, Funchal 9064-512, Madeira, Portugal ABSTRACT: The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus is the most endangered seal in the world with <600 ind. currently surviving. The species faces a number of threats to its survival: acci- dental entanglement has been identified as one of the most important amongst them. Here we made the first attempt to systematically describe the nature of this threat and assess its impact on Mediter- ranean monk seal populations. We based our study on information from an extensive literature review, questionnaires carried out in various locations in Greece and necropsies performed in Greece and in the Madeira Islands, Portugal. Our results indicate that accidental entanglement has been, and still is, a major threat to the species in its main distribution area in the northeastern Mediter- ranean, and that this threat may increase throughout the seal’s range. Accidental entanglement occurs mainly with fishing nets, and affects mostly sub-adult seals. Short-term conservation actions should include the identification of critical pupping sites and their protection through the establish- ment and enforcement of protective measures. A long-term course of action will require detailed knowledge of the causes of accidental entanglement of Mediterranean monk seals in fishing gear. KEY WORDS: Endangered species · Mediterranean monk seal · Accidental entanglement · Conservation · Seal-fishery interactions · Greece · Madeira Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher INTRODUCTION been reported to affect non-targeted populations of seals around the world (Baker et al. 1998, Hanni & Pyle Accidental entanglement of marine mammals, 2000, Page et al. 2004). turtles and sea birds in fishing gear remains a global The 3 members of the genus Monachus are the only problem of immense proportions, as thousands of ani- seals to exclusively inhabit tropical and low-latitude mals representing non-target species fall victim to drift temperate waters; areas that have traditionally been nets and other types of fishing gear (Alverson et al. subjected to the greatest pressure from humans. The 1994, Morizur et al. 1999, Murray 2004, Kiszka & Muir Caribbean monk seal M. tropicalis is the only pinniped 2007). Marine mammals, such as pinnipeds, may be known to have become extinct and the Hawaiian monk particularly susceptible to severe population depletion seal M. schauinslandi is considered critically endan- (Read et al. 2006) because of their innate biological gered (IUCN 2006). Accidental entanglement is characteristics, being slow growing, long-lived ani- considered a serious threat to the survival of monk mals, with low fecundity. Accidental entanglement has seals (Henderson 2001). Once abundant throughout *Email: [email protected] © Inter-Research 2008 · www.int-res.com 206 Endang Species Res 5:205–213, 2008 the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, and the coast Questionnaires on bycatch. In Greece, the Mediter- and islands off northwest Africa, the Mediterranean ranean monk seal is still widely distributed (Adaman- monk seal M. monachus has been negatively affected topoulou et al. 1999). Due to the extent of the species’ by anthropogenic activities since antiquity (Johnson & range within the country (i.e. >15 000 km of coastline Lavigne 1999a) and is currently also critically endan- and 3000 islands), the inaccessibility of its habitat and gered (IUCN 2006). Severe declines in abundance, the resulting difficulties in surveying such a large area, especially in the last century, have largely reduced it to we carried out questionnaires among professional fish- 3 isolated populations (Johnson et al. 2006): the largest ers, whom we considered to be the group most likely to population — ca. 250 to 350 ind. — survives in the provide information on accidental entanglement of northeastern Mediterranean, mainly at remote loca- Mediterranean monk seals in fishing gear. The ques- tions in the Ionian and Aegean Seas and the Cilician tionnaires collected information on (1) number, loca- Basin (Güçlüsoy et al. 2004, Gucu et al. 2004, MOm tion, stage of development (as defined by Samaranch & 2007a). Approximately 100 to 150 ind., which comprise González 2000) and status (i.e. live or dead) of seals the single largest colony of the species, survive at Cap caught in fishing gear; and (2) types of fishing gear that Blanc at the Western Sahara (González et al. 2002), the seals were caught in. and 30 to 35 ind. survive in the Madeira Islands (Pires Based on information on the diving behaviour of et al. 2008) (Fig. 1a). Monachus monachus in the northeastern Mediter- Since the initiation of efforts to protect the Mediter- ranean (Kiraç et al. 2002, Dendrinos et al. 2007) we ranean monk seal, a number of threats have been considered 0 to 200 m as the depth range where the linked to the species’ decline (Israëls 1992, Johnson majority of seal–fishery interactions (and thus also & Lavigne 1998, Johnson et al. 2006). The most im- entanglements) occur, and therefore carried out the portant include deliberate killing due to competition questionnaires only amongst coastal fishers — the with fisheries; human disturbance, e.g. habitat de- main professional group operating at these depths. struction and fragmentation; and accidental entangle- Questionnaires were carried out within 1 protected ment and drowning in fishing gear. and 2 unprotected areas in Greece: the main harbour Despite the early recognition of the negative impact of the island of Alonnisos in the National Marine Park of accidental entanglement to the Mediterranean of Alonnisos, Northern Sporades (NMPANS) in the monk seal, there has been no systematic attempt to un- northwestern Aegean; the main harbour of the island derstand the causes, describe the nature and estimate of Kalymnos; and several locations at the island of Za- the impact of this threat to the status of the species. In kinthos. The NMPANS is the only protected area in this study, we describe the nature of accidental entan- Greece dedicated to the protection of the Mediter- glement and assess it as a threat to Mediterranean ranean monk seal; the local seal population is consid- monk seal populations, discussing possible solutions to ered to be one of the most important in the eastern mitigate its future impact on the species. Mediterranean (Dendrinos et al. 1998). Protection is provided through the strict protection of the species’ main pupping sites and the enforcement of fishery reg- MATERIALS AND METHODS ulations. In the core zone of the NMPANS — which in- cludes the island of Piperi, where the main pupping We based our study on data from 3 different sources: sites are located, and an area of 3 nautical miles (n (1) a literature review, (2) data on Mediterranean monk miles) around it — all human activities, except scien- seal bycatch collected through questionnaires carried tific research and management of the island, are out in Greece and (3) data from necropsies collected dur- strictly prohibited. In addition, throughout the rest of ing the monitoring of Mediterranean monk seal popula- the park, medium-sized commercial fisheries (purse tions in Greece and the Madeira Islands, Portugal. seine and trawler fishing) are not allowed to operate Literature review. We carried out an extensive liter- closer than 1.5 n miles from the coasts of all islands. ature review in search of information describing the Kalymnos is an island of the Dodecanese, in the nature of accidental entanglement of Mediterranean southeastern Aegean Sea (Fig. 1b) with one of the monk seals in fishing gear and the extent of this inter- biggest coastal fishing communities in Greece; Za- action throughout the species’ range. We restricted our kinthos is located in the southern Ionian Sea (Fig. 1b). search to information from the 18th century to the When selecting the unprotected study sites, we consid- 1990s (first-hand field data from long-term monitoring ered one island in the Aegean and one in the Ionian projects became available in the 1990s) that was found Sea, both with a high number of monk seal sightings in published and unpublished accounts included in the and large coastal fishing fleets. Based on available in- Annotated Bibliography on Mediterranean monk seals formation (Adamantopoulou et al. 1999, DGMAF 2008) (Karamanlidis & Johnson 2002). Kalymnos and Zakinthos fitted these considerations. Karamanlidis et al.: Accidental entanglement of Mediterranean monk seals 207 Fig. 1. Monachus monachus. (a) Distribution of the Mediterranean monk seal. (b) and (c) Greece and Madeira Islands,
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