The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is more than just another species of the marine environment; it is an integral part of the past, present and future of the Greek seas and the Mediterranean. The return of the most endangered seal on earth. The monk seal (monachus monachus) is one of the world’s most endangered species, having only around 500 left in the world. The mother ends nursing by leaving her pup at the breeding site to search for food (pups continue to nurse if given the opportunity). The massive disruption of two world wars, the industrial revolution, a boom in tourism and the onset of industrial fishing all contributed to the Mediterranean monk seal’s decline and subsequent disappearance from much of its former range.
The M editerranean monk seal M onachus monachus is the most endangered seal species. The main threats to monk seals are the depletion of food resources, accidental entrapment during fishing activities and intentional killing. Like all coastal species, given that they use the shores to rest and nurse their young, seals are also particularly threatened by the degradation of coastal ecosystems due to human activities. In fact in 1997 the Mediterranean monk seal population at Cabo Blanco experienced a full two thirds population die off due to what it is believed was exposure to either … The tribe was first conceived by Victor Blanchard Scheffer in his 1958 book Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses: A Review of the Pinnipedia. As a result of the alarming conservation status – no more than 500 seals remain in the Mediterranean and along the Eastern Atlantic coastline - IUCN has classified the species as Critically Endangered. Threats. IUCN Red List Category. But natural phenomena and the development of human activities have significantly reduced them. Critically Endangered. 1979). The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus is the most endangered seal species. The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae.As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. World. Mediterranean monk seal ... Lactation ranges from five to seven weeks in the monk seal to just three to five days in the hooded seal. Monk Seal populations play an important role in coastal and marine ecosystems. Pollution has been viewed as a potentially serious threat to the Mediterranean monk seal ever since the advent of efforts to protect the species in the late 1970s (Ronald & Duguy eds. Despite a lack of conclusive field data, various researchers have continued to hold pollution at least partly responsible for the reduction in monk seal population numbers in various regions. Another tangible threat to Mediterranean monk seals related to climate change is … In order to safeguard the future of Monachus monachus in the Eastern Adriatic Sea, the threats facing the species must be identified and evaluated so that appropriate mitigation and conservation measures can be implemented. It is believed to be the world’s rarest pinniped species. The Mediterranean monk seal is one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, with fewer than 600 individuals currently surviving. In this review we summarize the status, ecology, and behaviour of the M editerranean monk seal, and identify the main threats that currently affect the species and the conservation priorities for securing its survival. The Mediterranean monk seal is one of the rarest marine mammals in the world and one of only a few pinniped species to reside in tropical and subtropical waters.
Currently, only 600 to 700 individuals remain. EU. Critically Endangered. In fact, it is in Greece where roughly half of the monk seal’s global population, 250 to 300 individuals, lives and breeds. EN.
Major threats to the Mediterranean m A consensus of expert opinion holds that the following factors (often inter- EASTERN ADRIATIC MONK SEAL PROJECT. Monk seals are earless seals (true seals) of the tribe Monachini. Europe. Endangered.
Threats to Mediterranean monk seals include human encroachment and critical habitat destruction, alteration and fragmentation, deliberate harassment and killing by fishermen who consider them competitors for fish and a source of damage to their fishing gear, and incidental drowning in gillnets.