Corsica Sardinia Ferries: in the Company’s green plans, monitoring, research and protection project of the Pelagos Sanctuary with CIMA Foundation
For the eighteenth consecutive year, the Yellow Ships participate in the monitoring, research and protection project of the Pelagos Sanctuary of the CIMA Foundation
These activities fall within the Green Plans of Corsica Sardinia Ferries
Corsica Sardinia Ferries: in the Company’s green plans, monitoring, research and protection project of the Pelagos Sanctuary with CIMA Foundation
Vado Ligure, 4 June 2024 – The monitoring that the CIMA Foundation carries out thanks to the constant support of Corsica Sardinia Ferries resumed at the beginning of May on the Vado Ligure/Bastia and Nizza/Bastia routes.
The eighteenth monitoring season began with a sighting that immediately thrilled the 5 researchers on board: a small group of common dolphins.
This species, contrary to what its name suggests, is now very rare, especially in the Ligurian Sea, and its sighting raises hope for a possible return.
In the first six trips in the month of May, there were at least 15 sightings of fin whales, especially on the Nice/Bastia route, while over 20 groups of spinner dolphins were spotted throughout the monitored area.
“On the Vado Ligure/Bastia route, the presence of a small group of beaked whales confirms the attraction of this species for the Savona-Vado canyon area, which is the ideal habitat for them. This stretch of sea is one of the most important areas (hotspots) for the beaked whale in the Mediterranean” says Paola Tepsich – Researcher at the CIMA Foundation.
This year, thanks to the LIFE CONCEPTU MARIS project, citizens will be able to take part in monitoring trips and become researchers for a day.
In fact, starting from the month of June, citizens who applied on the project site will begin to board the Yellow Ships, contributing to the activities of the researchers, who will show them the techniques and the habitat.
The training of the Officers also continues: during the next embarkations, the researchers will deliver the certificates of passing the course on “Monitoring of Biodiversity and Collision Risk”, to the most virtuous ships of the company, where all the deck personnel have precise and complete on the species that inhabit the Mediterranean.
“For many years, the crews of Corsica Sardinia Ferries have enthusiastically welcomed research and training initiatives, becoming an active part of the monitoring and fundamental allies for the conservation of the Pelagos Sanctuary” states Paola Tepsich – Researcher of the CIMA Foundation.
“Corsica Sardinia Ferries is increasingly Green Oriented and is aware of the importance of the sea and its health, which is why it is committed daily to reducing its ecological footprint and preserving the Mediterranean, its ecosystem and its precious biodiversity” states Cristina Pizzutti – Head of Communication and Marketing of the Company.
“Our ships are real floating laboratories, which participate in the collective effort for the defense of the sea”
The Company is one of the main interlocutors of Research Institutions, which it has supported for over 18 years in monitoring, study, training and analysis projects.
YELLOW CARES Eco-Program on https://www.corsica-ferries.it/yellow-cares.html
