Projects supported

Modeling the distribution of pleasure boating in the PELAGOS Sanctuary

Modeling the distribution of pleasure boating in the PELAGOS Sanctuary

January 2024 - December 2025 / 2 years

The project aims to provide the signatory Parties of the Pelagos Agreement with maps depicting the distribution and quantification of a maritime activity that is rarely mapped and quantified precisely and consistently over a vast territory: pleasure boating.To achieve this, the first step of the…

In progress
The impacts of a coastal infrastructure construction project on cetaceans in the Pelagos Sanctuary

The impacts of a coastal infrastructure construction project on cetaceans in the Pelagos Sanctuary

October 2023 - December 2025 / 27 months

The study comprehensively examines the impacts of a coastal infrastructure construction project on cetaceans within the Pelagos Sanctuary. It delves into various aspects including legislative context, site description, monitoring protocols, implementation of mitigation measures, analysis of…

In progress
Setting Sail with SOS GRAND BLEU

Setting Sail with SOS GRAND BLEU

September 2023 - November 2024 / 15 months

The project aims to embark young people on board the training ship of the SOS Grand Bleu association, the "Santo Sospir", to let them discover, for a day or half-day, the biodiversity of the PELAGOS Sanctuary and the basics of navigation on a real "pirate ship". During the sea classes on board the…

In progress
Azur Pelagos

Azur Pelagos

September 2023 - November 2025 / 27 months

As a partner of the Pelagos Sanctuary Charter, operator of the Natura 2000 site at Cap Ferrat, and the driving force behind the creation of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Nice, the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur aims to strengthen its commitment to marine mammal protection. This will be achieved…

In progress
Research and documentary film on the relationships between humans and dolphins

Research and documentary film on the relationships between humans and dolphins

July 2023 - December 2025 / 30 months

The relations between humans and dolphins have varied throughout time and among coastal civilizations. Adored and mythified, the animal has also been perceived as a rival, and has been, and sometimes still is, killed by fishermen for marine resources. The project will retrace, through a dual…

In progress
ABIS: Acoustics of Bergeggi ISland

ABIS: Acoustics of Bergeggi ISland

June 2023 - June 2024 / 13 months

ABIS project aims to fill some gap of knowledge about cetaceans species that use this area, to find some seasonal trend, and to assess the impact of anthropic noise on marine life, collecting long term acoustic data with a fixed underwater hydrophone-recorder. Acoustic recordings will be done for…

In progress
Pelagos Expeditions

Pelagos Expeditions

January 2023 - December 2024 / 2 years

Photo reportage through several photographic and scientific expeditions in the heart of the Pelagos Sanctuary. These expeditions will enable us to observe, record and document the various species of marine mammals and their food webs. The collection of images and data will enable the publication of…

In progress
Study of the diet and contamination of cetaceans in the Mediterranean - Blue and white dolphins and Bottlenose dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary -(REGALCEMED)

Study of the diet and contamination of cetaceans in the Mediterranean - Blue and white dolphins and Bottlenose dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary -(REGALCEMED)

October 2022 - December 2024 / 27 months

This project proposes to deepen our knowledge of the diet of blue and white dolphins and bottlenose dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary and also to contribute to the evaluation of the pressures (waste) exerted on these species by analysing the stomach contents of individuals stranded on the French…

In progress
CLIC - Cetacean listening and investigation for conservation

CLIC - Cetacean listening and investigation for conservation

March 2022 - February 2024 / 2 years

The main objectives of the project are to study and monitor marine mammals present in the Pelagos sanctuary area throughout the year. Campaigns at sea will be carried out throughout the year to collect visual and acoustic data, using hydrophones. Website

Completed
PELAGOS

PELAGOS

March 2022 - April 2024 / 26 months

Production of a television documentary film on the large pelagic fauna of the Mediterranean. Photographers Frédéric Larrey and Thomas Roger have been travelling the Mediterranean for the past 20 years in search of this fauna, which is rich, abundant and diverse but still little known.…

In progress
Explore Pelagos

Explore Pelagos

January 2022 - December 2024 / 3 years

Explore Pelagos is a three-week scientific expedition with four stopovers in the Sanctuary area, in France, Monaco and Italy. The scientific mission will collect data on the species and anthropic activities, as well as train and raise awareness among local actors (institutions, managers,…

In progress
TursioNet - A new approach to mitigate conflicts between dolphins and fishermen in the Pelagos sanctuary

TursioNet - A new approach to mitigate conflicts between dolphins and fishermen in the Pelagos sanctuary

January 2022 - December 2024 / 3 years

TursioNet aims to develop an automatic detection system to map and monitor over time the interactions between bottlenose dolphins and nets in the waters of the Pelagos Sanctuary in order to mitigate potential conflicts between dolphins and fishermen. Website

In progress