https://doi.org/10.82144/e8be8273 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/900 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/326f241d-f15c-4350-a07f-cbaaf7415cd2 https://obis.org/dataset/27d43f2d-2192-4b5a-a36f-802ffeea3d60 Marian Paiu Mare Nostrum NGO Primary contact marian_paiu@marenostrum.ro www.marenostrum.ro; www.delfini.ro OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Marian Paiu Mare Nostrum NGO Primary contact marian_paiu@marenostrum.ro www.marenostrum.ro; www.delfini.ro owner ACCOBAMS and WDCS The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) http://www.accobams.org/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Mare Nostrum Dataset credits: Mare Nostrum NGO, National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" Abstract: In the Black Sea, the cetaceans are represented by three species: <i>Phocoena phocoena relicta</i>, <i>Tursiops truncatus ponticus</i> and <i>Delphinus delphis ponticus</i>. The main threat and cause of decline for the Black Sea dolphins are the fishing nets, or bycatches. For the protection of dolphin populations from the Romanian Black Sea area, in conformity with the objectives of the "National Action Plan for Conservation of Dolphins" and the "Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area," and with financial support from the European Union through the Sectorial Operational Programme – Environment, NGO "Mare Nostrum" started a series of activities in partnership with the National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" Constanța, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority, National Agency for Fishing and Aquaculture, Natural Science Museum Complex "Dolphinarium" Constanța, Border Police Inspectorate of Constanța County. The present database presents the situation of dolphin bycatch events at the Romanian coast during 2010 and 2011. The data were collected from the entire Romanian coast, from Sulina to Vama Veche. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Vessels Sightings bycatch Black Sea dolphins N/A This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/900 Oceans 28.8 30.8166667 45.0666667 43.8333333 2010-04-10 2011-07-08 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). subspecies Phocoena phocoena relicta Black sea harbor porpoise subspecies Tursiops truncatus ponticus Black sea bottlenose dolphin The purpose of this research was to monitor the population of Black Sea dolphins at the Romanian coast. notPlanned Marian Paiu Mare Nostrum NGO Primary contact marian_paiu@marenostrum.ro www.marenostrum.ro; www.delfini.ro NA NA NA Marian Paiu owner NA zd_900 2025-07-31T15:50:30-04:00 dataset Paiu, M. 2013. Bycatch along Romanian Black Sea coasts 2010-2011. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e8be8273. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/900 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/900/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/900/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_900 zd_900 Paiu, P., E. Anton and M. Candea. 2012. Observation on dolphin sightings at the Romanian coast and measures to reduce accidental catches in fishing nets. Recherches Marines: 42: 149-158.