On Friday, 5 June Pomorie Lake visitor centre has hosted an event for celebrating the first edition of the ACCOBAMS Cetacean Day. The initiative is under the aegis of the ACCOBAMS (Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area) Permanent Secretariat as part of implementation of the work program for the triennium 2014-2016. Main objective raising awareness regarding the impacts of human activities on the conservation of cetaceans, particularly pollution by floating marine litter and underwater noise that significantly disrupt the life of cetaceans. As the event was organized for the first time an already well-known date related to nature protection was selected – World Environment Day.
The visitors had the chance to see the permanent exhibition “Cetaceans in the Black Sea” kept in the visitor centre. Special thematic presentation informed the participants with number of facts on the life of cetaceans with special emphasis was on the species found in the Black Sea. Further information on biology, threats and study techniques of these interesting marine mammals complemented the contents of the lecture. 


For more information:
Dimitar Popov – Green Balkans NGO
тел: 0885108712
dpopov@greenbalkans.org