The manual presents the three Cetacean species found in the Black Sea – common dolphin, bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise – and how these to be identified. In the annexes is presented additional information directed toward more specialized studies like necropsies of dead Cetaceans; how to help live stranded cetacean; rules for sailing next to Cetaceans aiming dolphin-watching and the Conservation Plan for Black Sea Cetaceans is presented.

The booklet will be distributed amongst the target interested parties - municipal ecologists, biodiversity expert in Regional Environmental Inspectorates, Fisheries Agencies experts. Volunteers willing to become members of the National Cetacean Strandings Monitoring Network can get a copy of the manual from the Green Balkans offices and Pomorie Lake visitor centre.

We hope this booklet to be useful for all current and future participants in the process for study and conservation of Cetaceans along Bulgarian Black Sea coast!

Electronic version of the manual can be downloaded below.

The manual is developed and published within the project “Building capacities of Bulgarian Black Sea municipalities on Cetaceans strandings”, supported by the ACCOBAMS Secretariat (Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Ocean).

For contacts:
Dimitar Popov
email: dpopov@greenbalkans.org