Investigation of Cetacean Strandings Around the UK Coast

The principal requirement of this project is to provide a coordinated approach to surveillance of cetacean strandings and to investigate causes of death of stranded cetaceans, and occasionally other vulnerable species such as turtles and basking sharks in the UK for a 3 year period from May 2017 until July 2020. This project has the following aims: • To collect/collate, analyse and report data for all cetacean strandings around the coast of the UK; • To determine the causes of death in stranded cetaceans, including by-catch and physical trauma, in order to identify risk in relation to pressures and any significant changes in causes of death within species and to detect substantial …

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