Strandings along Romanian Black Sea coasts since 2010

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 protection of the dolphin populations from Romanian Black Sea area in
conformity with the objectives of the "National Action Plan for
Conservation of Dolphins" and "Agreement on the Conservation of
Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic
Area," with financial support from European Union through the Sectorial
Operational Programme – Environment, the NGO "Mare Nostrum" started a
series of activities in partnership with 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. From 2012,
Mare Nostrum continued collecting data through inhouse funding or
projects like the ones financed through the ACCOBAMS Secretariat fund or
through a CSR private company. Latest project was ANEMONE project.
The present database presents the situation of dolphin strandings along
the Romanian coast during 2010 and 2020. The data were collected from
the entire Romanian coast, from Sulina to Vama Veche.