Cetaceans in Greece: Present status of knowledge

photographed between Chios Island and Tsesme in Turkey. One year later a single
individual stranded in Argolikos Gulf (Frantzis et al. 2003). One live stranding in the Aegean
Sea occurred in Urla Bay, along the Turkish coast, in 1995 (noted with a white square on the
map; Öztürk & Öztürk 1998). It is interesting to note that the last five records outside of
Greece originate from the easternmost part of the Mediterranean and occurred yearly since
2003: four of them off Israel (Notarbartolo di Sciara 2006c) and one off the east coast of
Cyprus (Song of the Whale Research Team 2007).
Reported sightings and strandings
● : Sightings ■ : Strandings : 200 m contour : 1000 m contour
IUCN Red List classification
Listed as ‘Data Deficient’ globally (IUCN 2008).
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