The first National Coordinated Network of Observing and Managing Wildlife Strandings will be set up in Greece after an agreement with environmental organizations and scientific organizations, the Environment and Energy Ministry announced on Monday, ANA reports.
The center, a decades-long request, is funded with 1.5 million euros provided by Greek agencies and EU-related funding and will focus on four types of marine animals: cetaceans, seals, sea turtles, and cartilaginous fish (sharks, skates, rays, and rabbit fish).
It will set up a specialists group for each of the four categories of marine animals, mobile units for the speedy response to stranded marine animals, an infrastructure for the emergency treatment and handling of stranded marine mammals, and a registry of all marine animals stranded or washed ashore at Greek beaches with samples searchable on a database.
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