MB0111-CSIP Cetacean Strandings around the UK coast

The project objectives of CSIP are to:

• collate, analyse and report data for all cetacean strandings around the coast of the UK.

determine the major causes of death in stranded cetaceans, including by-catch and physical trauma, in order to identify any substantial new threats to their conservation status.

• undertake surveillance on the incidence of disease in stranded cetaceans in order to identify any substantial new threats to their conservation status.
• investigate the potential interaction between feeding behaviour, fisheries and stranded cetaceans through examination of the contents of the stomach; to also record any evidence of 'litter'.
• maintain the CSIP database which brings together accurate and geo-reference data on both strandings and post mortem data, which then allows end users to interrogate this data using the Internet.
• make information on strandings and post-mortems results available to the Department and Devolved Administrations quarterly and publicly available by annual reports.
• improve and maintain relationships with existing regional volunteer networks and local authorities.

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