Cetacean Form

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CETACEAN REPORT

OBSERVER DETAILS

Full Name

Email

Phone

GENERAL INFORMATION

Sighting/Stranding Date

2025

Sighting/Stranding time

Coordinates

Choose a point on the map and the coordinates will be added automatically

Depth (m)

Point on the map (drag the red pin over the location point)

You can use the + and - symbols to zoom

Animal condition

Alive

Dead

Sex

Male

Female

Number of stranded animals

In cases of mass strandings

SPECIES & MEASUREMENTS

Size

Small cetacean (0,7-3,5m)

Large cetacean (3,5-22m)

Species

Pick from the list (if you know)

Bottlenose dolphin

Risso's dolphin

Sperm whale

Common dolphin

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius)

Harbour porpoise

Striped dolphin

Fin whale

I do not know

Total length (example 1)

Tip of snout to mid-tail notch

Length (example 2)

Tip of snout to middle of dorsal fin

Measurements must be taken with the measuring tape stretched, parallel to the axis of the animal and without following the curve of its body. Measurements must be taken to the nearest centimeter, e.g. 186 cm

Stranded on

Shore

Sea

Other:

Signs of injury:

If the animal is alive, entangled or wounded, call immediately on +306945644994 or +306945531850

In the event of fishing gear entanglement, identify:

In the event of a dead cetacean

Whole cetacean

Initial decomposition

Cut off tail or head

Advanced decomposition

Recently deceased (under 48 hours)

Mummified/skeleton

Number of teeth of half upper jaw

Number of teeth of half lower jaw

(right or left) Include spaces if some teeth are missing

PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

In the case of an alive cetacean: Take a photo or video of the cetacean and attach the footage below. Emphasize the head, body and movements in the water.

In the event of a dead cetacean: It is necessary in any case (even if the cetacean is in advanced decay), after its body is cleaned of algae and sand, at least the following photographs are taken:
1. Head with mouth open to show teeth
2. The entire animal photographed from the side, so that the entire lateral surface of its body is visible.
3. Genital region, located in the lower and back abdomen

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Verification

This form was designed and developed along the framework of the project Cyclades Care for Wildlife in accordance to the Joint Ministry of Environment and Energy Decision/DNEPM/55417/1958/2023 (Official Gazette 3376/B'/19-5-2023) "Measures for the operation of a nationally coordinated monitoring and management network of marine wildlife species strandings"