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First Region-Wide Aerial Surveys of Antillean Manatees INTERNATIONAL MANATEE SURVEY MEXICO, BELIZE, GUATEMALA MAY 2-11, 2014

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Page 1: INTERNATIONAL MANATEE SURVEY MEXICO, BELIZE, GUATEMALA … · 2015-11-19 · SURVEY STATISTICS Survey days = 9 Start = Holbox, Mexico End = Bahía de Omoa, Guatemala Hours surveyed

First Region-Wide Aerial Surveys of Antillean Manatees

INTERNATIONAL MANATEE SURVEYMEXICO, BELIZE, GUATEMALA

MAY 2-11, 2014

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• Countries Surveyed

• Mexico (May 2-4, 2014)

• Belize (May 5-8, 2014)

• Guatemala (May 10-11, 2014)

• Observers and other participants

• Mexico: Benjamin Morles-Vela, Humberto Bahena, Armando Ubeda

• Belize: Holly Edwards, Angeline Valentine, Samir Rosado, Armando

Ubeda, Nataly Castelblanco-Martinez, Zoe Walker, Nicole Auil-

Gomez

• Guatemala: Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Heidy Garcia, Oscar Hugo

Machuca

• Pilot: Bill Rush

INTERNATIONAL SURVEY

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SURVEY STATISTICS

Survey days = 9

Start = Holbox, Mexico

End = Bahía de Omoa, Guatemala

Hours surveyed = 40

Segments flown = 11

Kilometers surveyed: 5229.8 km (3249.7 mi)

Mexico = 1189 km (739 mi)

Belize = 2962.8 km (1841 mi)

Guatemala = 1078 km (670 mi)

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BELIZE SURVEYFLIGHT PATH

Day 1 = Turneffe Atoll

Day 2 = Northern Belize:Chetumal to Belize City

Day 3 = Central Belize: Belize City to Monkey River

Day 4 = Southern Belize: Monkey River to Guatemala border

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SURVEY STATISTICS

• Number of manatees: 407 +18 = 425

• Mexico = 74 + 9 = 83 (19.5%)

• Belize = 290 + 7 = 297 (69.9%)

• Guatemala = 43 + 2 = 45 (10.6%)

• Number of dolphins = 36

• Mexico = 18 (50.0%)

• Belize = 16 (44.4%)

• Guatemala = 2 (5.0%)

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BELIZE RESULTS• Survey days = 4

• Observers:

• Holly Edwards, Nataly Castelblanco,

Oceanic Society

• Angeline Valentine, Oak Foundation

• Samir Rosado, Coastal Zone Management

• Armando Ubeda, Lighthawk

• Pilot: Bill Rush

• Kilometers surveyed = 2962.8 km (1841 mi)

• Survey conditions = Very good to Fair

• Number of manatee: 290 + 7 = 297

• Number of dolphins = 16

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• Watercraft

• Habitat Loss

• Pollution

• Shipping

• Oil exploration or spills

• Human development

• Climate change

• Diseases

THREATS TO MARINE MAMMALS “?”

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CONSERVATION APPLICATIONS

MANATEES

36% of manatees sighted in protected areas

CaribbeanMPA

The CaMAM Mapping Projecthttp://campam.gcfi.org/CaribbeanMPA/mapview.php

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CONSERVATION APPLICATIONS

DOLPHINS

83% of dolphins sighted in protected areas

CaribbeanMPA

The CaMAM Mapping Projecthttp://campam.gcfi.org/CaribbeanMPA/mapview.php

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Belize City, BEL

Chetumal, MEX

Playa del Carmen

Marine-based pollution damage threat CaribbeanMPAThe CaMPAM

Mapping Project

MARINE BASED POLLUTION THREAT

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Coastal Development threat CaribbeanMPA

The CaMPAM Mapping Project

Playa del Carmen

Chetumal, MEX

Belize City, BEL

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT THREAT