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First Region-Wide Aerial Surveys of Antillean Manatees
INTERNATIONAL MANATEE SURVEYMEXICO, BELIZE, GUATEMALA
MAY 2-11, 2014
• 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
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)
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
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
• Watercraft
• Habitat Loss
• Pollution
• Shipping
• Oil exploration or spills
• Human development
• Climate change
• Diseases
THREATS TO MARINE MAMMALS “?”
CONSERVATION APPLICATIONS
MANATEES
36% of manatees sighted in protected areas
CaribbeanMPA
The CaMAM Mapping Projecthttp://campam.gcfi.org/CaribbeanMPA/mapview.php
CONSERVATION APPLICATIONS
DOLPHINS
83% of dolphins sighted in protected areas
CaribbeanMPA
The CaMAM Mapping Projecthttp://campam.gcfi.org/CaribbeanMPA/mapview.php
Belize City, BEL
Chetumal, MEX
Playa del Carmen
Marine-based pollution damage threat CaribbeanMPAThe CaMPAM
Mapping Project
MARINE BASED POLLUTION THREAT
Coastal Development threat CaribbeanMPA
The CaMPAM Mapping Project
Playa del Carmen
Chetumal, MEX
Belize City, BEL
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT THREAT