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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