Dolphin Presentation at Rotary Club, Red Sea
The Rotary Club of Red Sea – El Gouna had the pleasure to welcome Sandy Weder El Sammra, Nadia Govett, and Remon Nabil from Care For Dolphins and Frogs Swim Academy to our meeting on Tuesday 29th March.
They gave a fascinating presentation to Rotary Members and guests about the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) that inhabits the coastal waters in this area of the Egyptian Red Sea.
The presentation covered the life history of the dolphins, their complex social network and communication, and the research goals of Care For Dolphins.
Positive advances are being made with the Egyptian Red Sea National Marine Parks in creating protective areas where dolphins can rest and feed their young without being disturbed and harassed by tourist boats. Ahmed Galeb, manager of the National Marine Parks also joined our meeting and talked about the three protected areas around the northern Red Sea islands.
Biologist Angela Ziltener, from the University of Zurich, has been studying the local dolphin population since 2009. She set up Dolphin Watch Alliance which is a non-profit organisation that aims to bring ethical and financial support to research and protect the wild dolphins, and to educate the public with their findings.
Workshops began in 2012 with goals to manage a sustainable population of dolphins in the Hurghada
area of the Red Sea, and to highlight a recommended code of conduct for tour operators and swimmers.
They gave a fascinating presentation to Rotary Members and guests about the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) that inhabits the coastal waters in this area of the Egyptian Red Sea.
The presentation covered the life history of the dolphins, their complex social network and communication, and the research goals of Care For Dolphins.
Positive advances are being made with the Egyptian Red Sea National Marine Parks in creating protective areas where dolphins can rest and feed their young without being disturbed and harassed by tourist boats. Ahmed Galeb, manager of the National Marine Parks also joined our meeting and talked about the three protected areas around the northern Red Sea islands.
Biologist Angela Ziltener, from the University of Zurich, has been studying the local dolphin population since 2009. She set up Dolphin Watch Alliance which is a non-profit organisation that aims to bring ethical and financial support to research and protect the wild dolphins, and to educate the public with their findings.
Workshops began in 2012 with goals to manage a sustainable population of dolphins in the Hurghada
area of the Red Sea, and to highlight a recommended code of conduct for tour operators and swimmers.
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