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Egadi Islands
marine protected area
Best practice 1
The Monk seal is back
The seal was nearly extinct. After 20 years
of protection, numerous reports and
sightings occurred. Then ISPRA and MPA
placed phototraps in some caves and
documented the presence of Monk seal
(Monachus monachus), classified as
critically endangered by the IUCN, during
the winter season
