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Critical Habitat Notes including justification for its importance as Critical Habitat Size (Total/ proposed for
Gökçeada Marine Reserve protection/zoning) + Location
(also see Black Sea below) Established in 1999 to protect habitat diversity, this park has a very small core region with two buffer zones, but overall size
is too small at present to provide significant protection to cetaceans. All fishing and diving activity and marine traffic is 0.37 sq km
prohibited.
BLACK SEA
Western Black Sea coast (Eur. Side P. phocoena presence; feeding grounds located in the prime turbot fishing ground for Turkish fishermen; MPA could protect 10 sq km (Öztürk suggestion)
of Turkey) cetacean feeding and migration area
Kerch Strait* Semi-resident T. truncatus; migration path for several thousand P. phocoena to and from the Azov Sea 862-890 sq km
Azov Sea, southern part* Shallow southern part is important breeding, calving and foraging area for P. phocoena during warm season 7560 – 40.280 sq km
Tarkhankut peninsula, NW Semi-resident T. truncatus (Zatevakhin and Bel'kovich 1996; Birkun 2006); summer presence of P. phocoena inshore and D. 800 sq km
Crimea delphis mainly offshore
Cape Sarych to Cape Khersones, Part of network protection for T. truncatus during autumn, winter & spring; photo-ID shows links with summer 120 sq km
SW Crimea concentrations; autumn & early spring habitat for P. phocoena; sporadic use by D. delphis
Coastal Georgian Waters: Cape Winter habitat for D. delphis (4.2 individuals/sq km (CV = 31.4%) and P. phocoena (1.5 individuals/ sq km (CV = 26.5%) 2320 sq km
Anaklia to Sarp
Sochinskiy National Nature Park Marine component thought to include cetacean habitat; surveys and habitat assessments required. How big is the marine 1,940 sq km includes mainly land areas
component and does it include valuable cetacean habitat, or could it be extended to cover such habitat.
NOTES: * possible transboundary
MPA
**proposed High Seas MPA
*** transboundary and High Seas
MPA
