SEADETECT: Multi-sensor Cetacean Collision Prevention in the Pelagos Area of the Mediterranean Sea
Abstract. The Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals is a designated marine protected area in the north-western Mediterranean, encompassing waters between the Côte d’Azur (France), the Ligurian and Tuscan coasts (Italy), and Monaco, extending southward to the northern coastline of Sardinia. This area hosts a diversity of cetacean species. Due to high levels of maritime traffic, the Mediterranean Sea is a global hotspot for whale-vessel collisions. The frequency of both lethal and sub-lethal collisions in the region is considerable, with a general consensus that both direct mortality and long-term population-level effects significantly hinder the recovery and persistence of whale populations.We present SEADETECT, a LIFE programme project aimed at the development of innovative technological solutions to help prevent lethal incidents between cetaceans and ships. Two complementary technical approaches with a combination of different sensors are developed to bring automatic whale awareness onboard vessels in order to avoid collisions.
Authors
- Anita Schilling
- Romain Jan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1870-7878)
- Olivier Langrand
- Vincent Carrier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0294-9225)
- Antoine Dumoulin
- David Van Hamme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2112-3475)
- B. Rumes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8549-6743)
- Simone Panigada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0856-1227)
- Thomas Folégot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3056-2226)
- Gildas Marquis-Laisné
- Angélique Rouhan
Institutions
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Tethys Research Institute (IT)
- Institute of Natural Sciences (BE)
- Bureau Veritas (France) (FR)
- Toulouse Mathematics Institute (FR)
- Sirehna (FR)
- IMEC (BE)
- Hôpital Saint Joseph (FR)
- Délégation Provence et Corse (FR)
- Naval Group (France) (FR)
- Station Marine d'Endoume (FR)
- Hôpital Saint-Michel (FR)
- Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-m-7-2025-141-2025
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Marine animal studies overview
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency