The shipping company GNV of the MSC group together with the CIMA Foundation (International Centre for Monitoring) Environmental), as part of the Life Conceptu Maris project, launched training courses for the "conservation of the biodiversity and collision risk" for more than 100 captains and officers of their ships. The initiative has the aim of training and raising awareness among staff and crews illustrating to them the behaviors to be adopted to minimize the risk of collision with cetaceans and sea turtles. With that Purpose Expert Researchers will explain to them how to identify and determine the species and the tools will be provided to be able to report sightings on a dedicated platform aimed at sharing information in real time with Harbour Masters and other vessels. Through these reports, not only will it be carried out ship collision prevention work with the marine fauna, but an important contribution will also be made the collection of data for the monitoring and census of species that inhabit the Mediterranean.

Paola Tepsich, researcher at CIMA Foundation, explained and among the actions envisaged by the project "Conservation of Cetaceans and Pelagic Sea Turtles in Med Managing Actions for their Recovery in Sustainability" (Conceptu Maris), which is funded under the European Union's LIFE programme, 'there is a also the training of the staff of the shipping companies operate in the Mediterranean. For this reason - he specified - we at CIMA Foundation has created a dedicated course identification of cetacean and turtle species present in our seas. Following the course, the officers of the companies will really make a great contribution to our research, also because they will be able to understand what are the behaviours and factors that increase the risk of collision with animals in the open sea. Not forgetting how much it is Their role in the conservation of sea giants is significant also for the awareness-raising action they can exert on the passengers'.