No cetacean mass stranding in the Canaries since military sonar ban in 2004
Prompt political action may have resulted in a remarkable conservation success for whales and dolphins. The Canary Islands used to be a hotspot for mass strandings, but there have been no mass beachings since the Spanish government imposed a moratorium on naval exercises in these waters in 2004.
▻http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7449/full/497317d.html
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