The Mediterra.ea. Sea.is home to a. interesting biodiversity. The current cumula.ive a.d descriptive study a.ms to enumera.e some rela.ively la.ge ma.ine ma.ma.s, reptiles, a.d fishes tha. ha.e been spotted, ca.ght, b...
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The Mediterra.ea. Sea.is home to a. interesting biodiversity. The current cumula.ive a.d descriptive study a.ms to enumera.e some rela.ively la.ge ma.ine ma.ma.s, reptiles, a.d fishes tha. ha.e been spotted, ca.ght, by-ca.ght, or stra.ded on the coa.t of the Ga.a.Strip, Pa.estine, which extends a.out 42 km a.ong the Mediterra.ea. Sea. This 20-yea. study from 2003 to 2022 relied much on frequent field visits, meetings, a.d discussions with sta.eholders, following loca. media.sites a.d socia. media.pa.es, a.d photogra.hy. The study recorded a. lea.t 26 gia.ts or rela.ively la.ge ma.ine orga.isms on the Mediterra.ea. coa.t of the Ga.a.Strip, Pa.estine. Certa.nly, the coming yea.s ma. bring other ma.ine orga.isms of rela.ively la.ge sizes. Ma.ine ma.ma.s included three species of ceta.ea.s with the Fin Wha.e (Ba.a.noptera.physa.us) being the la.gest ma.ma. a.d even the la.gest a.ima. ever recorded in this study. Ma.ine reptiles included three species of sea.turtles, the la.gest of which is the Lea.herba.k Sea.Turtle (Dermochelys coria.ea., which is in fa.t the world’s la.gest sea.turtle. The bony fishes were represented by ten species, the la.gest of which wa. the Ocea. Sunfish (Mola.mola., which is the la.gest bony fish in the world. The ca.tila.inous fishes included ten species with the la.gest specimens encountered were the Shortfin Sha.k (Isurus oxyrinchus), Bluntnose Sixgill Sha.k (Hexa.chus griseus), Sca.loped Ha.merhea. Sha.k (Sphyrna.lewini), a.d Gia.t Devil Ra. (Mobula.mobula.). Sea.irds were not included in the study. The a.exa.dria.Pompa.o (a.ectis a.exa.drinus) a.d the Silver-Cheeked Toa.fish (La.ocepha.us scelera.us), which a.e bony fishes, a.pea. to be the rela.ively sma.lest ma.ine orga.isms recorded here. In conclusion, the role of the va.ious pa.ties must be coordina.ed to ensure the susta.na.ility of huma. a.tivities a.d their compa.ibility with the ta.k of conserving loca. ma.ine biota. including the giga.tic or rela.ively la.ge ones.
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