Period: 2011 – ongoing
Intercet ( www.intercet.it ) is a Web GIS platform designed and developed by Acquario di Genova for Regione Liguria within the INTERREG project “GIONHA” (Governance and Integrated Observation of marine Natural Habitat). The function of Intercet is to promote the sharing and integrated analysis of data collected by different subjects involved in the study of cetaceans and marine turtles, in order to give maximum value to the single scientific data, but also ensuring an overall vision that allows the development of indices based on the same data collection method. The management of the Intercet platform (owned by Regione Liguria) has been officially entrusted to Fondazione Acquario di Genova through a non-onerous management agreement between the original partners of the GIONHA project.
Since 2014, Intercet has been included in the Mediterranean Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation Plan of ACCOBAMS (Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area – www.accobams.org ) as a networking tool at Mediterranean level.
The dataset (as of 2024) consists of over 800,000 km of sampling and over 25,000 sightings relating to 13 cetacean species.
The Intercet platform, which is regularly updated and improved thanks to the Fondazione Acquario di Genova Onlus, has also benefited from financial support from the Aderholt Goh Trust as part of the PROMED project
Partner:
Italy: Accademia del Leviatano (FLT network), APS Sotto il Mare, ARPAT, Ce.SRAM Association - Marine Environment Study and Research Center, Crama Association, MARECAMP Association, Menkab Association, Me.Ri.S. Association - Mediterranean Research and Development, CE.TU.S. Center, Delfini del Ponente APS, CIMA Foundation, Ketos (FLT network), Gaia Research Institute Onlus (FLT network), Golfo Paradiso srl, MAR.ECO Nature Observatory, MareTerra Onlus, Oceanomare Delphis Onlus, Province of Livorno, Sardinia Region; SEA ME Sardinia onlus, IAS-CNR, Tethys Research Institute, University of Genoa – DISTAV, University of Pisa, Whalewatch Liguria-Consorzio Liguria Via Mare, University of Turin - Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology; Greece: Thalassa Foundation; Slovenia: Morigenos - Slovenian Marine Mammal Society; Israel: IMMRAC - Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa; France: Association BREACH, Association CARI, Association MIRACETI, EcoOcean Institut, Office de l'Environnement de la Corse, Parc Naturel Régional de Corse; Montenegro: Marine Mammal Research Association; Spain: Alnilam Research and Conservation, Associació CETACEA, Asociación EDMAKTUB, Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute – BDRI, SUBMON, Universidad de Valencia; Tunisia: Tunisian Dolphin Project, RAC/SPA; Türkiye: Istanbul University, Marine Mammal Research Association, Turkish Marine Research Foundation; ACCOBAMS.
Sponsors:
Genoa Aquarium Foundation Onlus, Blu Planet Foundation Virginia Böger Stiftung XX, Aderholt - Goh Trust.
For further information: www.intercet.it
