Research and Conservation
On this, the shortest rally in the Arksen Rally Series, there will be conservation opportunities in a number of your destinations and some ongoing research that each vessel can partake in.
- Work with local fisheries to encourage sustainable fishing
- Habitat mapping in Greece to help protect the endangered monk seal
- Turtle conservation in Turkey
- Ocean current mapping
- Ghost nets – smaller vessels will search and geotag ghost nets and the larger vessels will assist in collection. Research will then be undertaken to understand where the nets were released and how they can be prevented in the future
- Seabird rescue and rehabilitation in Corsica
- Tagging loggerhead turtles
- Bluefin tuna larval surveys
- Documenting undersea life