18 participants joined the course, of which nine were from Turkey
DMAD has successfully completed our first hosting of the ACCOBAMS HQ MMO/PAM operator course in Turkey between the 22nd and 27th of July 2019. Whilst the first four days were dedicated to the theoretical information described in ACCOBAMS protocol, the next two days were designed to cover the practical aspect of it and was conducted in a beautiful sailing boat, sailing through the waters between Marmaris and Fethiye. Additionally, we had two interesting topics on GIS mapping of sightings and stranding first aid information.
Overall, 18 participants joined the course, of which nine were from Turkey (in order to increase the local capacity) and each of the participants successfully passed the evaluation test and was awarded with the ACCOBAMS MMO/PAM Operator certificate.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge ACCOBAMS for giving us this chance to improve local capacities, Patrick Lyne for leading the entire course and explaining each topic with a passion for marine conservation, Jonathan Gordon for providing us with the PAM kits for the course and finally to all of our participants for supporting our conservation actions and to sharing their knowledge with us.
All the certificated participants are listed below;
Amber Beerman
Aylin Akkaya Bas
Cansu Ilkilinc
Cemil Timuçin Dinçer
Dinis Geraldes
Emine Ulusoy
Enorha Guimard
Ersin Bas
Giorgia Farne
Joao Nuno Goncalves
Liam von Walsum
Merve Kurt
Nilüfer Araç Günkar
Raquel Soley Calvet
Taylan Tolga Köken
Tim Awbery
Türkmen Belen Yildirim
Zeynep Gülenç
