The project addresses the conservation of pelagics in the Canary Islands by focusing on human activities that, such as fishing and marine traffic, can intervene in the life and development of these species.

The project focuses on three conservation issues that require immediate action:

1- Artisanal fishing in El Hierro, in El Hierro, attracts bottlenose dolphins, which feed on the fish caught. This leads to economic losses for fishermen, who scare away dolphins using small explosives or other illegal practices. These practices need to be stopped and the economic impact mitigated.

2- The high traffic of boats between islands of the Archipelago causes collisions with cetaceans to be recorded every year, above the sustainable rate for the local sperm whale population. It is urgent to apply measures that reduce the number of collisions.

3- The Little Shearwater is a highly endangered taxon in the Canary Islands. It is urgent to obtain information on their colonies and population size, distribution at sea and on land, and threat factors to implement urgent management measures.

To achieve these objectives, the following action plan has been drawn up:

• Test a device to prevent dolphin attacks on fishing lines. Quantification of the socio-economic impact before and after its use and design of compensatory measures.
• Agreement and implementation of mitigation measures, such as observers on ferries, alert system between ships on the presence of cetaceans and reduction of the speed of night ferries.
• Population estimate of little shearwater. Calculation of reproductive success and biological sampling. Tagging with PTTs for satellite tracking. Censuses from boats. Installation of nest boxes (proven successful in the Azores) to increase the availability of cavities and number of breeding pairs.
• Wide dissemination of the project with a website, talks in the affected municipalities and media communication.