Türkiye · observation
Çandarlı Gulf, Aliağa, İzmir
· Aliağa
A young female monk seal later called Yeşim was found weak on the Çandarlı Gulf coast. SAD-AFAG treated her on site, and she returned to the sea; later survival was uncertain.
- Species
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Yeşim
- Source
- SAD-AFAG field report
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- SAD-AFAG first-person account explicitly dates the initial wild finding to 22 April 2004; treatment is part of the same case, not another sighting. Sources: https://sadafag.org/akdeniz-foku/fok-kurtarma-ve-rehabilitasyon-calismalari/
- Identification confidence
- Not recorded
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.