In order to provide protection for the numerous cetacean ( whales and dolphins ; porpoises are not found in this part of the Mediterranean Sea ) species in the Ligurian Sea the bordering countries established the sea as a SPAMI in 1999 .
In order to provide protection for the many cetacean ( whales and dolphins ; porpoises are not found in this part of the Mediterranean Sea ) species in the Ligurian Sea the bordering countries made the sea a SPAMI in 1999 .