Mid ka mid ah tirooyinka ugu muhiimsan ee Foca waa jiritaanka Mediterranean Monk Seals, ama Monachus monachus ee Laatiinka. Shaabaduhu waxay ka mid yihiin noocyada naasleyda ee ugu khatarta badan adduunka iyadoo 400 oo keliya ay ka tageen dhammaan dhulka oo dhan oo hoos u dhacay, sidaas darteed waxay ku jiraan IUCN (Ururka Ilaalinta Adduunka) Liiska Cas ee Noocyada Hanjabaadda ah. Kala badh iyaga ka mid ah waxa laga helaa badda Mediterranean-ka ee u dhaxaysa Turkiga iyo Giriiga, badh kalena waxa ay joogaan badweynta Atlantic. Isagoo qayb ka ah heshiisyada ilaalinta deegaanka ee caalamiga ah, Turkigu wuxuu sameeyay 1991 si uu u dejiyo aagagga ilaalinta Monk Seals ee Foca oo u dhow Izmir iyo Yalikavak oo u dhow Bodrum ee xeebta Turkiga. Mashruuca WWF (Sanduuqa Duurjoogta Adduunka) Mashruuca Foca wuxuu bilaabmay Luulyo 1993 wuxuuna taageeray Kooxda SAD-AFAG (Ururka Cilmi-baarista Biyaha-hoosaadka - Kooxda Cilmi-baarista Seal Mediterranean). WWF waxay sidoo kale ka shaqeysaa ilaalinta shaabada rabbaaniga ah ee Giriiga iyo Mauritania.
Afar iyo toban goobood oo ku yaal Turkiga ayaa loo kala saaray inay yihiin degaanno muhiim u ah Seals Monk Mediterranean ee NGO-yada iyo jaamacadaha ka shaqeeya mowduucan, qaar ka mid ah oo ku teedsan xeebta Turkiga waa: Gokceada-Bozcaada-Baba caarada saddexagalka, magaalooyinka Foca-Yeni Foca, Karaburun-Mordogan Peninsula , Magaalada Alacati oo u dhow Cesme, Dilek Peninsula ee Kusadasi, Kudur Peninsula oo u dhow degaanka Bodrum, tuulada Karada ee degaanka Bodrum, tuulada Oren ee Gacanka Gokova, Bozburun oo u dhow Datca, Gocek oo u dhow Fethiye, Olympos National Park oo u dhow Kemer, Gazipasa-Tasucu, Basin Cilician. iyo magaalada Samandag oo u dhow Hatay. Guddiga Shaabadda Daanyeer ee Qaranku wuxuu diiradda saarayaa shanta aag ee ilaalinta shaabadda Monk gaar ahaan.
Shaabada suufiyada Mediterranean waxay door bidaan inay ku noolaadaan oo ay ku tarmaan biyo nadiif ah iyagoo qani ku ah godad. Waxay ku nool yihiin inta u dhaxaysa 25-40 sano, miisaankoodu qiyaastii 300 kiiloogaraam marka dadka waaweyn, cunaan octopus iyo kalluunka. Waayadan danbe, noocyadan waxa khatar ku ahaa magaalaynta iyo warshadaynta, dhismo ballaadhan oo guryaha xagaaga ah, wasakhowga biyaha, kalluumaysiga xad-dhaafka ah ama kalluumaysatada, iyo ugu dambayntii dalxiiska tirada badan. Nasiib darro kuma noolaan karaan maxaabiis sidaas darteed waa in ay ku tarmaan deegaankooda dabiiciga ah sida Mediterranean-ka iyo xeebta Waqooyi-galbeed ee Afrika. Qiyaasta tirada Seals Monk Mediterranean waa sida soo socota: Albania 20, Algeria 10-30, Turkey iyo Cyprus 20-50, Desertas in Madeira (Spain) 8-10, Greece 200-250, Libya 5-20, Mediterranean Coast. Morocco 10-20, Cap Blanc ee Mauritania 130, Croatia 25
