Mar 23, 2020 | CONSERVATION ACTIONS
campaigns are meant to have a key role: they will integrate and sup port the conservation actions through the involvement of the local communities to which fishers belong and of the relevant competent authorities. Thanks to the joint use of the App by this project and...
Mar 23, 2020 | CONSERVATION ACTIONS
Abandoned fishing gears contin ue to catch marine animals including turtles. Through underwater survey or reports by fishers and divers, ghost gears will be localized and removed. Bins for collection of damaged fishing gears will be placed in 21 ports. A specific code...
Mar 23, 2020 | CONSERVATION ACTIONS
This Action will upgrade 4 existing facilities, create 2 new first aid center and set up efficient rescue networks in Turkey, Tunisia, Albania, Italy. This will allow to promptly find, rescue and rehabilitate turtles stranded, floating or directly brought by fishers....
Mar 23, 2020 | CONSERVATION ACTIONS
Three fishing gears will be targeted in 27 ports. For set nets (gillnets and trammel nets), the modification will consist of illumination through light emitting diodes (LED), which makes them visible to turtles which can avoidentanglement (Tunisia, Turkey, Albania,...
Mar 23, 2020 | CONSERVATION ACTIONS
Hot spot areas will be identified byintegrating spatial data from three Modules: (i) position of captured turtles communicated by fishers(also through a specific App), (ii) aerial surveys with drones, (iii) remote tracking. App and tracking tags have been developed by...
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