Our project partner DEKAMER continued training fishermen about sea turtles and giving them rescue kits. DEKAMER met with the fishermen in Aydın’s Kuşadası district, and also give them materials to be used for first aid to turtles in possible cases.
The testing of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) has started in Puglia. Last week a TED was mounted on the trawl net of the boat « Nuova Giovanna » in Bisceglie (Puglia), thanks to the precious collaboration of the fishermen. This is the first boat where the testing will...
The installation of special LED lights in fishing nets, a practice which will help sea turtles to detect fishing nets and avoid them, reducing the bycatch of sea turtles in fishing nets, which is a major problem for them. This activity, which is an innovation brought...
Today the staff of the Life MedTurtles project received a report from the mobile phones distributed by HAS to the fishermen about some sea turtles (Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas), which were stuck in the nets in the Patoku lagoon. Shortly after receiving the...
Today, the staff of the Life MedTurtles project was in Drini Bay as part of activities C6 and D6, where we are continuing with the removal of ghost gear, which pose a danger to sea turtles.
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