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DEKAMER’s work and cooperation with fishermen continues (see video)
The fishermen that our project partner DEKAMER provides training and surveys about sea turtles, protects sea turtles. We would like to thank the fisherman Mr. Hasan for saving the Caretta caretta from the trawl net of the Molakadir boat in Çanakkale and release...
The Turtles accidentally captured by trawlers will be equipped with satellite transmitters to assess their survivorship after being released!
One of the project activities is to investigate if the current practices (for trawlers) are really the best ones to reduce sea turtle's post-release mortality. To this aim, the staff from UNIPI has just started a survivorship study: turtles accidentally captured by...
Meeting with the fishermen in Aydin’s Kuşadası district (Turkey)
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...
The testing of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) has started in Puglia (Italy)
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...
The installation of special LED lights in fishing nets, innovation brought for the first time in Albania by the LIFE Medturtles project (see video)
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...
Sea turtles released after being accidentally caught in albania!
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...
HAS continues the ghost gear removal activities on the Albanian coast
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....
Collaboration with fishermen is ongoing in Puglia (Italy)
Today they brought us a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) 45 cm long that was accidentally caught by the trawl. She seems to be fine and will be soon released. @LIFE Medturles @Centro recupero tartarughe marine WWF molfetta...
Removal of ghost gears in Drini bay (Albania)!
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....
Nesting season is not over in Spain!
Nesting season is not over in Spain. Nest detected in Valencia province, thanks to the awareness campaign carried out by UVEG team and XALOC. The UVEG team went to the beach and rescued (with the great help of local police) a total of 13 hatchlings attracted by...
Rescue of a loggerhead turtle by a fisherman who regularly collaborates with the Life Medturtles team in Kerkennah Island (Tunisia)
Rescue of a loggerhead turtle by Am Mohamed, a fisherman who regularly collaborates with the Life Medturtles team. The turtle was caught by the charfia which is a very famous fixed fishing technique in Kerkennah Island (Tunisia). Thank you Am...
School lecture at the sea turtles first aid centre in Sfax
Visit of the ATUTAX Association with students from three primary schools from Kerkennah Island to the first aid Centre in Sfax Faculty of Sciences. Thanks to the association manager and the accompanying...
Another campaign to remove ghost nets was carried in Turkey!
DEKAMER with the support of Karabalık Dive Center, Chairman of Çalış Fisheries Cooperative, Coast Guard DEGAK Special Force-22 perfomed exploration and diving. Ghost nets which has been removed from the sea during this dive, are placed in the ghost net collecting...
Astounding meetings held in Zarzis and Djerba – Tunisia!
Astounding meetings held in Zarzis and Djerba with fishermen from the region. Thanks to all the attendees and to everyone who helped carry the...
Another collection bins were placed in Fethiye and Marmaris – Turkey
Ghost net bins were placed in Fethiye and Marmaris by DEKAMER with the cooperation with fishermen, fish cooperatives and the...
Our project partner DEKAMER continued training and surveying fishermen
Our project partner DEKAMER continued training and surveying fishermen about sea turtles. DEKAMER met with the fishermen in Bodrum's Torba and Türkbükü districts, and also give them materials to be used for first aid to turtles in a possible...
The awareness campaigns continue in Italy
The awareness campaigns continue in Italy, where other institutions that work with sea turtles (even outside the project area) are using the material created by the LIFE Euroturtles and LIFE Medturtles projects to raise awareness among the fishermen with whom they...
A Leatherback turtle was filmed at the turkish coast (see video)!
Very rare sighting of a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) from Turkey. This beauty was filmed and reported by local yacht captain İlknur Asar and Buse...
Ghost gears’ removal action in Tunisia! (see video)
As part of the Life Medturtles project, co-financed by the EU and coordinated by the Sfax Faculty of Sciences, a first action to eliminate ghost gears to conserve biodiversity, particularly sea turtles was made at Chebba 02/08/2021 [video width="1920" height="1080"...
Nesting Season in Albania!
Today the staff of the Life MedTurles project was on the coast of Seman to monitor the sea turtle (Caretta caretta)...
Nesting Season in Valencia Region – Spain!
First emmergence in the Valencia Region (second in Spain). However, the turtle did not lay eggs here (maybe in another beach). The UVEG team is 24/7 but we did not received the call until two days after the emmergence. If you visit Spain and see this track or a...
Training course on installation and use of TED – Italy
On the 24th and 25th of June, Fondazione Cetacea and Università di Pisa, within the C4 action of the LIFE Medturtles project, made a theoretical and practical training course on installation, use of TED (turtle excluder device) and data collection for efficiency...
Meeting with fishermen and all stakeholders in the fishing sector and scientific research in Sfax – Tunisia
In the framework of the Life Medturtles project, our meeting with fishermen and all stakeholders in the fishing sector and scientific research in the region on June 15, 2021 was fruitful. We presented and discussed all the actions to be carried out within the...
Schools lectures on sea turtles in Turkey!
PSCA continues awareness-raising activities as well as conducting field studies of the Life MedTurtles Project. Despite the restrictions due to the COVID-19 measures, PSCA delivered informative materials to the schools, where they orginized seminars via online...
Inauguration ceremony of the Sea Turtle First Aid Center at the Sfax Faculty of Sciences
Inauguration ceremony of the sea turtle first aid center at the Sfax Faculty of Sciences as part of the LIFE Medturtles project during the World Environment Day...
Activities in Rana, Hedhun and in the Port of Shëngjin – Albania
Today the staff of the Life MedTurles project was in Rana e Hedhun to monitor the coast for sea turtle nesting (Caretta caretta), as well as in the Port of Shëngjin for the implementation of activity C4 and D4. As part of the activities C4 and D4, the staff has...
Hotspot Maps for sea turtles were distributed to the fishermen in Albania
Today the HAS staff of the Life MedTurles project was in the Port of Shengjin for the implementation of the C3 activity. As part of this activity, maps of the marine hotspot areas for sea turtles in the Drini Bay were distributed to the fishermen. These maps will...
The sea turtle “Sayda” was released in Tunisia!
On the occasion of the European Day of Nature 2000 and the International Day for Biological Diversity, the sea turtle Caretta caretta called "Sayda" was released after treatment and rehabilitation at the Center de First Aid from the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax....
Another loggerhead turtle arrives at the first aid center from Sfax!
In the frame of the Life Medturtles project: Arrival of the third loggerhead turtle "SALHA" at the first aid center at the Sfax Faculty of Sciences. They are grateful to their friend and collaborator the fisherman Mohamed Ben Hamida who brought the turtle after its...
New action from UVEG, this time to increase nests detection
New actions from UVEG: Talking to the municipalities of South Alicante province to increase detection of loggerhead turtle nests in the area, and delivering material to fishermen thanking their collaboration....
A new campaign with fishermen of UVEG team
A new campaign of UVEG team, in collaboration with Juan Eymar, from the regional government (Generalitat Valenciana), to acknowledge participation in the project LIFE MEDTURTLES of fishermen from the North of Castellón province, Valencia region, Spain. Very...
Ten turtles went back to the sea!
Last Saturday, thanks to the precious support of Dive Planet Rimini, Fondazione Cetacea released seven sea turtles treated over the past months at their Rescue Centre. Three others had been released on Friday, also at Rimini coast. Thanks to Stefano Paganelli of...
Fishermen’s awareness campaigns continues in Turkey
PSCA-DEKAMER team continues their training with fishermen as part of the LIFE Medturtles project. In the training, the team gives information about sea turtles and explains how to save turtles that are caught by accident during fishing. Finally, the team invites...
Sfax Faculty of Sciences meeting with fishermen (video)!
The Life Medturtles partner from Sfax Faculty of Sciences had made a video from their meeting with fishermen in the port of Chebba [video width="1280" height="720"...
The release season of 2021 (video)
On Saturday 24 April, Fondazione Cetacea released the first three sea turtles of 2021 into the sea: Antonio, Tigre, and Valentino!!! The three...
The Second turtle arrived at Sfax first aid center!
In the frame of the Life Medturtles project: Arrival of the Second loggerhead turtle "MALEK" at the first aid center at the Sfax Faculty of Sciences. We are grateful to the fisherman who brought the turtle after its accidental capture in his net. We would like also...
Beginning of sea turtle’s nesting season 2021
Starting the 2021 public awareness campaign to increase the detection and protection of loggerhead sea turtle nests in the Spain's Mediterranean coast, in collaboration with the local government of the Valencia region and NGO...
Sayda, the firts sea turtles recovered at the new first aid center of Sfax (Tunisia)
As a result of the awareness campaign carried out with fishermen by FSS in Tunisia, the first loggerhead turtle "Sayda" arrived at the new first aid center (created as part of Life Medturtles Project) where will receive all the necessary care, after being...
Awareness campaign with fishermen in Tunisia!
Awareness campaign and distribution of T-shirts, posters, and fisher kits to fishermen and menders at the port of Chebba in the frame of the Life MedTurtles project funded by the European Union and coordinated in Tunisia by the Sfax Faculty of Sciences. ...
First in-person meeting with fishermen in Tunisia!
The FSS first organized meeting with the fishermen of Chebba on 04/04/2021. A meeting with fruitful discussions and a lot of optimism and encouragement for the implementation of project actions. The team warmly thank all the fishermen who were present, the dean of...
Our partner in Tunisia also placed collection bins for ghost gear at Chebba port!
Placement of fins for collecting ghost gears in the port of Chebba. Thanks to the delegate of the city and to the captain of the port for their support and commitment.
PSCA will start the placement of Collection Boxes for ghost nets in Turkey (see video)!
Our future should not be caught in fishing nets! Ghost nets in the sea pose a major threat to marine life. Many species, especially sea turtles, get injured or even die by getting caught in ghost nets. In collaboration with fisheries cooperatives and diving...
Fondazione Cetacea fishermen interview campaign!
In early June 2020 Fondazione Cetacea, partner of the Life Medturtles project started its interview campaign for the collections of important data on the current panorama of the sea turtle population in the Adriatic Sea with fishermen operating in 9 target ports,...
PSCA continue the detection of ghost nets in Turkey!
Our project partner PSCA-DEKAMER is continuing discovery dives for detection #ghostnets in different coastal areas in Turkey. The team is also collecting abandoned longlines and marine litter in discovery dives. [video width="1270" height="720"...
Implementation of a first aid center for sea turtles in Sfax
Preparations for the first aid center for marine turtles at the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax as part of the Lifemedturtles project pending the official inauguration...
Stranded of loggerhead sea turtles in Tunisia
The Life MedTurtles Tunisia team moved today to the beach of Sidi Hmed Absa to examine the stranding of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in order to take the necessary samples. The information was received from a...
Network of sea turtles in Tunisia
In order to foster the national stranding network of sea turtles in Tunisia, a technical meeting was held on November 26th 2020 between the main National Partners. The discussion focused on the next steps to be followed based on successful synergies between the...
Another two loggerhead turtles released!
On the morning of 26th November 2020, Fondazione Cetacea brought back into the sea two turtles, Giuseppe and Alessandra. The first one is a young Caretta caretta recovered on 20 August 2020 by ENPA Lagosanto, which form Delta Rescue association, together with...
eTurtle App presentation
Within the framework of the Life Medturtles project, it was made an online meeting with the partner associations of the "SeaTuMed" Program, to present and promote the "eTurtle" application developed by the Life Euroturtles project. Thank you to all who were present...
Continues the interviews to fishermen in Spain
UVEG team continues the interviews to fishermen of the Valencia Region. This time in Gandía (Valencia) with fisherwomen (Dones de Tramuntana)
Golia’s transmitter still working!!
Golia on October 19 transmitted from Greece, and more precisely from Corfu. More than a year after Golia's release in Riccione (Italy), the transmitter continues to work!
Informative video about MedTurtles activities performed by Sfax Faculty of Sciences (Tunisia)
Sfax Faculty of Sciences (Tunisian partner of the Life MedTurtles project financed by the EU) : a video providing a brief idea about the Life Medturtles project and summarizing the work of the interviewers carried out in the main ports of the Gulf of Gabès...
Ghost net scanning activity in Turkey
LIFE Medturtles partner DEKAMER continues to negotiate with fishermens and underwater #GhostNet scanning and detection work has begun with...
Dermochelys coriacea captured accidentally in Kerkennah Island (Tunisia)
A Dermochelys coriacea was captured accidentally in Kerkennah island (Tunisia). FSS LifeMedturtles team was present to assist the necropsy and take measurements. ...
Release of six sea turtles into the Adriatic Sea, Rimini (Italy)
Yesterday, inside the public awareness action of the LIFE MEDTURTLES PROJECT, six sea turtles, recovered and rehabilitated by Fondazione Cetacea, were released at the coast of Rimini (Italy). This action involves the organization of public events, such releases, to...
Recovery of abandoned longline during fieldwork in Turkey
DEKAMER team is removing an abandoned longline from the sea during fieldwork. Abandoned fishing lines, ghost nets, and marine debris have a huge impact on marine life. Many creatures, including sea turtles, marine mammals, and birds, are entangled in these gears,...
Campaign of interviews with fishermen in Valencia Region
The UVEG team started the campaign of interviews to fishermen in the Valencia Region (East Spain). Great success reaching >80% of the fleet of one of the biggest ports in Alicante province, Santa Pola, with more than 50 trawlers and a big number of small...
Started in-water studies to understand the interactions between sea turtles and fisheries in Turkey
DEKAMER started in-water studies to understand the interactions between sea turtles and fisheries. They will work closely with fishermen within the LIFE MEDTURTLES project in the coming years.
UVEG closed an amazing nesting season in Spain’s Mediterranean coasts
We close an amazing nesting season in Spain's Mediterranean coasts with the study, by the UVEG team, of the nest laid in Cullera (Valencia) in July. About 10 nests and more than 20 nesting events, two nesting females tagged, many hatchlings released, and other to...
Loggerhead turtle hatchlings found in Murcia
Last Friday 11, the UVEG team moved to Murcia region (south of Valencia region) to assist regional authorities in the search of a loggerhead turtle nest in the beach where 2 hatchlings were found a week ago. We succeed by finding the nest, with other two live...
Tracking loggerhead turtles in Spain
Last July, the UVEG team, in collaboration with other Institutions, was able to tag a loggerhead nesting in Cullera (Valencia). As revealed by the track, the turtle went south, out of the region, trying to nest (without success) in Andalucia beaches (south Spain)....
Introductory meeting of project Life Medturtles and the work packages (Turkey)
Last week, DEKAMER held the introductory meeting of our project called Life MEDTURTLES and introduced the work packages. After the meeting, along with the field studies, we created public awareness by attaching the satellite tags to the sea turtles and releasing...
News about the sea turtle Golia route
The sea turtle Golia, released by Fondazione Cetacea in Riccione last October after an accidental catch in a fishing net, is spending the summer near the coasts of Emilia Romagna region, in the North Adriatic sea.
SEA TURTLE ALERT
The new campaign by Xaloc NGO and UVEG team to detect and protect hatchlings emerged from undetected nests over the season in East Spain. The time for the hatching of the possible nets of sea turtles no detected begins now. They usually hatch during the night,...
The UVEG team (Spain), in collaboration with other institutions, managed to tag two loggerhead turtles nesting in the Spanish coast this summer. Below the tracks so far. This action, with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition and the...
A NEST OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE IN CULLERA, VALENCIA!
Another nest in Spain. This time close to Valencia, at the beach of Cap Blanc, Cullera (Valencia Province). Last early morning a sport fisherman activated the nesting protocol calling the 112 to report the presence of a sea turtle. UVEG team (Universitat de...
The release of Allegra, within the project Life Medturtles
The release of Allegra, within the project Life Medturtles, in collaboration with the Coast Guard, recovered in Chioggia by WWF Veneto and cured at the clinic of Dr. Luciano Tarricone in Polesella and then at our CRTM in Riccione. Its return to the sea is the...
One more nest in Spain
UVEG team moved to La Manga del Mar Menor, in Murcia province, to assist local authorities in the finding and relocation of eggs. In situ incubation was dismissed due to the proximity of the clutch to the sea, in a very narrow and highly visited beach with...
Two loggerhead sea turtles return to the sea after months of healing in Fondazione Cetacea Rescue Center
Last Friday, after being cured in the sea turtle rescue center of Fondazione Cetacea, two specimens of Caretta caretta, which we had named Giulia II and Elisabetta, was released. The first was found floating adrift with a deep skull wound and severe neurological...
Campaign for detection of loggerhead turtle nests in Spain
More on the campaign for detection of loggerhead turtle nests in...
Implement sea turtle conservation in the Ferrara area (Italy)
DelTa Rescue is a working group that includes several associations and organizations in the Ferrara area (Emilia Romagna - North Adriatic - Italy) in order to rescue sea turtles and implement species conservation. Over 120 people participated last year in two...
BREAKING NEWS
News from the GSM transmitter of Golia, an adult male from Caretta caretta long more than 70 cm of carapace, released last October 24th after a short period of hospitalization in the Marine Turtle Recovery Center in Riccione of Fondazione Cetacea: Golia, after...
Campaign to protection of sea turtles nests on the beaches of Valencia
The COVID19 situation has delayed several actions of the project LIFE MEDTURTLES in Spain, but linked to the improvement of the situation we are moving forward. Starting to put in place the campaign designed by XALOC and the UVEG team (Universitat de València -...
NEW NESTING ATTEMPT BY A LOGGERHEAD TURTLE IN CALA DE LAS ESTACAS (ORIHUELA)
The second in the Valencia Region and the fifth nesting event in the Spanish Mediterranean this season. Yesterday night, a family was taking a walk at 1 a.m. by the promenade of La Cala de las Estacas, then they witnessed the nesting attempt of a loggerhead turtle...
Loggerhead sea turtle adult female released at Riccione’s beach
Our Italian partner Fondazione Cetacea released today a sea turtle on Riccione's beach. Since the beginning of the year, Fondazione Cetacea has released 7 adult turtles after recovery and cares in the Sea Turtles Rescue Center. All these turtle releases have been...
Meeting at the Port of Shëngjin – Albania
Our Albanian LIFEMEDTURTLES partner Herpetofauna Albanian Society held today a meeting at the Port of Shëngjin for the implementation of the act. C6 which aims the reduction of the impact of the ghost gears in sea turtles....
UVEG social media campaign
Today, the UVEG team and the NGO XALOC release the social media campaign aimed at increasing the loggerhead sea turtle nesting reports in our coasts, and also with the objective of informing how to act in case someone finds a turtles nesting on the beach. This is...
Start of the loggerhead nesting season in Albania
Our partner announced the start of the loggerhead nesting season in Albania. The first nest was recorded on June 8th at Semani beach, an area with no previous nesting...
NESTING SEASON ALSO STARTED IN SPAIN.
First loggerhead turtle track in a beach of Barcelona province (Northeast Spain). Lets...
Loggerhead sea turtle Golia
Golia is already reversing its course and is heading towards the Adriatic Sea!
News from the male loggerhead sea turtle Golia
Almost 7 months after having been released, the sea turtle Golia has been transmitting from the Greek coasts.
First Loggerhead turtle nest of the Mediterranean 2020
Our project partner Dekamer recorded the first Loggerhead turtle nest of the season this morning in Dalyan beach, Turkey.
Vehicle and laptops were purchased and a solar power system was established
PSCA-DEKAMER is one of the partners of LIFE MEDTURTLE project. They have been preparing the project equipment, documents, and planning the field studies since the start of the project. So far, two project assistants have joined the DEKAMER team, a vehicle and...
First record of a nesting activity of a Green Sea Turtle in Tunisia.
The video of hatchlings after emergency. ...
THE SEA TURTLE GOLIA IS MOVING SOUTH
The sea turtle Golia, released by Fondazione Cetacea in Riccione last October, is moving...
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