Jul 4, 2024 | NEWS
Ghost nets are fishing nets left underwater intentionally or unintentionally, and are a significant threat to sea turtles in the Mediterranean Sea, entangling and often injuring or killing these marine creatures. Here is an informative video produced by the DEKAMER...
Jun 12, 2024 | NEWS
Ghost nets refer to fishing nets that are deliberately or accidentally left underwater. Many of these ghost nets do not decompose in nature and negatively impact marine biodiversity. These ghost nets also pose a threat to sea turtles; they can entangle the...
Apr 2, 2021 | NEWS
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 centers,...
Mar 14, 2021 | NEWS
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....
Oct 30, 2020 | NEWS
LIFE Medturtles partner DEKAMER continues to negotiate with fishermens and underwater #GhostNet scanning and detection work has begun with scooters.
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