Fishermen’s Alert Leads to Successful Sea Turtle Rescue by LIFE Medturtles and HAS Team
The LIFE Medturtles project staff received a report from fishermen using cell phones provided by the Herpetofauna Albanian Society about a sea turtle found on the coast. The HAS team responded immediately and rescued the turtle, transporting it to the Sea Turtle...
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 brought...
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...
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