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...
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 İnceler.
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,...
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....
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