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...
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 will...
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