Save the date 21st of May: 25° Anniversary of LIFE Programme and EU Habitat Directive

TartaLife will partecipate to "European Natura 2000 Day", 25° Anniversary of the LIFE Programme and EU Habitat Directive.

TartaLife project, financed by the European Commission through the Life+ financial instrument and coordinated by the Institute of Marine Sciences of the National Research Council of Ancona (CNR-ISMAR), will host the European Natura 2000 day with a series of events open to the entire population, which will explain the issues related to marine turtles, the project activities and the benefits achieved through the efforts of the European Union through the LIFE program.

In more detail, the European Natura 2000 day will involve a series of meetings and activities with tourists, together with the release of marine turtles rescued during winter at the TartaLife rescue centers.

The activities will be carried out at: AMP (Marine Protected Area) Isole Egadi (Favignana), Fondazione Cetacea Marine Turtle Rescue Center (Riccione), Marine Turtle Rescue Center Legambiente (Manfredonia), Marine Animals Rescue Center PN (National Park) Asinara

TartaLife project aims at reducing sea turtle mortality by reducing bycatches caused by pelagic longline, bottom trawl and fixed nets disseminating circle hooks and TEDs (Turtle Excluder Devices) and testing UV lamps as deterrent for Sea Turtles and a new type of pot. The second goal is to reduce post-capture mortality, by training fishermen and strengthening the Marine turtles First Aid/Rescue Centres.

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objective

reduction of sea turtle mortality in the professional fishing

project in brief

The conservation of Caretta caretta, a priority species included in App. II/IV of the Habitat Directive and protected in various international Conventions, has been representing a strategic issue for the whole Mediterranean basin, with professional fishing being the main threat for the survival of marine turtles: every year about 130000 turtles can be accidentally caught accidentally in the Mediterranean.

The project TartaLife, involving all 15 Italian regions overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, aims at reducing:
- bycatches caused by pelagic longline, bottom trawl and fixed nets by disseminating technical innovations of the fishing gears;
- post-capture mortality through trainings for fishermen and strengthening the marine turtles First Aid/Rescue Centres

TartaLife project

Life+ programme

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental policy and legislation by co-financing pilot or demonstration projects with European added value.

LIFE began in 1992 and to date there have been four complete phases of the programme (LIFE I: 1992-1995, LIFE II: 1996-1999, LIFE III: 2000-2006 and LIFE+: 2007-2013). During this period, LIFE has co-financed some 3954 projects across the EU, contributing approximately €3.1 billion to the protection of the environment.

Life+ programme