Save the date 14 January - New Course for operators of CRTM

Saturday, January 14 will be held in Manfredonia the 4th Course for operators of the CRTM. The theme will focus on methods for monitoring and intervention of sea turtles emergence and hatching.

Saturday, January 14 will be held in Manfredonia the 4th Course for operators of the CRTM. The event will be hosted at the Center for Recovery of Marine Turtles Manfredonia, Oasis Lake Salso, Manfredonia (FG). The theme will focus on methods for monitoring and intervention of sea turtle emergence and hatching sea turtle. Speakers include:

Gianni Furii, Scientific responsible CRTM Manfredonia,
Michele Conoscitore, fisherman of the navy of Manfredonia
Toni Mingozzi, Department of Biology, ecology and earth sciences, University of Calabria

Attached the poster.

tartalife_corso_14.01.16.pdf

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