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Infoday in Favignana

First Infoday organized by the partner MPA Egadi Islands
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Brian and Cristina released in Cesenatico

The two turtles rescued in the Fondazione Cetacea centre have been released onboard the bottom trawler RIMAS
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Next Infoday in Viareggio

Ready for the Info Day in Viareggio on April 18th.
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Young turtle rescued by TartaLife

The stranded turtle was critically endangered
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Acciaroli: fisherman saves a turtle caught in a longline

Fisherman attended the TartaLife training on the sea turtle rescue procedures
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Identikit of fishermen based on TartaLife results

Primi risultati ottenuti dal questionario sottoposto a 539 pescatori di 13 Regioni
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Project 'Tartalife' to start next fishing cruise

The last set of trials to test options for reducing turtle by-catch will be starting the next end of February in Ancona (North Adriatic Sea), on board the CNR-ISMAR R/V "G. Dallaporta"
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Info Day a Porto Torres

Appuntamento il 4 febbraio, presso il Museo del Porto di Porto Torres per il primo Info Day del progetto TartaLife in Sardegna sulla tutela e conservazione della Caretta caretta nel Mediterraneo
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Cesenatico: marine turtles delivered to Fondazione Cetacea

Bottom trawler Rimas (Cesenatico) incidentally caught six turtles and actively collaborated for their survival.
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TartaLife meets Cilento's fishermen

The next Infoday Saturday 31 January at 10.30 in Pioppi, Museo del Mare

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