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TartaLife meets Manfredonia's fishermen

A new infoday has been performed in Manfredonia the 24th of January to disseminate information aobut scope, workplan and challenges of the Tartalife project.
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Six turtles entangled in a passive net in Cervia

Italian Coast Guard retrieved a net close to the Cervia harbour where six turtles Caretta caretta between 35 and 60 cm carapce length have been entangled
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Caretta caretta rescued in Marano Lagunare

Two turtles rescued in Marano Lagunare by fishermen, who attended the infoday workshop focusing on first aid procedures for turtles being caught.
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Third sea cruise TED

CNR-ISMAR Ancona carried out the third sea cruise for the set up Turtle Excluder Device (TED) between 13th and 20th of October 2014 in the middle Adriatic Sea.
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TartaLife at the Festival Adriatico-Mediterraneo

TartaLife project will be introduced during the Festival Adriatico-Mediterraneo
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Infodays go on

In May TartaLife was introduced in the Lampedusa, Porto Cesareo and Molfetta harbours.
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Tartalife at sea on May 2014 for testing new TEDs (turtle excluder devices)

Furhter set of sea trials on board the R/V "G. Dallaporta" to test new TEDs (Turtle excluder devices)
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Ravenna: training course for sea turtle recovering procedures

The first training course for sea turtle recovering procedures will be held in Ravenna the 7th of May.
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Online the questionnaire for fishermen

On-line the questionnaire for fishermen for the information and feedbacks collection about unwanted catch of sea turtles.
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Launch of the first infodays

Since 28 of January 2014 many infodays have been organized to disseminate information aobut scope, workplan and chellenges of the Tartalife project. The infodays represented also the opportunity to spread out information on low impact fishing techniques and to involve fisherman and people interested in the project.

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