Author: L. Venizelos
Date: 2002
Journal: Testudo, The Journal of the British Chelonia Group, 5(4)
Page number(s): 31-36
Sep
01
Sep
01
Author: N. Newbury, M. Khalil, L. Venizelos
Date: 2002
Journal: Zoology in the Middle East, 27
Page number(s): 47-60
Aug
14
Journal: T-PVS/Files (2015) 29.
Author: MEDASSET
Date: 21 August 2015.
Pages: 7 pages
Aug
07
Jul
24
Our project “Wiki Loves Sea Turtle Monuments" has reached a significant milestone, as it now includes photos from six of the seven continents! In addition, an interactive monuments map has been created.
Jul
23
On June 30th, 2015, the Marine Turtle Research Group in conjunction with Exeter University, MEDASSET, other partners and sponsors, released five green sea turtles from Alagadi beach in north Cyprus in order to track them via satellite. Before: why satellite track at all? Since 1998, the Marine Turtle Conservation Project (MTCP) has tracked a total of 22 individual turtles in the Mediterranean, effectively discovering important foraging areas for these marine species in the region. Now: what have we learned from satellite tracking? With each turtle that is tracked, the scientists take a tissue sample from the animal to analyze and also to record the stable isotope ratios present. What does chemistry have to do with satellite tracking? These stable isotope ratios present in the bodies of each animal come from the organic matter that they ingest and are then stored in the cells of their body. Each particular ratio of carbon and nitrogen isotopes is indicative of a particular foraging area; because of geographically unique properties and peculiarities of each region, these foraging areas can be identified by these isotopic indicators. From all of the previous tracking projects, they have successfully labeled each foraging area with its particular isotopic proportion. […]
Jul
21
When your message in a bottle washes up on a beach after days upon the rolling seas, you want it to land on the sparkling and pristine sands of Grecian paradise. You don’t want it to arrive amidst the detritus of crumpled soda cans, soiled plastic bags, gnarled plastic rings, and other refuse and ocean rejects that populate so many beaches.
Jun
05
MEDASSET and Healthy Seas have joined forces in the battle against marine litter. To this aim we have established partnerships with three fishermen associations in Attica who have began collecting their useless nets so they can be processed and reconstituted to make ECONYL ® yarn, a high-quality raw material that can be used to create new products, such as socks, swimwear or carpets.
Jun
04
Egyptian authorities recently confiscated sea turtles that were being illegally traded by fishmongers in Alexandria’s fish markets.
Jun
02
Egyptian authorities recently confiscated sea turtles that were illegally traded by fishmongers in Alexandria’s fish markets. Sea turtles are endangered species and their trade or consumption is prohibited by law in Egypt and throughout the Mediterranean.