Ready for the 5th training course for CRTM operators

On 24 and 25 September, the next course will be held in Favignana for the recovery and first aid operators in the TartaLife project. The course is organized by AMP Egadi partner.

The meeting, to involve center operators at all levels, will be divided into different moments that will focus on fundraising and fundraising opportunities with a meeting hosted by Enrico Fontana's Economist journalist in Legambiente, a theme well received by Centers, operational protocols and veterinary cases in order to encourage the exchange of good practice and comparison.

The start of the work is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, so that the island can be reached between Saturday and Sunday and will end on Monday afternoon.

See the course programme.

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