Sea turtle cove in Numana

Next saturday 25 of June at 10.30 in collaboration with Fondazione Cetacea, CNR and Numana Municipality

Saturday 25 in Numana the "Turtle Cove" will be launched. This area close to the "Spiaggiola di Numana" is a protected area where the turtles treated at the Cetacea Foundation hospital in Riccione can regain confidence with the sea, before being released definitively. The turtles released in the cove are exemplary captured and incidentally wounded in professional fishing.

The Cove, a real convalescent area for turtles, is a confined area where tourists can enjoy the wonderful swimming of these animals in a semi-free environment. The cove, promoted by the Marche regional network for sea turtle conservation and Cetacea Foundation, is strongly supported by the Numana Municipality (local administration) and represents a unique case in the Italian. Within the TartaLife project, funded by the European Commission through the bottom LIFE + NATURE 2012 and coordinated by the CNR-ISMAR of Ancona, a fruitful collaboration was activated which has rendered and will again this year to conduct research to learn more about these magnificent animals and to develop methodologies to help protect the species.

For all those who will attend the inauguration of the bay and the release of the first specimens of sea turtle the event is scheduled for Saturday, 25 of June

articolo_corriere_adriatico.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