MEDASSET
Monitoring & Conservation of Important Sea Turtle Feeding Grounds in the Patok Area of Albania 2008-2010
Following our 2005 Rapid Assessment of the Albanian coast for sea turtles and monk seals, in 2008 we launched a three-year scientific project to study sea turtles in the Patok Area of Albania. The project also included local awareness raising, training of local researchers and a pollution survey. Each summer (June-September) researchers studied sea turtles with the help of the local fishermen who caught them incidentally in their fishing gear. The level of bycatch in trawlers (background) remains unknown.
Copyright ©MEDASSET 2008-10
Find out more about the important results of this pioneer project at www.medasset.org
Project partners included the University of Tirana, Albania; University of Adnan Menderes-Department of Biology, Turkey; Herpetofauna Albanian Society; and ECAT–Tirana.
The project was funded by MEDASSET, the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grant Programme (GEF/SGP), the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), the United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP), the British Chelonia Group (BCG), the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation (Greece), the Spear Charitable Trust (UK) and the Panton Trust (UK).
Monitoring & Conservation of Important Sea Turtle Feeding Grounds in the Patok Area of Albania 2008-2010
Following our 2005 Rapid Assessment of the Albanian coast for sea turtles and monk seals, in 2008 we launched a three-year scientific project to study sea turtles in the Patok Area of Albania. The project also included local awareness raising, training of local researchers and a pollution survey. Each summer (June-September) researchers studied sea turtles with the help of the local fishermen who caught them incidentally in their fishing gear. The level of bycatch in trawlers (background) remains unknown.
Copyright ©MEDASSET 2008-10
Find out more about the important results of this pioneer project at www.medasset.org
Project partners included the University of Tirana, Albania; University of Adnan Menderes-Department of Biology, Turkey; Herpetofauna Albanian Society; and ECAT–Tirana.
The project was funded by MEDASSET, the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grant Programme (GEF/SGP), the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), the United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP), the British Chelonia Group (BCG), the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation (Greece), the Spear Charitable Trust (UK) and the Panton Trust (UK).