MEDASSET is an international nonprofit organisation working to protect marine and coastal habitats in the Mediterranean, with sea turtles as our flagship species.
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Our team works passionately to help slow down the rate of marine biodiversity loss around the Mediterranean, so that sea turtles and all forms of marine life are no longer threatened with extinction.
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Citizen Science!
The active involvement of citizens in scientific research is crucial for sufficient data collection. New technologies, like mobile applications, allow citizens to actively participate in environmental research and conservation.
With SEAlly© mobile app, sea lovers can easily record sea turtle and/or shark sightings in the Mediterranean Sea!
Now, the protection of the species is in your hands!
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MedBycatch Cartoons Flipbook
In the framework of the MedBycatch project we have created a series of comic strips to attempt to tell... read more →
October 20, 2021
“Fighting” for turtles! A Story of Conservation from the Mediterranean!
As the last sea turtle nests are about to hatch along the Mediterranean coastline, a tribute to those working... read more →
October 6, 2021
MedBycatch project: Making progress with mitigation trials in Turkey!
Presenting one of the longest coastlines, which supports the livelihood of one of the largest fishing fleets within the... read more →
October 5, 2021
T-PVS/Files (2021) 62. Update Report. Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Conservation Monitoring in Fethiye and Patara SPAs, Turkey.
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 13 August 2021 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
September 17, 2021
T-PVS/Files(2021)19. Follow-up of Recommendation No. 9 (1987) of the standing committee on the protection of Caretta Caretta in Laganas bay, Zakynthos (Greece)
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 13 August 2021 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
September 9, 2021
T-PVS/Files(2021)32. Threats to marine turtles in Thines Kiparissias (Greece)
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 13 August 2021 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
September 9, 2021
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