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December 11, 2013: Bern Convention, Council of Europe: 3-6 December 2013 For the 25th year in succession, MEDASSET attended the Standing Committee Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, the Bern Convention, in Strasbourg, France. The following sea turtle conservation problems in the Mediterranean were discussed: Kyparissia Bay (Peloponnese, Greece): In summer 2013 there were more than 1,300 loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests in Southern Kyparissia Bay. Zakynthos, which is considered the Mediterranean’s most important nesting beach, had 1,000 (ARCHELON data). Although the area has been a European Union (EU)...
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Author: White, M., L. Boura and L. Venizelos Date: 2013 Journal: Chelonian Conservation and Biology: December 2013, Vol. 12, No. 2 Page number(s): pp283-292
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Author: White, M., L. Boura and L. Venizelos Date: 2013 Journal: Chelonian Conservation and Biology: December 2013, Vol. 12, No. 2 Page number(s): pp283-292
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In May 2012, MEDASSET joined forces with OCEAN2012, a coalition of over 170 European NGOs, whose mission is to ensure that the reform of the European Union Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) stops overfishing, ends destructive fishing practices, and delivers fair and equitable use of fish stocks for local communities that depend on them for their livelihoods. While the CFP reform does not explicitly refer to affected non-fish species, like sea turtles, its provisions to reduce discards and bycatch will have indirect benefits for sea turtles. Bycatch kills an estimated 44,000 turtles...
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[media animation="none" link="" image="3769"]15 January 2013: The Athens International Airport and MEDASSET welcome travellers and airport visitors to the Poster Exhibition “Inspired by the Marine Environment,” celebrating 25 years of MEDASSET’s environmental and conservation work. This is MEDASSET’s third exhibition at the airport, and it offers a view of marine life through the eyes of talented graphic design students. MEDASSET, in cooperation with AKTO College of Art and Design, held a design competition during November and December 2012. All designs were required to promote the need to protect the Mediterranean Sea while raising public awareness of the degradation of the...
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Author: Nada, M.A., L. Boura, K. Grimanis, G. Schofield, M. A. El-Alwany, N. Noor, M. M. Ommeran, B. Rabia Date: 2013 Journal: A report by MEDASSET, Suez Canal University and Nature Conservation Egypt Page number(s): 79pp
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Author: Venizelos, L., & J. Ioannou. Date: 2013 Journal: In: J. Blumenthal, A. Panagopoulou and A.F. Rees (eds) Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-640. Page number(s): -
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Author: White, M., I. Haxhiu, L. Boura, X. Gerdeci, E. Kararaj, M. Mitro, L. Petri, D. Perkeqi, P. Robinson, M. Rumano, E. Sacdanaku, B. Trezhnjevna, B. Vrenosi & L. Venizelos. Date: 2013 Journal: In: J. Blumenthal, A. Panagopoulou and A.F. Rees (eds) Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-640 Page number(s): p.104
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Author: White, M., I. Haxhiu, E. Kararaj, D. Perkeqi, L. Petri, E. Sacdanaku, L. Boura & L. Venizelos. Date: 2013 Journal: In: J. Blumenthal, A. Panagopoulou and A.F. Rees (eds). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-640 Page number(s): p. 73
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Author: White, M., I. Haxhiu, E. Kararaj, D. Perkeqi, L. Petri, E. Sacdanaku, L. Boura & L. Venizelos. Date: 2013 Journal: In: J. Blumenthal, A. Panagopoulou and A.F. Rees (eds). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-640 Page number(s): p. 73
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