MARINAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO , assigned to the project “Turtle on board” from 2016

Since the year 2016, the Mediterranean marine group, in its commitment to the environment and your environment, is sticking to the project “Turtles on Board”, an initiative to encourage the recovery of specimens of turtles that are caught by accident during the daily work of fishermen.

“Turtles on Board”  creates a protocol of action involving fishermen; when they climb the turtle aboard their boat, the 112 of the situation. Already in the port, fishermen leave the turtle in tanks installed for this purpose until technical staff arrive to move the animal to a recovery center for treatment.

Adherence to such projects is vital to the balance of the marine ecosystem. Sea turtles are endangered animals and play an important ecological role in the seas. These animals help, For example, to maintain the good condition of the waters by consuming sick or dead animals. Six of the seven species of sea turtle have been described off the Coast of Spain: Caretta caretta or boba (the most abundant), Lute, verde, Lora, carey and olive. Accidental capture is a problem for biodiversity balance.

The three ports of the Mediterranean Marine Group have the necessary facilities to receive rescued turtles.

The project is coordinated by the Doñana Biological Station of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (Csic) and has the co-financing of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the European Fisheries Fund, and with the collaboration of the Public Port Agency of Andalusia and the Andalusian Federation of Fishermen's Guilds.