Le 28 février les membres de l’UICN RIM se sont réunis pour la mise en place d’un comité national. Ce comité a pour but d’aider ces organisations à travailler en synergie et en conformité avec le programme de l’UICN pour la conservation de la nature en RIM.
✅ 40 fisheries observers, 3 staff from the Vessel Monitoring System unit + 1 statistical data manager were trained last week in the Gambia on protocols for collecting data on the incidental catches of seabirds 🐦 and sea turtles 🐢 in industrial fisheries.
@MavaFdn #bycatch
L’ascension fulgurante de Cheikh Bamba Dieng 🇸🇳 :
• 10 février 2021 : débuts et premier but en professionnel
• 6 février 2022 : vainqueur de la #CAN2021#TeamOM#SENEGY
🎣 We visited the port of Dakar today to celebrate #WorldFisheriesDay raising awareness among fishing stakeholders on the sea turtles and seabirds #bycatch that threatens not only the ecosystem but also affects the fishermen's livelihoods🐦🐢🌊
@MavaFdn @prcmarine@BirdLifeMarine
Thanks to the project "Minimizing bycatch of seabirds 🐧 and sea turtles 🐢 in West African industrial fisheries" observers who will soon embark fishing vessels 🚢 are being trained by @SEO_BirdLife 📊 Thanks Ngoné Diop for your help!
@IRBioUB@UniBarcelona@BiologiaUB
1⃣ Six out of the seven #seaturtle 🐢 species in the world are classified as either Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered in the @IUCNRedList
Five of them are found in West Africa. Follow this thread to know more about these endangered species #WorldSeaTurtleDay 🐢👇🏿
🐢Hawksbill Turtles, which have a mouth like a beak, feed on a variety of marine sponges that release toxics components that can kill corals. By preventing these sponges from overgrowing, the turtles allow some of the slower-growing corals to grow. #WorldTurtleDay🐢
🐢Leatherback Turtles, specialize in eating jellyfish, ensuring that their populations are kept in balance. If jellyfish populations increased uncontrollably, they would feed on many larval fish, resulting in a reduction of fish populations in our oceans. #WorldTurtleDay🐢
🐢What do you know about sea #turtles? As we celebrate #WorldTurtleDay, we will publish some curiosities about this threatened animal that we must protect
You can start by reading this article about our sea turtle conservation efforts➡️ https://t.co/ZeqjMIEUuV
📸Belle Co
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“No seabird will be able to make their case at the European Parliament today, and yet, they are the first local fishermen suffering from the impact of EU industrial fishing in West Africa” Yann Tremblay, @ird_fr scientist mapping seabird/fishing vessels interactions #oceanalert