This Week in Sea Turtles: TWiST 8: Morocco & Gabon

Hot topics in sea turtle research and conservation.

Manjula regales us with tales from recent trips to Morocco and Gabon and brings us up to date on sea turtle activities in those countries.

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Hosts: Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey and Manjula Tiwari

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Topics

Morocco field visits (nesting, strandings, bycatch)
Mauritania
Cape Verde
Canary Islands
Gabon
TEDs workshop
NMFS training and technology transfer
Testing TEDs

Morocco

Manjula Tiwari (Research Scientist, NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, USA ), Mustapha Aksissou (Professor, University of Tetouan) and Said Semmoumy (Biologist, National Institute for Fisheries Research, Casablanca) on top of the range rover from where they had to survey all of Plage Blanche.

Said Semmoumy measuring a stranded loggerhead at Plage Blanche

Kenza Ouakka (left, Biologist, National Institute for Fisheries Research, Laayoune), Manjula Tiwari (center), and Mustapha Aksissou (right) surveying Saharan beaches.

Said Semmoumy and Tabit (right-Chauffeur, National Institute for Fisheries Research, Casablanca) surveying the coastline of southern Morocco.

Not pictured, Hakim Mesfoui, Chef de Centre, National Institute for Fisheries Research, Laayoune.

Gabon

TED Experts, John Michell from NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, USA (left) and Marc Meillat from IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) demonstarting how TEDS work at the Gabonese Fishing Ministry

The audience learning about TEDs from John and Marc.

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