We present the first research carried out on a large spatio-temporal scale (324 km) on sea
turtle strandings during a 24-year period (1998–2022) in northwestern Morocco. A total of …

The Moroccan port of Tangier along the Strait of Gibraltar holds a very strategic position
biologically, and fisheries and sea turtle populations inevitably interact in this region. The …

Between December 2015 and December 2017 a total of 63 sea turtles were recorded as
being stranded along the Algerian coast. The loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta was the …

Spatio‐temporal distribution and anthropogenic mortality factors were investigated in
loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) found stranded or floating in the waters around Italy. A …

The present study is a detailed analysis of sea turtle strandings over a 36-year period (1978–
2013) along the Portuguese mainland coast. Out of the 806 stranded individuals, the …

Over the past decades, sea turtles in the Mediterranean are faced with increasing threats to
their survival. Most of the threats at sea originate from fisheries interaction (Margaritoulis et …

The fishing effort and turtle catch of vessels harbouring at Lampedusa island and fishing in
the wider central Mediterranean area was monitored using a voluntary logbook programme …

Andalusia (South of Spain) is the European region where the Mediterranean Sea and the
Atlantic Ocean connect. It is also an important area for the conservation of both the Atlantic …

Sea turtles were targeted by fisheries in the Mediterranean from 1920 to 1970 and have
undergone severe exploitation. At least 30,000 to 40,000 turtles were caught along the …

Álvarez de Quevedo, I., Cardona, L., De Haro, A., Pubill, E., and Aguilar, A. 2010. Sources of
bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles in the western Mediterranean other than drifting longlines …