Caretta-Caretta

Twenty years after the Greece’s first referral to the European Court of Justice for failing to adopt protection status for caretta-caretta sea turtles, the general prosecutor of the European court suggested on Thursday, February 18 that Greece be condemned...

Residents in the picturesque coastal town of Nafplio, in east Peloponnese, Greece, on Friday rescued another endangered Caretta caretta sea turtle that was found injured and unable to swim near the beach of Karathonas. This was the second such...

The recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) to condemn Greece for the operation of a landfill within the National Marine Park of Zakynthos, did not come as a surprise, notes the Mediterranean Association...

The European Court condemned Greece for not providing adequate protection to endangered sea turtles of the caretta caretta species. More specifically, the court focused on a dump found inside the maritime national park of the island of Zakynthos, which has been part...

An injured caretta-caretta turtle was found on Monday in the straits of Kalama river, northwestern Greece. The injured loggerhead turtle was transferred to the Greek Sea Turtle Protection Society, "ARCHELON" by Igoumenitsa Intercity. It is the second injured sea turtle that has...

The first nest of the Caretta-Caretta sea turtle of this season was located early on Monday in west Secania, Zakynthos, Greece, by volunteers of the Organisation Archelon, with the first hatchlings expected in 50-60 days. Two previous attempts had been made by turtles...

Environmental groups have issued an emergency warning on behalf of the endangered sea turtle species Caretta Caretta, which is about to enter its egg-laying period, with one of its main Peloponnese nesting sites, Kyparissiakos Bay, seriously at risk. Although Greece has been hauled before European...

Greece will be called before the European Court of Justice for "failing to provide adequate protection" at nesting sites of the endangered Caretta caretta loggerhead sea turtle in the southern Ionian Sea. The case mainly concerns Kyparissia Bay, situated in the Western Peloponnese,...

Another dead Caretta-Caretta sea turtle, the fourth within June, was  spotted on the morning of June 25 by a fisherman in Amvrakikos bay. According to port officials, it is difficult to determine whether the mammal’s death was due to...