You can now read at the LIFE+ MarPro Workshop website, the abstracts of the presentations each speakers will give.

On the 25th of November, after about two months of rehabilitation at CRAM-Q (Marine Animals Rehabilitation Center of Quiaios), a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) was released about 14 miles off Portimão. At the time of release, it weighted 8.47kg and measured 38.1cm of straight carapace length.

For its involvement and experience, sharing and exchange of information with the fishing industry is considered essential. This second mini-documentary shows the involvement of the industry in the LIFE + MarPro Projec...

This first mini-documentary is a brief presentation of LIFE+ MarPro Target Species. These mini-documentaries will precede the final documentary, which will be aired at the LIFE+ Mar...

This, FREE REGISTRATION, participative workshop will be held at the APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo auditorium. The workshop will focus on the definition of conservation objectives for marine Natura 2000 sites and the incorporation of fisheries on managem...

One of LIFE+ MarPro project main objectives is the widening of the Natura 2000 Network in the marine environment. Over the last few years the project partners have been actively engaged in the elaboration of proposals aiming to define new areas in the open sea.

On the 21st of October, the first Kemp’s Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) to be rescued, rehabilitated and released in Portugal was returned to nature. This juvenile sea turtle was accidentally bycaught by a fishing vessel on the past 7th of July.

Today, the 24th of September, the 2015 MarPro Annual Aerial Census Campaign (cetaceans and seabirds monitoring) begun at the Portimão Airfield.

Read the Natura 2000 July Newsletter

You can watch the report “Observation of Whales and Dolphins in the Algarve” on the SIC Notícias official website.