Two of the world’s seven species of sea turtles breed in the Mediterranean, and their nesting distribution is the result of several preglacial and postglacial colonization events. Crossing over the sea’s deepest recorded point of 5,267 meters (3.3 miles) in the Ionian Sea, he would then take a trip to Croatia in the far north of the cold Adriatic Sea and would circumnavigate the Italian peninsula to complete his tour in Spain, having traveled some 11,700 kilometers (7,270 miles). Continuing westward, he’d pass between Cyprus and Turkey to continue along the southern coasts of Crete (Greece). Now he’d turn north, traveling through the Levant from Israel to Syria, passing zones of human conflict where turtle conservationists must watch out for more than just turtle nests on the beaches. He would continue past the endless beaches of Libya and go by Egypt, where the Suez Canal allows Lessepsian fauna and flora migrants to enter from the Red Sea. By now our hypothetical turtle would have gotten used to the high salinity (over 38 practical salinity units) caused by an imbalance between water gain through river inflow and loss through high evaporation.
Characterized by beautiful natural and cultural heritage sites and by rich biodiversity, the Mediterranean is also a troubled and overexploited sea, where sea turtles have a hard time coping with high fishing pressure, gas and oil development, major cross-continental maritime traffic, beachfront and other habitat impacts, and widespread marine pollution.Ī turtle’s journey around the Mediterranean, following the main counterclockwise surface currents, would begin at the in flow from the Atlantic that passes through the 14-kilometer-wide (less than 9 miles) Strait of Gibraltar, then along the coast of North Africa starting in Morocco, passing between Tunisia and Malta, and moving into the eastern basin. On top of that, the Mediterranean basin is by far the largest global tourism destination, attracting almost a third of the world’s international tourists every year. In an area bounded by Europe on its northern shores, Asia to the east, and Africa to the south, sea turtles share their relatively small home (2.5 million square kilometers, or about 1 million square miles) with more than 150 million people who live along the coasts of 20 countries and two island nations. The Mediterranean Sea is a bountiful yet dangerous place for sea turtles. FULLER, IMED JRIBI, YAKUP KASKA, YANIV LEVY, FULVIO MAFFUCCI, DIMITRIS MARGARITOULIS, CARMEN MIFSUD, ALIKI PANAGOPOULOU, JACQUES SACCHI, JESÚS TOMÁS, OĞUZ TÜRKOZAN, and ALAN REES A SEA OF BOUNTY AND DANGER If you have questions or comments about please contact you have questions or comments about the website please contact the webmaster.By SANDRA HOCHSCHEID, MUSTAPHA AKSISSOU, THOMAS ARAPIS, MOULOUD BENABDI, LIZA BOURA, ANNETTE BRODERICK, LUIS CARDONA, CARLOS CARRERAS, FRANÇOISE CLARO, ANDREAS DEMETROPOULOS, WAYNE J. SEATURTLE.ORG collaborates with Argos to help scientists and conservationists manage and analyse their valuable animal tracking data.Ĭopyright © All rights reserved. Warning: Violation of these Terms will result in sanctions such as informing employers and funding agencies of the offending individual or group and/or publishing statements online, in the popular press and peer-reviewed journals, notifying the While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. Not to hold SEATURTLE.ORG liable for errors in the data.To cite both the data provider and SEATURTLE.ORG appropriately after approval of use is obtained.Not to use or refer to data contained in SEATURTLE.ORG in any publication, product, or commercial application without prior written consent of the data owner.Please review our Terms of Use before continuing.īy accepting this document and using SEATURTLE.ORG the user agrees to the following: If you have been offered a SEATURTLE.ORG tracked turtle by purchasing something from Turtle's Journey or The Wildlife Charm they have used SEATURTLE.ORG turtle tracking information without our permission. Companies, possibly operating under a variety of names, are selling products online and using SEATURTLE.ORG's turtle tracking maps as a perk to buyers.
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