ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Session

Education, Outreach, and Advocacy #2

Time:

Thursday, 27/Mar/2025:

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Damaris Marin-Smith
Session Chair: Sabrina Caitlin Mashburn
Session Chair: Anna Antonia Ortega
Session Chair: Daniela Rojas
Session Chair: Anna Stamatiou

Location: Omari Hall

Session Topics:

Education, Outreach, and Advocacy

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

10:30am - 10:45am

BRIDGING LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONSERVATION: THE INTERNATIONAL SEA TURTLE AMBASSADORS (ISTA) PROGRAM AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATIVE IMPACT

Yvette Fernández

Inwater Research Group, United States of America

10:45am - 11:00am

LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION

Marlene Djoumessi, Xavier Ndjamo

Tube Awu, Cameroon

11:00am - 11:15am

IMPROVING BUILDING CAPACITY OF WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TECHNICIANS ON SEA TURTLE NESTING MANAGEMENT IN A RECORD TIME: PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN CABO VERDE (AFRICA), AN INITIATIVE OF LIFE TURTLENEST PROJECT

Elena Abella^1,5, Fulvio Maffucci², Chiara Mancino³, Federica Barbera⁴, Katia Freire⁵, Samir Martins⁵, Katelene de Jesus Sanches Monteiro⁵, Nelson da Luz Frederico Semedo⁵, Diana Nadine Mendes Semedo⁵, Mireia Aguilera¹, Irene Álvarez de Quevedo¹

¹BETA Tech Center, TECNIO Network, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). C. de Roda 70, 08500, Vic, Spain; ²Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. Villa comunale, 80121, Napoli, Italy; ³Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", University of Rome "La Sapienza". Viale dell'Università 32, 00185, Roma, Italy; ⁴Legambiente Nazionale APS, Ufficio Aree Protette e Biodiversità. Rete Associativa – ETS. Via Salaria 403, 00199, Roma, Italy; ⁵BIOS Cabo Verde. Non-Profit Organization, Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development. Praça Santa Isabel, Sal Rei, Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

11:15am - 11:30am

LHAVIYANI TURTLE FESTIVAL

L. Daniela Caballero-Encinales, Lorraine Aldridge, Mohamed Ahmed Fulhu

Atoll Marine Conservation Centre

11:30am - 11:45am

ENHANCING MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION IN JORDANIAN GULF OF AQABA: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING BYCATCH AND BUILDING AWARENESS AMONG FISHERS AND MARINE PERSONNEL

Abeer Hisham Bilbeisi¹, Hamed Mallat²

¹Jordan Society for the Conservation of Turtles & Tortoises (JSCT), Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; ²Association Kratten du Développement Durable de la Culture et du Loisir,AKDDCL, Kerkennah islands,3055, Tunisia

11:45am - 12:00pm

ADDRESSING BYCATCH THROUGH FISHERMEN’S WIVES AND CHILDREN IN THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO

Wafae Benhardouze¹, Mustapha Aksissou², John Dutton³, Manjula Tiwari⁴

¹University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of Science, Tetouan, Morocco; ²University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of Science, Tetouan, Morocco; ³Ocean Ecology Network, California, USA; ⁴Ocean Ecology Network, California, USA