The
Report of the Fifth Meeting of the IOSEA
Signatory States is now available in hard
copy format, supplementing the online
version that has been available on the
website (under IOSEA
Meetings) since October. The report
summarises the interesting discussions
that took place in Bali, Indonesia, from
20-23 August 2008, and includes an overview
of IOSEA MoU implementation progress.
More »
Kélonia
and IFREMER, in association with fishermen,
are studying the migration of accidentally
caught marine turtles in order to better
understand and decrease marine turtle
bycatch. As part of the programme, marine
turtles are equipped with a satellite
tracking device to record their trajectory
and diving profile on a daily basis. More »
With
funding from the Convention on Migratory
Species (CMS), a small research project
is set to begin in January 2009 to compile
published and unpublished information
on marine turtle conservation in the Western
Indian Ocean. The six-month project will
be supervised by Dr. Ronel Nel (Chair
of the Western Indian Ocean - Marine Turtle
Task Force) and administered through the
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
in South Africa. More »
Two
key countries for sea turtle conservation
in the Indian Ocean have joined the ranks
of the IOSEA Marine Turtle Memorandum
of Understanding. Representatives of France
and Mozambique signed the MoU on 5 December
2008, during the meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory
Species (CMS), held in Rome, Italy. More »
FROM THE SECRETARIAT
After a hectic late November / December,
the new year begins on a fairly quiet
note here in Bangkok (fortunately) and
apparently elsewhere around the Indian
Ocean and South-East Asia, judging from
the reduced e-mail traffic over the last
few weeks.
Just a brief mention of a few things to
watch for in the coming weeks:
The
Coordinator will be attending a Technical
Workshop on Minimizing Sea Turtle Interactions
in Coastal Net Fisheries, in Honolulu,
later this month; as well as the 29th
Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology &
Conservation (ISTS) in Brisbane in mid-February,
where he will make a presention during
one of the plenary sessions.
Plans to organise a Strategic Planning
Session for IOSEA over two days just prior
to the ISTS are progressing well (13-14
February, by invitation). This is a reminder
to invited participants to send their
requested feedback as soon as possible.
As always we look forward to receiving
your feature articles, longer profiles
and other news to share with others working
on turtle conservation around the region.
If you haven't used the Search Facility
or visited the IOSEA Archive lately, give
them a try. You'll be surprised at the
wealth of information they contain. ....
Happy New Year!
MONTHLY ROUND-UP: What you may have missed in December
The
Report of the Fifth Meeting of the IOSEA
Signatory States is now available in hard
copy format, supplementing the online
version that has been available on the
website (under 
Kélonia
and IFREMER, in association with fishermen,
are studying the migration of accidentally
caught marine turtles in order to better
understand and decrease marine turtle
bycatch. As part of the programme, marine
turtles are equipped with a satellite
tracking device to record their trajectory
and diving profile on a daily basis. 
With
funding from the Convention on Migratory
Species (CMS), a small research project
is set to begin in January 2009 to compile
published and unpublished information
on marine turtle conservation in the Western
Indian Ocean. The six-month project will
be supervised by Dr. Ronel Nel (Chair
of the Western Indian Ocean - Marine Turtle
Task Force) and administered through the
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
in South Africa. 
Two
key countries for sea turtle conservation
in the Indian Ocean have joined the ranks
of the IOSEA Marine Turtle Memorandum
of Understanding. Representatives of France
and Mozambique signed the MoU on 5 December
2008, during the meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory
Species (CMS), held in Rome, Italy. 
