Sea turtles ın the Medıterranean Regıon MTSG Regional Report 2018 © Sea Turtle Photography/Kostas Papafitsoros Edited by Sandra Hochscheid, Yakup Kaska and Aliki Panagopoulou 1 Recommended citation for this report: Hochscheid, S., Kaska, Y. and Panagopoulou, A. (Eds.) (2018). Sea Turtles in the Mediterranean Region: MTSG Annual Regional Report 2018. Draft Report of the IUCN- SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2018. Recommended citation for a chapter of this report: AUTHORS (2018). CHAPTER-TITLE. In: Hochscheid, S., Kaska, Y. and Panagopoulou, A. (Eds.). Sea Turtles in the Mediterranean Region: MTSG Annual Regional Report 2018. Draft Report of the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2018. 2 Table of Contents REGIONAL OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 7 General remarks ............................................................................................................................... 7 1. RMU: Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) Mediterranean ............................................................ 9 1.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................... 9 1.2. Other biological data ..................................................................................................... 9 1.3. Threats .......................................................................................................................... 9 1.4. Conservation ................................................................................................................. 9 2. RMU: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Mediterranean ................................................................. 10 2.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 10 2.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 10 2.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.4. Conservation ............................................................................................................... 10 3. RMU: Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Atlantic (unknown) ....................................... 10 3.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 10 3.2. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 10 4. Other species ............................................................................................................................ 11 Conservation and research priorities, available resources............................................................... 11 CYPRUS 22 Cyprus-Region A ............................................................................................................................. 23 General remarks ............................................................................................................................. 23 1. RMU: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Mediterranean ........................................................ 23 1.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 23 1.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 24 1.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 24 1.4. Conservation (both Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas covered) .............................. 25 1.5. Research ..................................................................................................................... 26 2. RMU: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Mediterranean ................................................................. 27 2.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 27 2.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 27 2.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 28 Cyprus-Region B ............................................................................................................................. 50 General remarks ............................................................................................................................. 50 1. RMU: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Mediterranean ........................................................ 50 1.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 50 3 1.1.2. Marine areas ................................................................................................................. 50 1.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 51 1.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 51 2. RMU: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Mediterranean ................................................................. 53 2.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 53 2.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 53 2.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 53 3. RMU: Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Atlantic (unknown) ........................................ 54 GREECE 69 1. RMU: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Mediterranean ........................................................ 69 1.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 69 1.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 71 1.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 71 1.4. Conservation ............................................................................................................... 71 1.5. Research ..................................................................................................................... 72 2. RMU: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Mediterranean ................................................................. 72 2.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 72 2.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 73 2.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 73 2.4. Conservation ............................................................................................................... 73 2.5. Research ..................................................................................................................... 73 3. RMU: Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Atlantic (unknown) ........................................ 73 3.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 73 3.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 73 3.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 73 3.4. Conservation ............................................................................................................... 73 3.5. Research ..................................................................................................................... 73 ISRAEL 89 ITALY 95 1. RMU: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Mediterranean ........................................................ 96 1.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 96 1.1.2.Marine Areas ................................................................................................................. 96 1.2. Other biological data ................................................................................................... 97 1.3. Threats ........................................................................................................................ 97 1.4. Conservation ............................................................................................................... 97 1.5. Research ..................................................................................................................... 97 2. RMU: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) North West Atlantic ................................................. 98 4 2.1. Distribution, abundance, trends .................................................................................. 98 2.2. Other biological data ..................................................................................................