Divers Launch Red Sea Turtle Conservation Project
June 9, 2007 @ 09:28 AM (EST)
Source: Divemagazine.co.uk
A team of diving instructors in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh has launched a new sea turtle conservation scheme to help protect the area's turtle population. The Red Sea Turtle Project, supported and financed by the Project AWARE Foundation, will map South Sinai turtle populations and nesting grounds in order to identify areas in need of protection against threats such as illegal fishing...
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