Agnese Mancini: Project Update: From January to February 2008

In January 2008 Proyecto Carapacho took part at the 10th annual meeting of Grupo Tortuguero. During this conference we had the chance to thank all the fishermen and community members that are supporting our project.

We also had the chance to present a poster (see figure 1) and two oral presentations at the 28th International Sea Turtle Symposium that took place in Loreto, BCS. During this international meeting we could share main results of our work with researchers from all over the world and we received very good comments on how to improve our work.
Concerning sea turtles, we recorded a massive mortality in Laguna Ojo de Liebre, probably due to a sudden decrease of sea temperature. Further investigations are still undergoing, jointly with the Mexican agency for the protection of the environment (PROFEPA).