Monitoring Sea Turtles
Follow the turtles, follow the Sea: Standardized observations can reveal where they live, how populations change, and whether the conditions they depend on are being maintained.
Why this matters?
Marine turtles are wide-ranging species that use different parts of the Mediterranean during their life cycle, including nesting, feeding, mating, wintering and developmental areas. Monitoring their distribution, abundance and demographic characteristics helps turn individual observations into evidence about population condition and the pressures affecting it.
Where are they?
Distribution records help identify and follow important breeding, foraging and developmental areas.
How many?
Repeated, standardized monitoring can reveal changes in abundance at index sites and wider scales.
Are populations healthy?
Demographic information can reveal changes in reproduction, size structure, sex ratio and other population characteristics.
What you will monitor?
Explore the indicators related to sea turtles, organized by their corresponding Ecological Objective.
EO1 Biological diversity
Biological diversity is maintained or enhanced. The quality and occurrence of coastal and marine habitats and the distribution and abundance of coastal and marine species are in line with prevailing physiographic, hydrographic, geographic and climatic conditions.
Note: The Factsheets of the Common Indicators presented in this section are currently being finalized. These draft documents have been revised during the Meeting of the Ecosystem Approach Correspondence Group on Monitoring (CORMON) Biodiversity and Fisheries held in June 2026. They will undergo further revisions through a series of institutional meetings (CORMON, SPA/BD Focal Points meeting, EcAp Coordinating Group) until their final adoption at COP25 of the Barcelona Convention by the end of 2027.
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Update date: September 3, 2026