Mar Izquierdo – Marine Scientist Mar Izquierdo is a marine scientist, currently working as a technician for the LIFE OASIS Project and as a PhD candidate researching threats to marine vertebrates, with a particular focus on marine turtles and cetaceans. For the
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Nature Trust – FEE Malta has deployed two anchored Fish Aggregating Devices (aFADs), equipped with a Satlink buoy, together with a local fisher. Weekly sea surveys will now begin to monitor them and document the «oasis effect». The fisher also visited NTM’s
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Javier Menéndez – PhD Student Biologist holding two master’s degrees in Biodiversity & Conservation and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Currently, he is pursuing a PhD at the University of Valencia (Spain). As an early-career researcher, he has been involved in international projects
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🚤 Last week, the University of Valencia and Alnitak completed a three-day sea turtle tagging survey around Mallorca. They encountered seven sea turtles, all too small for satellite tags, but still collected valuable data and documented both natural and marine litter oasis
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Chiara Agabiti – Research Fellow Chiara is a marine biologist interested in marine animal behaviour and sea turtle biology. During her PhD, she focused on sea turtle behaviour and distribution, collaborating with sea turtle rescue centres and using innovative technologies such as
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Jesús Tomás – Senior Lecturer, PhD Jesús has been involved in national and European projects on sea turtle and cetacean conservation since 1995. He has worked with six of the world’s seven sea turtle species, focusing on their ecology, migration, conservation, and
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Vittoria Fiandino – PhD student Her research path began with a Master’s thesis in Marine Biology and Ecology, carried out in collaboration with fishers from the Aeolian Islands. She later worked in a rescue centre for sea turtles and as a fisheries
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Every year, more woven polypropylene (raffia) bags are found drifting at sea. These bags can entangle sea turtles and other marine wildlife, while also posing a risk to navigation and sustainable fisheries. If you encounter an entangled sea turtle, do not cut
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Our partner Filicudi Wildlife Conservation has deployed innovative fishing gear equipped with scientific monitoring devices as part of the LIFE OASIS project. This work will contribute to improving our understanding of sea turtle ecology while supporting collaborative solutions for marine conservation and
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Our home port for the 2026 LIFE OASIS survey is Marsaxlokk, a beautiful fishing village in Malta.