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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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.
We have spent 10 days at sea in Malta aboard R/V Onda, conducting the 2026 LIFE OASIS survey. Our captain is Jacky, who first joined us as a volunteer during the LIFE Migrate project in 2013. Now she is our skipper, the
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After five days at sea as part of the 2026 LIFE OASIS survey in Malta, today we joined Vince Attard and the sea turtle rescue team from Nature Trust Malta to release four turtles back into the Mediterranean. Now healthy again, they
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LIFE OASIS had the pleasure of welcoming Mohamed El Andalusí, representing the AZIR Association in Al Hoceima. The visit was an opportunity to remember the work carried out by Mohamed and Xisco Avella on monk seal conservation in Morocco. Together, we discussed
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Lluís Ballell Valls – Administrador de proyectos y consultor Lluís Ballell Valls cuenta con más de 20 años de experiencia en la intersección entre ciencia marina, sostenibilidad pesquera y gestión estratégica de proyectos. Graduado en Ciencias del Mar, Máster en Acuicultura, experto
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