The Necton’s members, from years are collaborating whit study of the cetaceans of the strait (S.C.S) in the recover some loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta); turtles liuto (Dermochelis coriacea), death or in difficulty, a lot often, on the beaches it is recovered the carcasses of these wonderful animals, that for natural or artificial causes are dead in sea, in these cases is not possible to do nothing, and the only operations carried out, consist to ascertain in that manner is dead, some measurings are carried out, withdrawn some samples of tissue (for the successive analysis of laboratory) and take some photo, after it is provided to the digestion of the carcass in an authorized incinerator. The data collection on these animals, are however many important and allow to understand the causes that much more torment such species.
Other times instead are recovered still alive, also in these cases, the animals, are measured, subsequently photographed, treated from the veterinarians that collaborate to this type of projects, marked with of the recognition’s labels and replaced in freedom. The greater number of woundings, is to attribute to the fishing tools , in special manner to the palangari used in the fishing to the large pelagici, (tunas; sword-fish; alalunghe; imperial aguglie etc. .), because of this tool, every year, hundred of animals, remain hooked but in unintentional manner of everything, because the hook of the palangari are primed, and the turtles want to nourish itself. Fortunately however the fishermen collaborate always of more , with the researchers supporting to shore and delivering to the competent authority the injured animals. Other causes of deaths, are the impacts with the pleasure boats , that above all in the summer period, sail to high long speed the ours costs, in these cases is impossible to intervene in order to seek to help the animals that in little time, for the wounds restored will die in sea. For natural causes, it is understood the death for old age, for illness, or for attacks from the predators.