08 Jun The progress of the LIFE Pinna project
8 June is World Oceans Day, established by the Environment Summit held in Rio De Janeiro in 1992 and recognised in 2008 by the United Nations.
On this very important day, the LIFE Pinna project, in which Triton Research is a management and communication partner, has made progress. In Camogli, researchers from the University of Genoa have finished preparing the tanks that will house Pinna nobilis specimens, from larvae to adults. The same laboratory was also used for experiments on Patella ferruginea and sea urchins.
Meanwhile, researchers from the Nacionalni Institut za Biologijo are researching Pinna nobilis using census and selective surveys. In May, they carried out research in the area where the surviving juveniles belonging to this bivalve will be transplanted and found as many as two live specimens in that area!
But it is not only Slovenia that has made progress: one of the most significant workshops for the project took place in Tunis on 20 and 21 June. It was organised by SPA/RAC and the UN Regional Centre for Special Protected Areas to bring together experts in the field to discuss and validate a five-year restoration plan for our Pinna nobilis. The LIFE Pinna project also collaborated in the event and researchers from all Mediterranean countries participated. During these two days, training activities were carried out, where the knowledge acquired during the theoretical training was put into practice. This workshop thus trained and informed researchers from Greece, Croatia, Egypt, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon and Italy by passing on the knowledge to a large number of people who will, in turn, be able to teach it to others. And this is why days such as 20 and 21 June are essential.
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