Caretta

The number of endangered caretta caretta (loggerhead) sea turtles broke a record this year on the 18-kilometer ancient Patara beach in the southern province of Antalya.

Some 1,400 baby turtles have reached the sea this year so far at the Çıralı beach, which is an important nesting area for the endangered caretta caretta species.

Two loggerhead sea turtles, an endangered species also known as Caretta Caretta, have been injured so far this summer after being hit by boats in Laganas Bay on the southern coast of the Ionian island of Zakynthos, activists say.

Fifty nests of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, also known as caretta caretta, have been destroyed by construction equipment in the district of Serik in the Mediterranean province of Antalya.

Coast Guard authorities have arranged for the burial of two dolphins and a Caretta caretta turtle that were found dead earlier this week, reports said on Wednesday.

One of the dolphins was found off the coast of Karames in northwestern Sifnos and the other off Port Lagos, in northern Greece, on Tuesday morning.

Members of the Hellenic Navy's underwater demolition teams have carried out a controlled detonation of two unexploded World War II artillery shells found in the sea off the southern coast of Cephalonia, it emerged on Saturday. 

The Ionian island of Zakynthos looks poised for a record-breaking year in terms of births of the endangered loggerhead sea turtle this year, data from the Archelon Society for the protection of the Caretta caretta show.

Four major Greek environmental protection groups have sent a letter to Zakynthos's chief prosecutor, calling for measures to stop rampant violations of rules intended to protect endangered turtle populations in the Ionian island's marine park.

Endangered caretta caretta sea turtles have started laying eggs early this year. 

A loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was found dead by officials from the Port Authority of Gytheion at the beach of Chalikia Vatta, in the eastern part of the Mani peninsula, authorities said on Sunday.

This is the second sea turtle of its kind found dead in the region of Laconia, after one was located on Saturday on the island of Elafonisos.