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"Marine litter impact on sea turtles" documentary published on-line

Today is published the documentary "Marine litter impact on sea turtles" produced in the frame of the European project INDICIT (Implementation Of Indicators Of Marine Litter On Sea Turtles And Biota In Regional Sea Conventions And Marine Strategy Framework Directive Areas). The project aims to develop a methodology to make the indicator operational on the quantity of marine waste ingested by the Caretta caretta sea turtle and other marine species. Project partners are: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey