Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 108 , December 2013, pp. 1-25.

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The Bycatch of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758) in a fishing net on the Gaza Coast, Gaza, State of Palestine ??????? ???????? ??????? ???? ????? ?? ????? ????????? ?? ??? ??? ? ??? ? ???? ???????
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa
On Wednesday 28.08.2013 a fishermen team from Gaza, State of Palestine, caught a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758) as a bycatch in their fishing net on the coast of Gaza. Fisherman Mr. Abd Al Salam Radwan said that the sea turtle weighed more than 70 kilogram and is more than 100 years old. The fishermen decided to give the sea turtle to Gaza Zoo to look after it, after they saw the happiness of children when they caught it (Dunya Al Watan, 2013).

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle which was caught in a fishing net on the coast of Gaza, Palestine. 28.08.2013. Photo by Ihab Fasfous (Dunya Al Watan, 2013).
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 108 – December 2013