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Friday, 7 July 2006

52 nests already on Daphne beach

The nests on Daphne beach have already exceeded the number of 50, although it is just the beginning of the season.

According to Mrs Karagouni – Kyrtsoy, the President of the National Marine park of Zakynthos the nesting density on Daphne beach since more than fifty turtles chose to lay their eggs on this small beach of Laganas beach.

Mrs Karagouni – Kyrtsoy is very satisfied since lately three NGO’s have accused her for signing a memorandum with the owners of the “illegal” buildings and businesses, which which had

“Last Sunday I visited the beach and there were 56 turtle tracks from the previous night. This is amazing if you consider that last year was the worse nesting season of the past few years.”

But Mrs Lilly Venizelou, the President of Medasset expressed her concerns by saying that the turtles visit the island because the beach has remained closed to the public.

And she continued: “When the beach becomes accessible again, we believe that the things won’t be the same.