Heritage Malta through its National Museum of Natural History is participating as a Project Partner in an EU Life Natura 2000 called SPA Site and Sea Actions Saving Puffinus yelkouan in Malta - Garnija-Maltija

The other partners in this project leaded by BirdLife Malta are the RSPB (Royal Society of the Protection of Birds, UK) , AFM (Armed Forces of Malta), MCFS (Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences), SPEA, MMA (Malta Maritime Authority). This project is co-financed by MEPA and HSBC.

The project site for this project has been identified as “Rdum tal-Madonna” in Mellieha.

The official Start Date for the Project was 1 September 2006 .

Project Objective

The project objective is that of increasing the Maltese population of Puffinus yelkouan.

Project Actions:

A number of actions are being planned which will help in achieving the ultimate objective of this project.

The primary actions under this project are, a Project Conference which will serve as a the first major public awareness event; the Identification of fishing grounds; the Prevention of activities near colony; the Stopping of illegal ferreting; A plan for Marine IBAs; the Removal of trapping sites; A Rodent Control Plan and the Law enforcement by land and sea

Further details about this project may be obtained by emailing John J. Borg, Heritage Malta's Curator of the National Museum of Natural History who is Heritage Malta's project's co-ordinator.

Further information about this project : http://www.lifeshearwaterproject.org.mt/en/index.aspx