The Marine Resources Research Division of the Ministry of Marine Resources conducted training seminar on management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) from 17 to 18 June 2010. 15 participants, 10 staff of the Division and 5 from 5 relevant stakeholders attended the two-day seminar given by the Marine Science Manager of Parks Victoria – Australia, Dr. Steffan Howe.

The Northern Red Sea Region celebrated the International Biodiversity Day and World Environment Day in the afternoon of the 7^th June 2010. The occasions were marked by planting mangrove seedlings with more than 30 volunteers belonging to different stakeholders who took place in the village of Hergigo where the Manzanar Mangrove Initiative is based. On their arrival, the participants were escorted to the plantation area for planting the trees. The Unit of Environment of the Region has partnered with the Manzanar to make the day colorfully successful.

The Minister for the Ministry of Tourism, H.E. Mrs. Askalu Menkorios, urged relevant authorities to keep regular cleaning campaigns at the beaches of the closest Island to the Port City of Massawa, Sheik Said. She told this to more than 70 volunteers who enthusiastically took part in a successful turtle nesting beach clean-up held at the first Eritrean - MPA Proposed and most tourist visited Island on the 11^th of April 2010. The initiative aims to raise awareness amongst the several government representatives of the plight of marine turtles and inform them as to how they can contribute to marine resources conservation.

Dually-ringed seagull identified as Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Larus fuscus was found stranded in the Eritrean Naval Base Ghedem, at the Bay of Hergigo. The area is 23 kilometers far from the Port City of Massawa. According to the Finnish Ringing Centre of the Museum of Zoology of Helsinki, the seagull was ringed in Savonlinna on 15^th July 1995.