Ocean Sentry
“Higher degree of erosion at many points of Odisha”s coastline poses serious threat to the routine activities of marine turtles and raises doubts about the continuity of the tradition of mass nesting by the Olive Ridley marine turtles called ‘Arribada’. The nesting grounds are being squeezed alarmingly and the coastal …
January, 2012
December, 2011
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3 December
Olive Ridley turtles fall prey to trawlers
In an alarming development, carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles have started appearing in large numbers close to the coastline of the Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district of Odisha. Fishermen from the Gokharkuda and Nulia Nuagoan villages attributed the phenomenon to unchecked activity of fishing trawlers in the area…
November, 2011
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11 November
Calls for action on traditional turtle hunting after tourists witness slaughter on Green Island
Tourists have watched on in horror as turtles have been slaughtered in a popular holiday location in the Far North. Tourism operators are now calling for increased public debate about the traditional hunting of green sea turtles and dugongs and are seeking a ban on the practice in key tourist …
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8 November
Loggerhead turtles take 45 years to grow up
Loggerhead turtles take almost half a century to reach maturity, say scientists. A female turtle, the researchers report in the journal Functional Ecology, will not start to lay eggs until she is 45. This estimate, based on examination of several decades of data on the turtles” growth, has implications for …
October, 2011
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13 October
Conservation groups move to stop sea turtle deaths from shrimp trawling
Conservation groups today asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., to hold the National Marine Fisheries Service accountable for its role in the shrimp trawl-related deaths of endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2011 alone, an extraordinary number of sea turtles — more than 1,400 — have …
September, 2011
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29 September
Global conservation priorities for marine turtles
Marine turtles worldwide are vulnerable and endangered, but their long lives and broad distribution make it difficult for scientists to accurately determine the threat level to different populations and devise appropriate conservation strategies. To address this concern, researchers have developed a new method to evaluate spatially and biologically distinct groups …
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17 September
Loggerhead sea turtles declared endangered
The Obama administration designated the North Pacific loggerhead sea turtle as endangered under the Endangered Species Act today. Populations of this rare and ancient turtle, which spends much of its time off the coasts of Mexico and Southern California, have declined by at least 80 percent over the past decade. …
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14 September
US fisheries kill 4,600 sea turtles per year: Study
Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but 4,600 are still dying annually, mainly in Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, said a US study on Wednesday. Turtle-excluder devices (TEDs), or large holes that allow the creatures to escape from nets that nab …
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10 September
Local baby sea turtles in danger
Antigua St John”s- The streetlights along Jabberwock and other beaches can be a “fatal attraction” for sea turtle hatchlings such as the one pictured here that was among several crushed by passing traffic on Wednesday morning. In natural conditions, where beaches are dark throughout the night, turtle hatchlings will instinctively …
August, 2011
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11 August
Costa Rica is the country with most amount of turtles caught by longline fishing in the world
Longline fishing activities are responsable for this situation. For every 1,000 hooks that are thrown into the sea, 14 turtles are snared Costa Rica has the highest rate of sea turtles caught by longline fishing in the world. For every 1,000 hooks that are thrown into the sea, 14 turtles …
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10 August
Generation of turtles at risk: researcher
Juvenile turtles are dying en masse on the Great Barrier Reef and the full effects of the disaster won”t be seen for 20 years, a researcher says. Three recent cyclones, and this year”s floods, have wiped out seagrass beds along large swathes of the Queensland coast, leaving turtles and dugongs …
July, 2011
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25 July
Mass turtle deaths on Great Barrier Reef have scientists worried
Scientists were struggling Monday to understand why the northern coast of Queensland has become littered with sick and dying turtles and dugongs. More than 400 bodies have been discovered along the coastline near the Great Barrier Reef, and experts believe hundreds more animals could have perished in remote areas or …