Ocean Sentry
Researchers used data from satellite transmitters attached to the turtles to track their movements across the Atlantic Ocean…
February, 2014
December, 2013
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31 December
Caretta caretta found dead with stone tied to its fin on southern Turkish coast
A caretta caretta has been found dead on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey with a paving stone tied to its fin that caused the animal drown…
November, 2013
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27 November
Incidental by-catch of marine turtles in the Mediterranean sea
When a marine turtle is incidentally by-caught by a longliner, fishermen try to cut the line — without hauling it on board — and release the turtle into the sea. It is the first scientific study based on satellite tracking of a group of loggerhead turtles released into the sea …
October, 2013
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3 October
Dead turtle sightings spark alarm among conservationists
Marine turtle experts convene to discuss claims of mass turtle mortality off Nicaragua’s Pacific coast…
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3 October
Longline fishery in Costa Rica kills thousands of sea turtles and sharks
The second-most-common catch on Costa Rica’s longline fisheries in the last decade was not a commercial fish species. It was olive ridley sea turtles…
September, 2013
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12 September
Mexico risks U.S. trade embargo after deaths of more than 700 endangered loggerhead sea turtles
Mexico faces the threat of a trade embargo from the United States for failing to protect endangered North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles from getting entangled in fishing gear off the Baja California’s Gulf of Ulloa. Last week state government officials in Mexico reported that 705 loggerheads have stranded dead along …
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10 September
Scientists try to determine why sea turtles are not nesting in Nicaragua
Sea turtles arrive in large numbers every year in August on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast to nest, but only a few of the marine creatures have made the journey this season, creating a mystery that scientists are trying to solve…
August, 2013
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13 August
Endangered species of sea turtle sees drop in nest numbers for 2013
The numbers are in and it’s not looking good for the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle for which scientists were only able to identify 153 nests along the Texas coast that serves as the largest US nesting ground for the animal…
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9 August
Endangered sea turtles eat more plastic than ever
Green turtles are swallowing plastic at twice the rate they did 25 years ago, according to a University of Queensland study. Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship who analysed global research data from the past 25 years have found green and leatherback turtles …
July, 2013
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16 July
Nesting Gulf loggerheads face offshore risks
Threatened loggerhead sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico can travel distances up to several hundred miles and visit offshore habitats between nesting events in a single season, taking them through waters impacted by oil and fishing industries….
June, 2013
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10 June
Light pollution deters nesting sea turtles
Light pollution along the Mediterranean is changing the nesting habits of sea turtles in Israel, according to new research. Orbital pictures of the region, coupled with sea turtle nesting data from Israel’s National Parks Authority, revealed that the species of turtles in that area cluster their nests in darker spots. …
May, 2013
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2 May
Trade sanctions sought to stop mass killing of sea turtles in Mexican fisheries
Thousands of endangered loggerhead sea turtles killed yearly in Baja California Sur bycatch hotspot U.S. conservation groups formally requested trade sanctions against Mexico today to stop the country’s massive loggerhead sea turtle bycatch. Each year Mexican fisheries off the southern Baja California peninsula kill more than 2,000 endangered loggerheads as …