Key words:
Marine turtle, endangered species, Makran coast, North Arabian Sea, turtle conservation.
The leatherback, the world's largest
marine turtle, and five more of the seven species are classified as endangered or critically endangered.
For me, one project illustrates, in both a symbolic and a personal way, the act of bringing people and nations together for
marine turtle conservation.
The emphasis is on sustainability, as a program in which Culimer is involved has reduced bycatch of
marine turtles and other marine life within Vietnam's longline tuna fleet.
Only monitored 35
marine turtle deaths were logged between January and start of the summer shrimping season.
Congress has passed not only the Endangered Species Act but also a number of other conservation laws to assist certain species at risk (rhinos, tigers, elephants, great apes, and
marine turtles).
The
marine turtle hatchlings that were released on March 29, an army of olive ridley turtles, emerged from what is now considered the third protected
marine turtle nests along the shore of the coal-fired power plant of AboitizPower's wholly owned subsidiary, Therma South Inc.
In May 1996, the Philippines and Malaysia agreed to declare Turtle Islands as the first transboundary protected area for
marine turtles in the world, and establish the Turtle Islands Heritage Protected Area to guarantee the continued existence of
marine turtles and their nesting sites.
DAVAO CITY -- The Aboitiz Group has built up the facilities of a pawikan (
marine turtle) center in the city as part of its effort to intensify the conservation of hawksbill turtle in the Davao Gulf.
The sultanate was the first to survey and count the turtles on its shores, and to carry out an ambitious long-term
marine turtle breeding programme in Oman.
The other three
marine turtle species loggerhead, hawksbill and leatherback turtles have been found along Pakistan's coast rarely, However, the WWF-Pakistan has some evidence of their occurrence and distribution along the coast.
Sponsored by Port of Duqum and Oman Oil Company, the initiative examines three of the four
marine turtle species on Masirah Island.
The Praia do Forte (northern Bahia State) is considered by TAMAR Project the core nesting area for
marine turtle reproduction in the northeastern Brazil (Marcovaldi & Marcovaldi, 1999).
