• Five out of the seven marine turtle species around the world are listed as Endangered.
  • A female turtle can lay up to 120 eggs in one nest and can nest up to 3-4 times in one season.
  • This project is currently tracking 24 female Hawksbill turtles from UAE, Oman, Qatar and Iran.
  • Fishermen can now use turtle excluder devices to prevent accidental capture of marine turtles.

Not necessarily. Much as the variation in growth rates, green turtles lay between 70 and 120 eggs usually, with an average of about 100. Hawksbills lay slightly more than that. Depending on how much energy is put into egg-making, they may lay more or fewer eggs each time they emerge to nest.