• 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.

Several months! Yes, as turtles migrate to their nesting grounds, which may be several thousands of miles away, they do not feed, and neither do they do so while they are at the nesting site. They only recommence feeding when they get back to their foraging grounds, and we know from tracking turtles that hits whole process may take several months.