• 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 75 female Hawksbill turtles from UAE, Oman, Qatar and Iran.
  • Fishermen can now use turtle excluder devices to prevent accidental capture of marine turtles.

TRACK AN INDIVIDUAL TURTLE:

Release Date: 
2012-05-03 08:00:00
Life Stage: 
Adult
Species : 
Hawksbill
Release Location: 
جزيرة صير بو نعير, الشارقة, الإمارات
Gender: 
Female
Background: 
We found this 73 cm turtle nesting on Beach 16 on the west side of Sir Bu Nair island in the emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. After bringing her back to the EMEG site office, we affixed a satellite transmitter to her back and a metal flipper tag (number 1106) to her right front flipper, so that we would be in a position to identify her on a return visit to the island, and also so that she could share with us her movements around the Gulf. With the generous sponsorship of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, she joins a growing number of turtles that are shedding light on key turtle areas, helping direct effective and appropriate conservation strategies in the region.
Sponsor: 

All technical aspects of tracking and the graphics
provided graciously by www.seaturtle.org