• 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: 
2012-05-09 22:00:00
Life Stage: 
Adult
Species : 
Hawksbill
Release Location: 
Fuwairit, Qatar
Gender: 
Female
Background: 
Murjana emerged early in the evening, shortly after dark, and was found by rangers from the Ministry of Environment in Qatar. Measuring 71cm in curved carapace length, she now carries tags (QU0430 and QU0431) affixed by the rangers from Qatar University's Environmental Studies Centre, and joins five other turtles from Qatar which will be sending signals to help us identify important migration routes and the location of turtle feeding grounds.
Sponsor: 

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