• 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.

TRACK AN INDIVIDUAL TURTLE:

Release Date: 
23:45:00 May 9, 2011
Life Stage: 
Adult
Species : 
Hawksbill
Release Location: 
Nahiloo Island, Iran
Gender: 
Female
Background: 
This turtle was among the first turtles we tagged in Iran this year, at a new nesting site (Nahiloo Island) in the province of Busheir, about half way up the coast of Iran. She will be sending us signals and letting us know how many times she nests and where her normal feeding grounds are. She was tagged by the Department of Environment rangers with tag IT 707, and measured a modest 67.2 cm in Curved Carapace Length.
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All technical aspects of tracking and the graphics
provided graciously by www.seaturtle.org