• 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.

Anything they can get their jaws on. This could be jellyfish, sargassum weeds, crabs and shrimps they find among the weeds, as well as plastic bags, tar balls from oil spills, sandals, fishing line, anything at all!