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SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program

The SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program is responsible for managing and protecting sea turtles in the state of South Carolina, USA. This program has several all encompassing components: management, monitoring, research, and education. More specifically this program provides technical expertise on anthropogenic activities that have the potential to impact sea turtles (i.e., nourishment, dredging), locates and protects sea turtle nests (~300 km of coastline), documents strandings, performs necropsies on fresh dead strandings, works with the SC Aquarium to provide rehablitation for live strandings, monitors nearshore waters for leatherbacks, and provides as much education, outreach and exchange of scientific information as time allows.

Working with sea turtles since 2000

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science Sea Turtle Stranding Program

PO Box 1346 Rte 1208 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA, United States of America

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WWW Link: http://www.fisheries.vims.edu/turtletracking/stsp.html

Description:

Objectives of the VIMS Sea Turtle Stranding Program: To monitor population trends of sea turtles in the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waters. The Chesapeake Bay is a major summer foraging ground for juvenile loggerhead and Kemp's ridley sea turtles. This region is a unique site within the U.S. where researchers are able to assess the impact of national conservation efforts on sea turtles. Sea turtles are very long-lived animals that may not reach sexual maturity for at least 20 years of age. The Bay provides the first opportunity to evaluate the success of regulations such as trawling limitations, utilization of sea turtle exclusion devices by commercial fisheries and conservation efforts on nesting beaches. Population increases due to conservation programs, or population decreases due to human impact may be detected first within Virginia's juvenile sea turtle population.

Organization Type: Academic

Activities: Conservation, Monitoring, Research, Stranding

Submitted: 2008-04-24 14:54:42
Last Modified: 2008-04-24 15:07:36

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