Turtle Track Sri Lanka 2006-07: Green Turtles
A project of Marine Turtle Research Group in conjunction with the partners and sponsors detailed below.
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| Name | Species | Life Stage | Release Date | Last Location | Days Transmitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy | Green Turtle | Adult | 2007-06-16 | 2007-12-05 | 172 |
| Helen | Green Turtle | Adult | 2006-07-30 | 2006-12-22 | 145 |
| Kinduri | Green Turtle | Adult | 2006-08-08 | 2006-12-26 | 140 |
| Lokki | Green Turtle | Adult | 2007-06-18 | 2008-12-23 | 554 |
| Malini Fonseka | Green Turtle | Adult | 2007-06-19 | 2007-08-20 | 62 |
| Manike | Green Turtle | Adult | 2006-08-06 | 2006-11-11 | 97 |
| Sayuri-Emerald | Green Turtle | Adult | 2006-08-07 | 2007-01-23 | 169 |
| Tharushi | Green Turtle | Adult | 2006-08-02 | 2006-10-05 | 64 |
| Vihara Mahadevi | Green Turtle | Adult | 2006-08-03 | 2006-10-03 | 61 |
| Zahra | Green Turtle | Adult | 2007-06-17 | 2007-08-25 | 69 |
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Introduction
This is the first time that turtles in Sri Lanka have been fitted with satellite transmitter tags. Six female green turtles were tagged after they nested on Rekawa Beach on the south coast of Sri Lanka between the 30th of July and the 8th of August 2006. Four more turtles were tagged in mid-June 2007.
The project aims to reveal the internesting habitat, migratory routes and foraging grounds of this population. The project will feature in the new BBC flagship series Saving Planet Earth. The documentary featuring this project will be broadcast on BBC1 in the evening of July 5th 2007. To find out more about this project and see photographs of the turtles go to http://www.mcsuk.org/marineworld/trackturtle
Project Partners
This is a collaborative project between the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) Sri Lanka, the Marine Turtle Research Group (MTRG) at the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus, the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) Sri Lanka, Seaturtle.org and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Project Sponsors
This project is supported by the Blue Reef Aquarium, Tynemouth, Deep Aquarium in Hull, Hurtigruten and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as a contribution to furthering our knowledge of turtles in the Indian Ocean as part of the IOSEA Year of the Turtle 2006.
