*Human-wildlife interactions and their consequences for sea turtle health in Malaysia

Syamsyahidah Samsol¹, Mohd Uzair Rusli¹, Jeethvendra Kirishnamoortie^2,4, Hideaki Nishizawa³, Juanita Joseph^2,5, Tsung-Hsien Li⁶

1: Sea Turtle Research Unit, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia; 2: Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia; 3: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan; 4: Tropical Research and Conservation Centre, Pom Pom Island, Sabah, Malaysia; 5: Small Islands Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia; 6: National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan

*Physiological changes in blood parameters of sea turtles across nesting episodes

Afif Aiman Azmi, Faizah Aplop, Mohd Uzair Rusli

Sea Turtle Research Unit, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Endoscopy and rectal enema for fecal collection in wild sea turtles (Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata) in a field setting

Kristina L. Kaleel¹, Patricia L. Secoura², Juan Pablo Muñoz‐Pérez^3,4,5,6, Daniela Alarcón‐Ruales^3,4,5, Felipe Vallejo⁶, Cristina Miranda⁶, Gregory A. Lewbart^2,3,4, Kathy A. Townsend⁵, Shelly L. Vaden²

1: University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 2: The Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; 3: Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador; 4: Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) & UNC‐Chapel Hill Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Galápagos, Ecuador; 5: School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast UniSC, Hervey Bay, Australia; 6: Equilibrio Azul, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

Increasing hypoxia progressively slows early embryonic development in the green turtle

David Morton Adams¹, Sean A. Williamson¹, Roger G. Evans^2,3, Richard D. Reina¹

1: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia; 2: Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Australia; 3: Pre-clinical Critical Care Unit, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia

*Loggerhead sea turtle detection of ammonia odors: sensitivity to terrestrial stimuli

Lillian G. Prince, Kayla M. Goforth, Jadyn M. Sethna, Kenneth J. Lohmann, Catherine M. F. Lohmann

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

*Evaluating the relationship between immune function and reproductive success in nesting turtles

Tiffany M Dawson, Kate L Mansfield

University of Central Florida, United States of America

*Effects of Incubation Factors on Loggerhead Hatchling Condition in the Gulf of Mexico

Allyssa Rose Hennessey^1,2, Jake Andrew Lasala², Frank V Paladino¹

1: Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America; 2: Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida, United States of America

*Acoustic monitoring of nest escaping activity in sea turtle hatchlings

Pey Chen Lim¹, Hideaki Nishizawa², Mohd Uzair Rusli¹

1: Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu; 2: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Impacts of incubation temperature on loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtle hatchling morphology and hydrodynamics

Alexis Moyle, Sarah Milton

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

Variations in mean brevetoxin concentrations by tissue type in three Florida sea turtle species

Raschelli A. Linz, Sarah L. Milton

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

Maximising captive releases of leatherback turtles using insights from simulated growth and reproduction models

Anna Antonia Ortega^1,2,4, Nina Marn³, Nicola Mitchell^1,2, George Shillinger⁴

1: The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Australia; 2: The Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Australia; 3: Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia; 4: Upwell Turtles, California, United States of America

Non-invasive heart rate measurement of green turtle embryos

Hideaki Nishizawa¹, Tomoatsu Ijichi¹, Shota Hyodo¹, Satomi Kondo²

1: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University; 2: Everlasting Nature of Asia (ELNA), Ogasawara Marine Center

Plastic ingested by green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) with Fibropapillomatosis (FP)

Rachel Theresa Southards, Heather A. Seaman, Sarah L. Milton

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

Histological reconstruction of the olive ridley sea turtle hatchling head

Jesus Rodolfo Martin del Campo¹, Joy Richman²

1: Universidad del Mar, Oaxaca, Mexico; 2: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Why the long face? Hawksbill foraging strategies when sympatric with green turtles

Jeanette Wyneken¹, Michael Salmon¹, Tommy Cutt², Don McGleish², Alexander Gaos³

1: Florida Atlantic University, United States of America; 2: Marine Institute Maui Ocean Center; 3: Marine Turtle Biology & Assessment Program NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Novel biomarkers of environmental genotoxicity in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Aida M. Guevara Meléndez¹, Mauricio Comas García², Leticia Yáñez Estrada³, Vanessa Labrada Martagón⁴

1: Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de El Salvador; 2: Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; 3: Laboratorio de Género, Salud y Ambiente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; 4: Laboratorio Ecología de la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

Epibionts associated with nesting females of black turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) from the breeding population of Michoacan, Mexico

Cutzi Bedolla-Ochoa^1,2, Carlos Delgado-Trejo^1,2, Miguel Angel Reyes-López², Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez²

1: Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México; 2: Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, campus Reynosa, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. México.

Impact of multidrug-resistant bacteria on sea turtles and the marine environment

Daphne Wrobel Goldberg¹, Fabio Parra Sellera², Danny Fuentes-Castillo³

1: Projeto Albatroz, Cabo Frio, Brazil; 2: School of Veterinary Medicine, Metropolitan University of Santos, Santos, SP, Brazil,; 3: Laboratorio de Microbiología Veterinaria, Departamento de Patología y Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad de Concepción

Report of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) impaction due to mangrove propagules in the Philippines

Lowee Lyn Castillo¹, Sharah M. Barredo¹, Marco Acosta², Mario Ronda², Geraldine Benavente², Ian Echanes³, Jessica Labaja¹, Kurt Ivan Mariano¹, Glen Gonzales Rebong⁴, Frances Camille Rivera⁵, Rizza Araceli F. Salinas⁶, Alessandro Ponzo¹

1: Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Philippines; 2: Port Barton Marine Park (PBMP), San Vicente Palawan, Philippines; 3: Municipal Agriculturist Office, San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines; 4: Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center - Crocodile Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 5: Oceanus Conservation, Manila, Philippines; 6: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau, Quezon City, Manila.

Clinical and pathological findings of a geriatric green turtle maintained in captivity with restricted water circulation: a case report

Chayanis Daochai¹, Saransiri Nuanmanee², Rattanakorn Phakphien³, Khunanont Thongcham³, Ratchakul Wiriyaprom¹, Watcharapol Suyapoh¹

1: Faculty of Veterinary Science, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand; 2: Songkhla Aquatic Animal Health Research and Development Center, Department of Fisheries, Thailand; 3: Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center (Lower Gulf of Thailand), Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand

Evaluating the sub-lethal effects of red tide blooms and brevetoxin exposure on nesting loggerhead sea turtles

Kelly A. Sloan¹, Andrew Glinsky², Jack Brzoza¹, Nicole I. Stacy³, Paul Julian⁴, Simona A. Ceriani⁵, Susan Fogelson⁶, Justin R. Perrault⁷

1: Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, United States of America; 2: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 3: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida; 4: Everglades Foundation; 5: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute; 6: Fishhead Labs; 7: Loggerhead Marineline Center

Characterisation of gastrointestinal tract disorders in relation to marine debris in sea turtles using postmortem computed tomography

Brian Chin Wing Kot, Tabris Yik To Chung, Henry Chun Lok Tsui

Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, China

*Characterizing harmful algal bloom-associated biotoxin concentrations and chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 presence in the blood of nesting leatherbacks in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Raschelli Anna-Elizabeth Linz¹, Annie Page², Justin R. Perrault³, Sarah L. Milton¹

1: Florida Atlantic University, United States of America; 2: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, United States of America; 3: Loggerhead Marinelife Center, United States of America

Implications of low hatchling production from hatcheries for sea turtle populations in India

Arushi Arora, Jayant Pande, Andrea D. Phillott

FLAME University, Pune, India

Protecting Indonesia's largest green sea turtle nesting rookery: A two-decade retrospective and key insights

Thomas Reischig¹, Muhamad Jayuli², Rusli Andar², Meriussoni Zai², Jatmiko Wiwoho², Hiltrud Cordes¹

1: Turtle Foundation, Cologne, Germany; 2: Yayasan Penyu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia

People’s perceptions on the conservation of sea turtles and their associated habitats along the Ponta do Ouro-Kosi Bay Transfrontier Conservation Area, Mozambique and South Africa, south-eastern Africa

Cristina Louro¹, Ronel Nel¹, Linda Harris¹, Sue Ranger², Peter Richardson², Bronwyn James³

1: Nelson Mandela University, South Africa; 2: Marine Conservation Society, United Kingdom; 3: Nature Connect, South Africa

Community-led conservation: A decade of success in marine turtle volunteer programs in Vietnam

Thi Thu Hien Bui, The Cuong Chu

Marine and Coastal Program, IUCN Vietnam

Protecting sea turtles through the Bern Convention

Nikolaos Simantiris, Konstantina Andreanidou, George Sampson

MEDASSET-Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Greece

Accuracy of local communities in identifying leatherback turtle nest locations at Jeen Yessa beach in the Bird's Head region of Papua, Indonesia

Petrus Pieter Batubara¹, Deasy Natalia Lontoh¹, Yusup Adrian Jentewo¹, Yairus Swabra¹, Arfiandra Andika Wanaputra¹, Fitryanti Pakiding^1,2, Manjula Tiwari³

1: Science for Conservation Program, Research and Community Service Institute of Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat 98314, Indonesia; 2: Department of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat 98314, Indonesia; 3: Ocean Ecology Network, Research Affiliate of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California 92037, USA

InGeNi-Caretta project: management of emerging nesting sites of loggerhead sea turtles, based on scientific knowledge and coordination between Mediterranean Spanish regions.

Irene Alvarez de Quevedo¹, Mireia Aguilera¹, Eduardo Belda², Luis Cardona³, Carles Carreras⁴, Adolfo Marco⁵, Marta Pascual⁴, Cinta Pegueroles⁴, Jesús Tomás⁶, Elena Abella¹

1: BETA Tech Center, TECNIO Network, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), C. de Roda 70, 08500, Vic, Spain.; 2: Institut d’Investigació per a la Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain; 3: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 4: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 5: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio s/n, Sevilla. Spain; 6: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain

From Poachers to Protectors: A community based approach on sea turtle conservation in the Lamu Archipelago, Kenya

Annabelle Brooks¹, Teresa Jahangir², Famau Shukry², Atwaa Salim², Carol Korschen²

1: The Manda Projects, Manda, Lamu, Kenya; 2: Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, Shela, Lamu, Kenya

Ras Baridi Turtle Conservation Initiative (RBTCI): a comprehensive Saudi Arabian approach for long-term conservation

Abdulrazaq Alatawi, Ali Algohane, Ali Alfaidi, Roxanne Whelan, Ricardo Ramalho, Hector Barrios-Garrido

Beacon Development, KAUST Innovation. KAUST. Saudi Arabia.

A comprehensive review of sea turtle nesting rookeries along Bangladesh coast

Mohammad Zahirul Islam^1,3, Mohammad Sazedul Islam², M. Foysal Ehsan⁴, Rafat Adnan⁵, Fariat Muntaha⁶

1: Marinelife Alliance, Bangladesh,; 2: Wilderness Conservation Research Centre, Australia; 3: Tropical Marinelife Center, Bangladesh; 4: EnvirosoftBD, Bangladesh; 5: Wilderness Conservation, Bangladesh; 6: Chattogram Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh

*Evaluating the sustainability of common approaches to sea turtle conservation.

Amanda Elaine Robbins¹, Ronel Nel¹, Andrea D Phillott², Andrea Saayman³, Judy Mann-Lang⁴

1: Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa; 2: FLAME University, Pune, India; 3: North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 4: Two Ocean Aquarium Foundation, South Africa

*Addressing bycatch through fishermen’s wives and children in the Kingdom of Morocco

Wafae Benhardouze¹, Mustapha Aksissou¹, John Dutton², Manjula Tiwari³

1: FACULTY OF SCIENCES TETOUAN, Morocco; 2: Ocean Ecology Network, California, USA; 3: Ocean Ecology Network, Research Affiliate of NOAA—Southwest Fisheries Science Center, California, USA

Imagine that you are a sea turtle: Development of an early childhood learning activity

Andrea D. Phillott¹, Aditi Renake¹, Anuradha Batabyal¹, Karishma Modi², Melissa Coyle³, Prerana Shet⁴, Seh Ling Long⁵, Viraj Shah¹, Wid Zuriana Wan Sulaiman⁵, Zameela Ahmed⁶

1: FLAME University, Pune, India; 2: Dakshin Endeavours, Bengaluru, India; 3: Independent Consultant, Rockhampton, Australia; 4: National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India; 5: Perhentian Turtle Project, Perhentian Islands, Malaysia; 6: Live & Learn Environmental Education, Malé, Maldives

Addressing online trade of turtleshell products in Indonesia

Joana Nicolau¹, Muhamad Jayuli², Rosek Nursaid³, Hiltrud Cordes⁴, Meriussoni Zai², Thomas Reischig⁴, Jatmiko Wiwoho²

1: Fundação Tartaruga; 2: Yayasan Penyu Indonesia; 3: Profauna; 4: Turtle Foundation

"Show us the turtle, learn the story": An interactive platform for personalised engagement with sea turtle conservation in a Mediterranean tourist hotspot

Kostas Papafitsoros^1,2, Vincent Tarrit^2,3, Lukas Adam⁴, Anna Stamatiou⁵, Galini Samlidou², Aliki Panagopoulou²

1: Queen Mary University of London; 2: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece; 3: School of Engineering and Management Vaud; 4: Czech Technical University; 5: MEDASSET, Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles

Improved knowledge and capacity to combat sea turtle illegal trade, Cabo Verde

Alberto Queiruga¹, Albert Taxonera², Ukie Resende³, Christophe Eizaguirre⁴, Olavo da Luz²

1: Biosfera, Cabo Verde; 2: Projeto Biodiversidade, Cabo Verde; 3: Fundação Tartaruga, Cabo Verde; 4: University Queen Mary of London, England

Communicating Without Borders Or How to overcome language, cultural and proximity barriers to increase a project’s outreach

Efi Starfa¹, Wassim Amdrous², Nikolaos Simantiris¹

1: MEDASSET-Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Greece; 2: WWF North Africa, Tunisia

Update on community outreach towards sea turtle conservation at Kalpitiya peninsula of Sri Lanka from 2020 to 2023.

Lalith Ekanayake, Yamuna Karunarathna, Kavishka Ekanayake, M.J.A. Nazeer

Bio Conservation Society (BCSL), Sri Lanka

Reducing poaching in Sal Island: a wide approach beyond traditional beach patrols

Artur Lopes, Kirsten Fairweather, Berta Renom, Anice Lopes, Albert Taxonera

Associação Projeto Biodiversidade, Sal Island, Cabo Verde

*Seatru public viewing lab: bridging science and society

Tuan Emilia Tuan Mohd Noor¹, Nur Izyani Amrang^1,2, Lyvia Chong¹, Nadhirah Syafiqah Suhaimi¹, Mohd Uzair Rusli¹

1: Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia.; 2: Conservation Management Solutions SDN BHD, Institue of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia.

The first Workshop on Veterinary Medicine for Sea Turtles in Colombia

Gilberto Rafael Borges Guzmán^1,2,3, Albert Bassols Garcia³, Karen Pabón-Aldana^4,5, Karen Novoa^4,5, Sandra Barrera^4,5, Jorge Bernal Gutiérrez^4,5, Aminta Jauregui^4,5

1: Fundación AVISTA, Venezuela; 2: Fundación Científica Los Roques, Venezuela; 3: Asociación Mexicana de Veterinarios de Tortugas; 4: Programa de Conservación de Tortugas y Mamíferos Marinos, Colombia; 5: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano

Building local capacity for natural heritage conservation. Chelonia mydas in Sinaloa, Mexico.

Marla Dublyn Diaz-Gámez¹, Melina Maldonado-Sandoval³, Alan Alfredo Zavala-Norzagaray², Alejandra Sandoval-Lugo^1,2

1: Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Mexico; 2: Instituto Politécnico Nacional; 3: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias

Evaluation by the community on educational signboards for sea turtle conservation in Cambodia

Tharamony Ngoun, Chandara Tak, Matthew Glue

Fauna & Flora, Cambodia

Benefits of House of Learning, an after-school program as part of a marine turtle conservation effort, to local students

Alberto Y. T. Allo^1,2, Kartika Zohar², Fitryanti Pakiding^2,3

1: Department of Education, Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat, 98314; 2: Science for Conservation Program, Research and Community Service Institute of Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat 98314; 3: Department of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat 98314

Community-based sea turtle bycatch mitigation in southwest Cambodia

Srey Oun Ith¹, Srey Thai Sem¹, Phallin Chea¹, Sopheap Tum²

1: Wild Earth Allies, Cambodia; 2: Fisheries Administration, Cambodia

Mitigating loggerhead turtle bycatch in southern Peru: a collaborative ‘fisher scientist’ initiative

Mariela Pajuelo^1,2, Sergio Pingo², Eliana Alfaro², Astrid Jimenez², Javier Quiñones³, Jeffrey Mangel², Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto^2,4

1: Florida Museum, University of Florida, USA; 2: Pro Delphinus, Peru; 3: Instituto del Mar del Peru, Peru; 4: Universidad Científica del Sur, Peru

*Plastic marine debris in stranded sea turtles in Florida, U.S.A.

Heather A Seaman, Sarah L Milton

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

*A scoping review on the impact of beach plastics on sea turtles, eggs, and hatchlings

Aditi Renake, Andrea D. Phillott

FLAME University, Pune, India

*Incidental by-catch of sea turtles in coastal and offshore fishery in Kalpitiya Peninsula, Sri Lanka: Assessment of fisher knowledge, practices and attitudes

Tharushi Ekanayake¹, Shwetha Abeywarna¹, Rajitha. K. Subasinghe², Lalith Ekanayake¹, R.S. Rajakaruna³

1: Bio Conservation Society (BCSL), Sri Lanka; 2: Bialik College Limited, Hawthorn Victoria, Australia.; 3: Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya.

*Analysis of potential threats to marine turtles in Venezuela: a bibliometric analysis

Irama Beatriz Perozo-Díaz^1,2, Verónica de Los Llanos Romero³, Natalie Elizabeth Wildermann^1,2,6, Héctor Alonso Barrios-Garrido^1,2,4,5

1: Laboratorio de Ecología General, Departamento de Biología, Centro de Modelado Científico (CMC) de La Universidad del Zulia; Maracaibo, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.; 2: Grupo de Trabajo en Tortugas Marinas del Golfo de Venezuela (GTTM-GV); 3: vdelosllanos@gmail.com; 4: TropWATER, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research; College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia,; 5: KAUST Beacon Development; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia.; 6: Red Sea Research Center; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955,. Saudi Arabia.

*By-catch(ing your help for the protection) of sea turtles in the East Central Atlantic

Andrea Fariñas-Bermejo^1,2, Ana Liria-Loza², Alejandro Suárez-Pérez³, Graham J. Pierce¹

1: Institute of Marine Research, Spanish National Research Council (IIM-CSIC) (Galicia, Spain); 2: ADS Biodiversidad (Las Palmas, Spain); 3: Department of Pathology and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Las Palmas, Spain)

Spatio-temporal distribution and associated threats of Loggerhead turtle strandings in Uruguay (2000-2023)

Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio^1,2,3, Paula Marin Acevedo¹, Alejandro Fallabrino¹

1: NGO Karumbe; 2: Facultad de Ciencias-Udelar, Uruguay; 3: Programa de Desarrollo de Ciencias Básicas (PEDECIBA), Uruguay

Frequency of vessel strike injuries in sea turtle strandings along Sanibel and Captiva Island, Florida, U.S.A.

Jack W. Brzoza¹, Andrew T. Glinsky², Savannah M. Weber¹, Kelly A. Sloan¹

1: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (Sanibel Island, Florida, U.S.A.); 2: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.)

Beach cliffs as an emerging hazard to nesting sea turtles in the face of sea-level rise

Natalie E. Wildermann^1,2,3, Hector Barrios-Garrido⁴, Khuld Jabby⁵, Royale S. Hardenstine⁵, Takahiro Shimada⁶, Ivor Williams⁵, Carlos M. Duarte^1,2,3

1: Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 2: Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 3: Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 4: Beacon Department, KAUST Innovation; Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 5: Red Sea Zone Authority, Red Sea Global; Tawala, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 6: Aquatic Threatened Species Program, Department of Environment and Science; Moggill, Australia.

Investigating trends in cause-specific sea turtle strandings and mortality in the U.S. Virgin Islands: 2018-2023

Taylor Brunson¹, Claudia D. Lombard², Kelly R. Stewart³, Sean Kelly¹

1: Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Government of the Virgin Islands, USVI; 2: U.S. Fishing and Wildlife Service, USA; 3: The Ocean Foundation, Washington DC USA

Ten years of marine turtle strandings in Palawan, Philippines: from historical data to action planning

Sharah Marie Barredo¹, Myla Adriano², Mark Philip Acosta³, Ariana Agustines¹, Lorraine Aplasca¹, Geraldine Benavente³, Titus Canete¹, Lowee Lyn Castillo¹, Lyca Sandrea Castro⁴, Rufino Clavecilla⁵, Karen Mae C. Galabay⁶, Floredel D. Galon⁷, Jessica Labaja¹, Teodoro Jose S. Matta⁸, Ethan Manasan¹, Rene Manibale⁹, Dixie Marinas¹⁰, Curt Ivan Mariano¹, Azell Montederamos¹, Arty Moreno¹⁰, Jhonamie A. Mabuhay Omar⁴, Clarissa Pador¹¹, Glenn Gonzales Rebong¹², Rizza Araceli F. Salinas¹³, Sally Snow¹, Ma. Vivian Soriano¹⁴, Mildred Suza¹⁵, Dwight Justley G. Ulep⁶, AA Yaptinchay¹⁶, Alessandro Ponzo¹

1: Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Philippines; 2: City Environment and Natural Resources Office, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.; 3: Port Barton Marine Park (PBMP), San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines; 4: College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Western Philippines University- Puerto Princesa Campus, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.; 5: Municipal Agriculture Office, San Vicente, Palawan; 6: University of Manila, Metro Manila.; 7: Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.; 8: Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 9: Alimanguan Sagip Pawikan, San Vicente, Palawan; 10: Club Agutaya, San Vicente, Palawan Campus Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.; 11: Protected Area Management Office, Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape, Taytay, Palawan, Philippines; 12: Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center - Crocodile Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 13: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau, Quezon City, Manila.; 14: Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.; 15: Protected Area Management Office, El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area,, Palawan; 16: Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines, Makati City, Manila.

Fatal shark attack on a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) found stranded off the coast of the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain.

Carolina Fernández - Maldonado¹, Alejandra Cerezo Caro¹, Cristian Suárez-Santana², Martín Cara Egea¹, Antonio Fernández²

1: Seashore Environment and Fauna, Tarifa, Cádiz, Spain; 2: Atlantic Cetacean Research Center, Veterinary Histology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Trasmontaña, s/n, 35413 Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain

Sea turtles, sea users and collisions: how to improve monitoring and cohabitation in Reunion Island, Indian Ocean?

Anne Emmanuelle Landes¹, Charline Fisseau¹, Claire Jean², Mathieu Barret², Sylvain Delaspre¹, Stéphane Ciccione²

1: CEDTM, Réunion (France); 2: Kelonia, l'observatoire des tortues marines, Réunion (France)

The use of Circle Hooks to mitigate loggerhead Bycatch in bottom longline off the Gulf of Gabès

Imed Jribi¹, Achraf Chouaibi¹, Arij Sadraoui¹, Asma Chaabane¹, Hamed Mallat¹, Maissa Louhichi¹, Wiem Boussellaa¹, Zouhour Bouain¹, Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai²

1: FSS, Tunisia; 2: ASCOB-Syrtis, Sfax, Tunisia

Nine years of stranding data for sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Tabitha Renee Siegfried

Gulfarium CARE Center

*Foraging patterns of more nourished green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) migrating to high latitudes in Japan

Megumi Kawai¹, Kazunari Kameda², Lyu Lyu¹, Tomoko Narazaki³, Takuya Fukuoka⁴, Katsufumi Sato¹

1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Kuroshima Research Station, Sea Turtle Association of Japan; 3: Meijo University, Japan; 4: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

*Spatial ecology and conservation of foraging green turtles in the Northern Territory, Australia

Natalie Robson

Charles Darwin University, Australia

*Habitat mapping reveals resident areas and movement patterns of nesting leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in St. Croix USVI

Arona N. Bender¹, Christina I. Mauney², Corey D. Garza³, Peter H. Dutton⁴, Claudia D. Lombard⁵, Andrew J. Read¹, Kelly R. Stewart⁶

1: Duke University Marine Science & Conservation Division, Beaufort, NC 28516; 2: NCCOS Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516; 3: University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195; 4: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, La Jolla, CA 92037; 5: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Frederiksted, VI 00840; 6: St. Croix Sea Turtle Project, The Ocean Foundation, Washington DC 20036

*Using an unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) to assess seasonal abundances of megafauna in front of an important sea turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica

Adam Yaney-Keller¹, Verónica Valverde-Cantillo^2,3, Diego Fallas-Madrigal², Pilar Santidrían Tomilo^3,4, Nathan J. Robinson⁵

1: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia; 2: Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica; 3: The Leatherback Trust, Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, Playa Grande, Costa Rica; 4: Animal Demography and Ecology Unit, GEDA, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Miquèl Marques 21, 01790, Esporles, Spain; 5: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain

Decades-long monitoring of an individual male loggerhead sea turtle: AAJ723

Annessia Marie Michaels, Michael Bresette, Jeff Guertin, Cody Mott

Inwater Research Group, United States of America

Fishery discards and long-term changes in the diet of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the western Mediterranean as revealed by gut contents and bulk and compound specific stable isotope analyses

Luis Cardona¹, Francisco Javier Aznar², Maria Bas³, Jesús Tomás³

1: University of Barcelona, Spain; 2: Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Spain; 3: Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Spain

Coming out of their shells: Repeatable social preferences in green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas

Amy Feakes^1,2, Julian Gervolino¹, Isha Afeef^1,3, Emma Cavan², Stephanie Köhnk¹, Jamie Dunning²

1: Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK; 2: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park), Imperial College London, Berkshire, UK; 3: Olive Ridley Project Maldives, H. Kaneerumaage, Dhonhuraa Goalhi, Malé, 20037, Republic of Maldives

The Florida hawksbill project: A twenty-year review

Lawrence D. Wood, Anna Bennett

National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation, United States of America

Seagrass meadow collapse due to overgrazing green turtles in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Junichi Okuyama¹, Naoya Noguchi², Hideaki Nishizawa², Iwao Tanita¹, Sachia Sasano¹, Motoya Tamaki¹

1: Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Japan; 2: Kyoto University, Japan

Residence of Male Black Sea turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) at Nesting Areas in Michoacan, México.

Carlos Delgado-Trejo^1,2, Cutzi Bedolla-Ochoa^1,2, Miguel Angel Reyes-López², Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez²

1: Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico; 2: Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Campus Reynosa, IPN

Habitat selection of post-nesting loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Pacific

Kei Okamoto, Haruka Hayashi, Shintaro Ueno, Daisuke Ochi

Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan

Insights on sea turtle behavior and habitat use in New York’s coastal waters from movement tags deployed on rehabilitated animals

Joseph D. Warren¹, Charleigh Kilgallon¹, Maxinne A. Montello^1,2

1: Stony Brook University, United States of America; 2: New York Marine Rescue Center, United States of America

Tracking male turtles from Kyparissia Bay, Western Greece, the largest loggerhead rookery in the Mediterranean

ALan F. Rees¹, Tasos Dimalexis², Odysseas Paxinos³, Panos Batzios⁴, George Mikoniatis⁵, Yannis Vavassis⁵

1: Turtles from Above, Plymouth, UK; 2: Nature Conservation Consultants (NCC) Ltd, Athens, Greece; 3: MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, Athens, Greece; 4: BIOTOPIA GP, Athens, Greece; 5: HELLENiQ UPSTREAM S.A., HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A., Athens, Greece

A multidisciplinary approach give insight on loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta, Linneus 1758) trophic ecology in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean)

Monica Francesca Blasi

Filicudi Wildlife Conservation, Italy

Olive ridley internesting behaviour in northeast Brazil based on high resolution tracking data

A C C Melo¹, A J B Santos^1,4, R S Garcia¹, C Pulita¹, F L C Oliveira¹, M I Weber¹, A C D Silva¹, E L Fonseca¹, R M A Ramos², E A P Santos³

1: Fundação Projeto Tamar, Brazil; 2: Engeo Soluções Integradas Ltda, Brazil; 3: Centro TAMAR-ICMBio, Brazil; 4: Florida State University, United States of America

On battered reefs - insights into foraging of hawksbill turtles at known hotspots in the Maldives

Enas Mohamed Riyaz¹, Ahmed Leevan¹, Afrah Abdul-Sathaar², Isha Afeef², Ali Shareef³, Aishath Shaiha¹, Ibrahim Inaan², M.M.R Polyak⁴, Stephanie Köhnk⁴

1: Environmental Protection Agency, Handhuvaree Hingun, Malé, Republic of Maldives; 2: Olive Ridley Project Maldives, H. Kaneerumaage, Dhonhuraa Goalhi, Malé, 20037, Republic of Maldives; 3: Happy Side, K. Maafushi, 08090, Republic of Maldives; 4: Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK

Dispersal of nesting marine turtles from NEOM Islands, Saudi Arabia, after breeding

Hector Barrios-Garrido¹, Abdulrazaq Alatawi², August Santillan², Enjey Ghazzawi³, Abdulaziz Alkaboor², Mishari Alghrair⁴, Paul Marshall⁴, Deni Porej⁴, Ricardo Ramalho²

1: Beacon Development, KAUST Innovation. KAUST. Saudi Arabia. University of Zulia, Venezuela. TropWATER, Australia; 2: Beacon Development, KAUST Innovation. KAUST. Saudi Arabia; 3: Education, Research, and Innovation. NEOM. Saudi Arabia; 4: Nature Reserve, NEOM. Saudi Arabia

First island wide survey of hawksbill sea turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, in the waters of St John, U.S. Virgin Islands

Paul Jobsis¹, Scott Eanes², William {Alex} Webb²

1: Univ. of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S.; 2: The Hawksbill Project

Evaluating resource use patterns and partitioning in relation to changing prey abundance in co-occurring sea turtle species using molecular isotope geochemistry

Matthew D. Ramirez^1,2,3, Justine Intemann-Milligan⁴, Larisa Avens⁵, Matthew H. Godfrey^6,7,8, Susan G. Barco⁹, Kelton W. McMahon¹

1: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882 USA; 2: Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 USA; 3: Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28409 USA; 4: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA; 5: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, 28516 USA; 6: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Beaufort, NC, 28516 United States; 7: Duke Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, 28516 United States; 8: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27607 United States; 9: Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 United States

Green turtle photo-identification improves mark-recapture efforts and provides evidence of habitat connectivity and fine-scale ontogenetic shifts

Annabelle Brooks¹, Hannah Virgin², Stephen Dunbar^3,4, Dustin Baumbach⁴, Liberty Boyd², Stephen Connett⁵, Ryley Mayoras², Elizabeth Whitman²

1: Cape Eleuthera Institute, PO Box EL-62029, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, The Bahamas; 2: Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, USA; 3: Marine Research Group, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA; 4: Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR, Inc.); 5: Family Island Research and Education, Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research

*Role of sea turtle eggs as a marine originated organic matter in the diet of terrestrial invertebrate ghost crabs

Hirotaka Tajima^1,2, Hideaki Nishizawa³, Manabu Kume⁴, Junichi Okuyama⁵, Hiromichi Mitamura^1,2,4

1: Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; 2: Distinguished Doctoral Program of Platforms (WISE), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; 3: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; 4: Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; 5: Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Okinawa, Japan

*Change in clutch depth and reproductive success of late-season green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests on the East-Central Florida coast, USA

Olivia J. Hardway, M.S. Moonstone, E. E. Seney, K. L. Mansfield

University of Central Florida's Marine Turtle Research Group, United States of America

*Long-term trends in reproductive output of marine turtles on the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA

Jeena Prasertlum, Erin E. Seney, Kate L. Mansfield

University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group, United States of America

*Loggerhead sea turtle hatchling size: then and now

Abigail Crowder, Erin Seney, Kate Mansfield

University of Central Florida, United States of America

*Emergence success of leatherback sea turtles in a changing climate on the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA

Brianna Madison Nardelli, Jeena Prasertlum, Erin E Seney, Kate L Mansfield

UCF Marine Turtle Research Group, United States of America

*Determining incubation duration and reproductive success of late-season loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests on the East-Central Florida coast, USA

Merope S Moonstone, Olivia J Hardway, Matt E Larsen, Kate L Mansfield, Erin E Seney

University of Central Florida's Marine Turtle Research Group, United States of America

*Nesting ecology of leatherback turtles at buru island, indonesia

Retno Kusuma Ningrum^1,2, Muhammad Idham Farsha³, Rendra Kurniawan³, Ranny Yuneni³, Yuliana Syamsuni³, Alexander R Gaos⁴, John Wang⁴, Michael Osmond⁵, Shaya Honarvar^1,2

1: School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96822, USA; 2: Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96822, USA; 3: Yayasan WWF-Indonesia, Marine and Fisheries Program, Jl. Pemuda 1 No.2 Renon, Bali 80226, Indonesia; 4: NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96818, USA; 5: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) US, Washington DC 20037-1193, USA

*Nesting trends of leatherback, green, and olive ridley sea turtles at Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, Costa Rica

Isabel Rodriguez¹, Faridah Fatungase¹, Pilar Santidrian Tomillo², Frank V Paladino¹

1: Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; 2: The Leatherback Trust, Goldring Marine Biology Station, Playa Grande, Costa Rica

Closing the knowledge gap: Contributing data from Sumatra about the Northeastern Indian Ocean leatherback sea turtle subpopulation

Meriussoni Zai¹, Thomas Reischig², Sarif Hidayat³, Thomas Amey⁴, Hiltrud Cordes²

1: Yayasan Penyu Indonesia, Indonesia; 2: Turtle Foundation, Germany; 3: Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia; 4: Ecosystem Impact, Indonesia

Running out of sand: Sea turtle nesting activity on Félicité Island, Seychelles

Lara Kalisch, Martin Stelfox, Stephanie Köhnk

Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK

Which threats affect hatching success of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Fiji?

Shritika Shayal Prakash^1,3, Ashmeeta Shalvina², Ana Ciriyawa¹, Susanna Piovano¹

1: Discipline of Marine Studies, SAGEONS, The University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji; 2: Discipline of Biological and Chemical Sciences, SAGEONS, The University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji; 3: Present address: Ika Bula Consultants, Suva, Fiji

An increased risk of predation for Caretta caretta nests in Calabria (Southern Italy)

Chiara Mancino^1,2, Maria Denaro², Pietro Giovannelli², Eshna Gomes², Romano Liotti², Teresa Malito², Giovanni Parise², Salvatore Urso²

1: Sapienza University, Italy; 2: Caretta Calabria Conservation, Italy

Hatching success and sex ratios of Chelonia mydas nests in Lang Tengah Island, Malaysia

Azrin Asyikin Mohd Shukor^1,2, Tze Ning Cheok^1,4, Seh Ling Long^1,3

1: Lang Tengah Turtle Watch, Lang Tengah Island, Terengganu, Malaysia; 2: (PULIHARA) Marine Conservation and Research Organisation, Malaysia; 3: TRAFICC International Southeast Asia; 4: Scuba Junkie SEAS

Loggerheads nesting in France mainland and Corsica in 2023: an exceptional year or the beginning of a new story?

Anthony Caro¹, Sidonie Catteau², Cathy Cesarini³, Françoise Claro⁴, Céline Ferlat⁵, Jacques Fretey⁶, Delphine Gambaiani⁵, Alexandre Girard⁴, Marc Girondot⁷, Antony Martinez⁹, Claude Miaud⁸, Pierre Moisson⁹, Jean-Baptiste Sénégas⁵, Charlène Thévenet⁹

1: Office Français pour la Biodiversité; 2: Association Marineland, Antibes; 3: Association CARI (Cétacés Association Recherche Insulaire) and Société Herpétologique de France, Réseau Tortues Marines de Méditerranée Française; 4: UMS PatriNat, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris; 5: Centre d'Etude et de Sauvegarde des Tortues Marines de Méditerranée; 6: Association Chélonée; 7: Ecologie, Systématique, Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, France; 8: CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE-PSL University, IRD; 9: A Cupulatta, Vero, Corse

First years of monitoring three potential key beaches for sea turtles on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Lucia Heredero Saura, Laura Exley, George Grimmett

COPROT, Costa Rica

Is there a future for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta, Linneus 1758) nesting in the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Italy)?

Monica Francesca Blasi, Vittoria Fiandino, Michelle Gelippi

Filicudi Wildlife Conservation, Italy

Leatherback haven in the Indian Ocean

Adhith Swaminathan¹, Saw Thesorow¹, Sushil Lakra¹, Dr. Kartik Shanker^1,2

1: Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore, India; 2: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Explorers and residents: dichotomic nesting and internesting behaviour of loggerhead sea turtles colonising the western Mediterranean

Eduardo Belda¹, Sara Abalo-Morla², Luís Cardona³, Elena Abella⁴, Lucas Belda¹, Blanca Feliu-Tena^1,5, Marta Pascual⁶, Carlos Carreras⁶, Jesús Tomás⁷

1: Institut per a la Investigació i Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Paranimf n° 1, 46730, Gandia, València, Spain; 2: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanografico de Vigo (COV-IEO), CSIC, Subida a Radio Faro, 50-52, 36390, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain; 3: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 4: BETA Tech Center, TECNIO Network, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia ( UVic-UCC), C. de Roda 70, 08500, Vic, Spain.; 5: Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO-CSIC), C.O. Murcia, C/el Varadero 1, Lo Pagan, 30740 Murcia, Spain; 6: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.; 7: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain

Collaborative conservation initiatives: Preliminary assessment of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting ecology in Chakar Hutan, Terengganu, Malaysia

Nur Isandra Shazlynn Shamsul Azmil¹, Wan Zuriana Wan Sulaiman¹, Muhammad Afiq Karim¹, Audrey Symplicius¹, Seh Ling Long^1,2

1: Lang Tengah Turtle Watch, Malaysia; 2: TRAFFIC International Southeast Asia

Olive Ridley nesting monitoring in the Osa Peninsula; threats and conservation measures.

Alba Lopez Bobadilla, Laura Exley

COPROT, Comunidad Protectora de Tortugas de Osa, Costa Rica

How important is sea turtle nest site selection in the context of climate change?

Holly Jayne Stokes¹, Nicole Esteban¹, Graeme C Hays²

1: Swansea University, United Kingdom; 2: Deakin University, Australia

Effects of rising temperature on sea turtle nesting outcomes - How TREE Foundation maintains the temperature along the Andhra Pradesh coast, India.

Prabhakara Rao Marabathina, Supraja Dharini

TREE Foundation, India

Reproductive trends of loggerhead and green sea turtle populations over time: An analysis of a long-term nest monitoring dataset from Sanibel, Florida, USA

Savannah M Weber¹, Andrew Glinsky², Jack W Brzoza¹, Charles LeBuff³, Kelly A Sloan¹

1: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (Florida, USA); 2: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (Hawaii, USA); 3: Caretta Research Inc (Florida, USA)

A summary of twenty eight years of sea turtle nesting data on Topsail Island, North Carolina

Terry Meyer¹, Jean F Beasley¹, Kathryn A Zagzebski¹, Matthew H Godfrey²

1: The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center, 302 Tortuga Lane, Surf City, NC 28445; 2: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 1701 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1700

17-year green sea turtle monitoring on Tetiaroa atoll, French Polynesia

Dr. Cécile Gaspar, Dr. Jade Gouin, Théo Guillaume, Romain Clervoy

TE MANA O TE MOANA, NGO, French Polynesia

Irresponsible tourism is a threat to the habitat of the green sea turtle on the northern coasts of the Sea of Oman Sea

Mahmood Sinaei¹, Mehdi Bolouki², Mohammad Talebi Matin², Ashrafali Hosseini², Mostafa Hasanian¹, Farhad Salehzehi³, Mohammad Sadegh Saba²

1: Department of Biology, Marine Environment Research Center, Islamic Azad University, Chabahar Branch, Chabahar, Iran; 2: Department of Environment, Tehran, Iran; 3: Chabahar Industrial Free Zone, Sistan and Baloochistan, Chabahar, Iran

Last strongholds of Iran’s largest hawksbill rookery: mice invasion on the Nakhiloo Island, Persian Gulf

Majid Askari-Hesni¹, Mostafa Moazeni², Mohammad Amin Tollab², Hossein Jafari², Abdolrahman Moradzadeh², Amirmozafar Hosseini³, Mahdi Iranmanesh¹, Somaye Zangiabadi⁴, Abolfazl Akbari⁵, Pejman Khalili⁵, Amir Ehsan Stansti⁵, Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour⁶

1: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.; 2: Department of Environment, Bushehr, Iran; 3: Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Khoramshahr Marine Science and Technology University, Khoramshahr, Khuzestan, Iran; 4: Department of Biology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; 5: Persian Gulf Mobin Energy Company, Asalouyeh, Bushehr, Iran; 6: Qeshm Environmental Conservation Institute (QECI), Qeshm Island, Hormozgan, Iran

The significance and challenges faced by the increasing number of nesting honu (Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles) on Oahu

Deborah Kay Herrera¹, Sheldon Plentovich², Kelly Goodale³, Joy Browning⁴

1: Malama i na honu, United States of America; 2: Pacific Islands Coastal Program; 3: Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Service Office; 4: Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Service Office

Unveiling a recently discovered loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in Greece producing a predominance of male hatchlings

Anna Lamaj, Galini Samlidou, ALan F. Rees, Dimitris Margaritoulis

ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece

How sand grain size dictates sea turtle hatchlings’ destiny in the nest escaping?

Mohd Uzair Rusli, Lyvia Chong, David T. Booth, Nadhirah Syafiqah Suhaimi

Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Utilisation of the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool to monitor nesting sea turtle activity and volunteer patrol effort at Cambodia’s only known nesting site

Chandara Tak, Matthew Glue, Tharamony Ngoun

Fauna & Flora, Cambodia

*The umbilical cord as a non-invasive sampling: genotype and applications

Gisela Marín-Capuz¹, Elena Abella², Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,3, Carlos Carreras^1,3

1: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 2: BETA Technological Center, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Carretera Roda 70, E-08500, Vic, Spain; 3: Should be considered senior authors

*Identifying geographic locations where sea turtle species are likely to inter-breed and hybridize

Sierra Nicole Hershberger^1,2, Mary M Brandle^1,2, Sibelle T Vilaça³, Matthew D Ramirez^1,2

1: Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 USA; 2: Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28409 USA; 3: Instituto Technológico Vale, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, Brazil

*4-decades of loggerhead nesting trends and survey analyses at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Hailey Grossman^1,2, Susan Piacenza¹

1: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University; 2: Environmental Management Division, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune NC

*Size matters: how sample size and molecular marker choice affect mixed stock analysis

Gustavo D. Stahelin^1,2, Katherine L. Mansfield¹

1: University of Central Florida, Department of Biology, Orlando, FL, USA; 2: Fundação Projeto Tamar, Salvador, BA, Brazil.

Where do they come from? A genomic baseline for individual assignments in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Anna Barbanti¹, Adolfo Marco², Silvia Giralt³, Daniela Freggi⁴, Cinta Pegueroles¹, Alberto Abreu-Grobois⁵, Raúl Llera-Herrera⁵, Elisabeth Labastida-Estrada⁶, Salima Machkour M`Rabet⁷, Dimitris Margaroitoulis⁸, Oguz Turkozan⁹, Marta Pascual^1,10, Carlos Carreras^1,10

1: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; 2: Department of Biodiversity Conservation, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain; 3: Fundación para la Conservación y la Recuperación de Animales Marinos (CRAM), 08820 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain; 4: Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center, Punta Sottile, 92031 Lampedusa AG, Italy; 5: Unidad Académica Mazatlan, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 811, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82000 Mexico; 6: Colección Nacional de Helmintos. Departamento de Zoología. Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 7: Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular y Conservación, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal; 8: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-10432 Athens, Greece; 9: Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 09010 Aydın, Turkey; 10: Should be considered senior authors

New colonisers drive the increase of the emerging loggerhead turtle nesting in Western Mediterranean

Astrid Luna-Ortiz^1,8, Gisela Marín-Capuz^1,8, Elena Abella², Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo³, Fernando Escribano⁴, Guillem Félix⁵, Silvia Giralt⁶, Jesús Tomás⁷, Marta Pascual^1,9, Carlos Carreras^1,9, Cinta Pegueroles^1,9

1: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 2: BETA Technological Center, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Carretera Roda 70, E-08500, Vic, Spain; 3: Fundació Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, E-46013, València, Spain; 4: Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre "El Valle", Ctra. Subida a El Valle, 62, E-30150, La Alberca de las Torres, Murcia, Spain.; 5: Consorci de Recuperació de Fauna de les Illes Balears (COFIB) Carretera Palma- Sineu, Km 15,400, E-07142, Santa Eugènia, Balearic Islands, Spain; 6: Fundación para la Conservación y la Recuperación de Animales Marinos (CRAM), E-08820, El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 7: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; 8: Should be considered first author; 9: Should be considered senior authors

Reimagining sea turtle conservation in India: insights from a long-term monitoring study

Chandana Pusapati¹, Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan², Nupur Kale³, Chetan Rao⁴, Alissa Barnes⁵, Vishrutha Rao¹, Kartik Shanker^1,6

1: Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore, India; 2: World Wide Fund for Nature-India; 3: Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom; 4: FLAME University, Pune, India; 5: Wildlife Conservation Society-India; 6: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Genetic stock structure of Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting populations in Fiji

Erin L. LaCasella¹, Susanna Piovano², Shritika S. Prakash², Malakai Tuiono², Ana Ciriyawa², Peter H. Dutton¹

1: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, United States of America; 2: SAGEONS, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji

Genetic stock identification of fisheries bycatch provides insights into differences in broad-scale distribution patterns of leatherbacks in the North and Southeast Pacific

Suzanne E Roden¹, Erin L LaCasella¹, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto^2,3, George H Balazs⁴, Nelly de Paz Campos⁵, Miguel Donoso⁶, Amy Frey¹, T Todd Jones⁷, Jeffrey C Mangel², Summer Martin⁷, Shawn Murakawa⁷, Patricia Zarate⁸, Peter H Dutton¹

1: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-Fisheries; 2: Asociacion ProDelphinus; 3: Universidad Cientifica del Sur; 4: Golden Honu Services of Oceania; 5: ACOREMA; 6: Pacifico Laud; 7: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-Fisheries; 8: Departamento de Oceanografía y Medio Ambiente, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero

Surviving the Northernmost waters: Genetic insights into green turtles' adaptation in Japan

Tomoko Hamabata

Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan

Developing a cost-effective molecular method of sex determination of Northern Atlantic juvenile sea turtles using gene expression

Maxine A. Montello¹, Patricia Ceseretti², Andrew M. Wier²

1: New York Marine Rescue Center, Riverhead, New York, USA; 2: Dyson College of Natural Science, Biology Department, Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, USA

Genetic characterization and diversity of an undescribed loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) reproductive population and new insights on the genetic structure for the southwest Atlantic

Alberty Cleyton Gaspar Xavier¹, Luana Alves Simões¹, Sarah de Souza Alves Teodoro¹, Sandra Ludwig¹, Gabrielly Loretti Schultz¹, Ana Carolina Barcelos Pereira Mariano¹, Daniella Torres Almeida Pereira², Tatiane Bittar Vieira², Victor Patiri³, Gustave Gilles Lopez³, Romoaldo Sales Gaspar³, Sarah Maria Vargas¹

1: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil; 2: Fundação Projeto Tamar.; 3: Braço Social Consultoria

Genetic composition and origin of undescribed leatherback turtles aggregations (Dermochelys coriacea) along the Brazilian coast

Gabrielly Loretti Schultz¹, Werlanne Magalhães², Sarah de Souza Alves Teodoro¹, Ana Carolina Barcelos Pereira Mariano¹, Alberty Cleyton Gaspar Xavier¹, Alexsandro Santos³, Daniella Torres Almeida Pereira³, Tatiane Bittar Vieira³, Marta Cremer⁴, Camila Domit⁵, Sarah Maria Vargas¹

1: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil; 2: Instituto Tartarugas do Delta; 3: Fundação Projeto TAMAR; 4: Universidade da Região de Joinville; 5: Universidade Federal do Paraná

Somatic growth rates of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) foraging in the Fijian Archipelago

Garrett E Lemons¹, Calandra N Tuner Tomaszewicz¹, Shritika S Prakash², Katy Miller³, Jeffrey A Seminoff¹, Susanna Piovano²

1: NOAA, United States of America; 2: School of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Oceans, and Natural Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; 3: Vatuvara Private Islands, Suva, Fiji

Assessing breeding sex ratios and relatedness among male and female breeders in a hawksbill turtle rookery

Kathryn Levasseur^1,2, Cooper Oljeski¹, Dyani Harrison¹, Sylvia Stewart-Bates¹, Phoebe Fowler¹, Seth Stapleton^2,3, Joseph Quattro⁴

1: Davidson College, USA; 2: Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Long Island, Antigua; 3: University of Minnesota, USA; 4: University of South Carolina, USA

Genetic analysis of hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) by mtDNA sequences in the Yucatan Peninsula

Irlanda Esmeralda Gallardo-Alanis^1,2, Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez^1,3, Blanca Idalia González-Garza⁴, Cesar Ley-Quiñonez⁵, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray⁵, Luis Angel Tello-Sahagún^5,6, Mitzi C. Núñez-Solano⁷, Israel Llamas-Gonzalez⁷, Caterine E. Hart⁸, A. Alonso Aguirre⁹, José Alberto Narváez-Zapata1¹⁰, Miguel Angel Reyes Lopez¹

1: Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico; 2: George Mason University; 3: UAT-UAMRA; 4: Mar y Sierra Salvaje A.C; 5: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR Sinaloa; 6: Estación Biológica Majahuas; 7: Eco Mayto A. C; 8: Centro de Investigaciones oceanicas del mar de Cortés, Mazatlán, Sinaloa; 9: Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University; 10: Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Updating haplotypes for Antigua & Barbuda and re-analyzing rookery structure in the Eastern Caribbean

Kathryn Levasseur^1,2, Johana Monzon¹, Dyani Harrison¹, Cooper Oljeski¹, Sylvia Stewart-Bates¹, Seth Stapleton^2,3

1: Davidson College, USA; 2: Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Long Island, Antigua; 3: University of Minnesota, USA

Evaluating the green turtle new colonisation of the Mediterranean through genomics and satellite telemetry

Gisela Marín-Capuz¹, José Luís Crespo-Picazo², Nathan J. Robinson^2,3, Lucia Garrido⁴, Ana R. Patrício^5,6, Simon Demetropoulos⁷, Dimitris Margaritoulis⁸, Jane Hardwick⁹, Imed Jbri¹⁰, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,11, Carlos Carreras^1,11

1: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 2: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Gran Vía Marqués del Turia 19, 46005 Valencia, Spain; 3: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona 08003, Spain; 4: Fundación para la Conservación y la Recuperación de Animales Marinos (CRAM), E-08820, El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 5: MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, Ispa – Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Lisboa, Portugal; 6: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK; 7: Cyprus Wildlife Society, P.O. Box 24281. Nicosia 1703, Cyprus; 8: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-10432 Athens, Greece; 9: Department of Environment, PO Box 10202 Grand Cayman KY1-1002, Cayman Islands.; 10: BIOME Lab Sfax Faculty of Sciences, University of Sfax, Route Soukra 1171, Sfax, Tunisia; 11: Should be considered senior authors

The mystery of bimodal nesting seasons in marine turtles

Marc Girondot

Université Paris-Saclay, France

Implications from low remigration rates of nesting females in the North Pacific population of loggerhead turtles.

Yoshimasa Matsuzawa^1,2, Takashi Ishihara^1,3, Kojiro Mizuno^4,5, Mitsuharu Kume⁵, Ryoko Masuyama⁵, Shizue Mizutani⁵

1: Sea Turtle Association of Japan; 2: Shikoku Aquarium; 3: AQUARIUM x ART átoa; 4: Amami Marine Life Research Association; 5: Turtle Crew

Where did they go? Alarming lack of juveniles raises concern at Tubbataha

Nicolas Pilcher¹, Angelique Songco², Rizza Araceli Salinas³, Maria Retchie Alaba², Gerlie Gedoria², Segundo Conales Jr², Noel Bundal², Jeffrey David², Crisencio Caranay Jr.², Rowell Alarcon²

1: Marine Research Foundation, Malaysia; 2: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines; 3: Biodiversity Management Bureau, Philippines

Shout-out to loggerheads in Brazil: Nesting trends from 1991 – 2019

Gustavo David Stahelin¹, Paulo Barata¹, Paulo Lara¹, Nathalia Berchieri¹, Alexsandro Santos¹, João Carlos Alciati Thomé², Cecília Baptistotte², Daniella Torres de Almeida¹, Daniel Nascimento³, Jaqueline Castilhos¹, Bruno Giffoni¹, Danielle Monteiro^4,5, Maria Ângela Marcovaldi¹

1: Fundação Projeto Tamar, Salvador, BA, Brazil.; 2: Centro TAMAR-ICMBio, Vitória, ES, Brazil.; 3: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural – Fazenda Caruara, São João da Barra, RJ, Brazil.; 4: Laboratório de Estudos para a Pesca Responsável – Instituto de Oceanografia – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.; 5: Núcleo de Educação e Monitoramento Ambiental – NEMA, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.

Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta along the Tunisian coasts

Wiem Boussellaa¹, Hamed Mallat², Maroua Hrizi², Imed Jribi²

1: SZN; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, Italy; 2: Faculty of Sciences of Sfax

Skin lesion in aquaculture green sea turtle, Chelonia Mydas

Muhammad Nasyrul Adly Mohd Afandy, Faizah Aplop, Mohd Uzair Rusli

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Clinical and radiographic evaluation of mortality leading cause in accidentally trawled sea turtles: Drowning or Gas embolism?

Delia Franchini¹, Stefano Ciccarelli¹, Carmela Valastro¹, Francesco Caprio¹, Davide Bellomo¹, Daniela Freggi¹, Pasquale Salvemini², Antonio Di Bello¹

1: Sea Turtle Clinic, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy; 2: WWF Turtle Rescue Center, Molfetta Bari, Italy

A multidisciplinary approach on the health assessment of loggerhead turtles undergoing rehabilitation: supporting their role as sentinels of marine litter

Montserrat Sole¹, Arnaud Legrand², Edith Bigot-Corbel², Maria El Rakwe M³, Enora Prado³, Gaelle Blanvillain⁴, Albert Martinez-Silvestre⁵, Jose Luis Crespo⁶, Lucia Garrido⁷, Claude Miaud⁸, Fabien Aubret⁹, Pauline Provin¹⁰, Arnaud Charlery-Adèle¹⁰, Jean-Christophe Auguet¹⁰

1: ICM-CSIC, Spain; 2: Nantes Université, France; 3: IFREMER, Brest, France; 4: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA; 5: CRARC, Spain; 6: Fundación Oceanogràfic, Spain; 7: CRAM, Spain; 8: UAR CNRS, France; 9: CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE-PSL University, IRD, Univ Paul Valéry, France; 10: MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, France

Traumatic Fibromas in Lepidochelys olivacea during rehabilitation: case report

Denyielim Elias de Oliveira¹, Ana Clara Rigoni¹, Paolla di Cavallieri Rodrigues¹, Clara Sardinha¹, Daniela Nóbrega², Renato Leite Leonardo³, Joana Ikeda¹, Daphne Wrobel Goldberg⁴

1: Ambipar Response; 2: Laboratório Pat Animal; 3: Dr. Fish Soluções em Aquarismo e Veterinária Ltda; 4: Projeto Albatroz

Health and hematological evaluation of captive hawkbills sea turtle in a rehabilitation facility in Thailand

Sirawich Srisiri^1,2, Komkiew Pinpimai³, Thanida Haetrakul^1,2,3

1: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; 2: Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence (VMARCE), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; 3: Aquatic Resource Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Caring for long-term sea turtle patients: exploring the potential of Environmental Enrichment strategies through the experience of Lampedusa Rescue Center, Italy

Andrea Badaile, Daniela Freggi, Aethus Salvatore Tuccio

Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center, Italy

Surveying antibiotic resistance of gram-negative bacteria isolated from wild-caught green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) of Florida, U.S.A.

Christina Cortes, Isabella Donadio Pizzolato, Nada Maher, Sarah Milton

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

Community livelihoods development as a sea turtle conservation tool in Sri Lanka

Thushan Kapurusinghe, Shyama Wijekulasuriya, Deshapriya Saman Rathnakumara, Vasantha Pahalawattaarachchi

Turtle Conservation Project, Sri Lanka

Incidental Discovery of Materials, Equipment, and Methods through the Words of a Carey Craftsman.

Gilberto Rafael Borges Guzmán^1,2,3, Héctor Barrios-Garrido^4,5,6, Pedro Vernet^1,2

1: ProOcean; 2: Fundación Científica Los Roques, Venezuela; 3: Asociación Mexicana de Veterinarios de Tortugas; 4: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; 5: TropWATER, James Cook University. Australia; 6: GTTM-GV, Venezuela

*Teeny Tiny Neon Turtles: A reliable, accessible, and scalable minimally-invasive remote tracking method for post hatchling neonate sea turtles

Jenna Contuchio, Rita Mehta

University of California Santa Cruz, United States of America

Drone fight to FAIR dataset

Nick Mortimer¹, Milica Stankovic², Mathew A Vanderklif¹, Chris Jacket¹

1: CSIRO Environment, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Crawley, WA, Australia, 6009; 2: Excellence Center for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand 90112

The potential of passive acoustic monitoring to help inform conservation strategies of northwest Atlantic leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)

Derek M. Aoki^1,2,7, Annie Page², Justin R. Perrault¹, Jeffrey R. Guertin³, Scott Benson^4,8, Andrew DiMatteo⁵, Claudio Quesada-Rodriguez⁶, Aimee L. Hoover⁷, George L. Shillinger^7,9

1: Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida, USA; 2: Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA; 3: Inwater Research Group, Jensen Beach, Florida, USA; 4: Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Moss Landing, CA, USA; 5: CheloniData LLC, Berthoud, CO, USA; 6: Ecology Project International, Pacuare Reserve, Costa Rica; 7: Upwell Turtles, Monterey, California, USA; 8: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University, Moss Landing, CA, USA; 9: MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, USA

Comparing aerial and boat-based surveys to monitor offshore aggregations of olive ridleys in India

Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan¹, Sadhwi Sindura Behera¹, Sejal Worah¹, Shashank Srinivasan², Nandini Mehrotra², Chandana Pusapati³, Vishrutha Rao³, Kartik Shanker^3,4

1: World Wide Fund for Nature-India; 2: Technology for Wildlife Foundation, Goa, India; 3: Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 4: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Adopt, track, protect: leveraging digitalization for sustainable sea turtle conservation in malaysia

Faizah Aplop, Tuan Mustaqim Rosdan, Arizal Shamsil Rifin, Muhammad Nasyrul Afandy, Muhd Uzair Rusli

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Nest domes: an innovative strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change in the sex determination of sea turtles

Zulema Alejandra Guevara Oviedo¹, Sara Giraldo², Sergio Tenjo², Daniel Payan³

1: Rancho San Cristóbal CSL; 2: Banana Boat; 3: VML Colombia

Novel miniaturized satellite tags reveal diving behaviors of early-life stage leatherback turtles.

Tony Candela^1,2,3, Jeanette Wyneken⁴, Peter Leijen⁵, Emily Turla⁴, Philippe Gaspar², George L. Shillinger¹

1: Upwell, Monterey, CA, USA; 2: Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; 3: Aquarium La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France; 4: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA; 5: Lotek Wireless, Inc., Havelock North, New-Zealand

Utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate sea turtle identification in low water visibility in Uruguay, South Western Atlantic.

Rafael Rosa^1,2,3, Natalia S. Teryda^1,4, Gabriela M. Vélez-Rubio^1,2,5

1: Karumbé NGO, Av. Rivera 3245, Montevideo, 11600, Uruguay; 2: Departamento MEDIA, Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay.; 3: Instituto de Computación (INCO), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay; 4: School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, USA.; 5: Sección Oceanografía y Ecología Marina, Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay

Identification of sea turtle species using MALDI-TOF/MS

Rangsima Sujittosakul¹, Sittiruk Roytrakul³, Siriwan Thaisakun³, Ekarit Duangmala⁴, Watchara Sakornwimon⁵, Kirsty Magson⁶, Patcharaporn Kaewmong⁷, Stephen Dunbar⁸, Thanida Haetrakul^1,2

1: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; 2: Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; 3: Functional Proteomics Technology Laboratory, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; 4: Ao-Siam National Park, Prachuab Khiri Khan 77140, Thailand; 5: Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center (Central Gulf of Thailand), Chumphon 86000, Thailand; 6: New Heaven Reef Conservation Program, Surat Thani 84360, Thailand; 7: Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket 83000, Thailand; 8: Loma Linda University, California 92350, United State

Sea turtles of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea: current research and threats

Lyndsey K. Tanabe

KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Marine turtle bycatch in six fishing bases in Indonesia: status and release-handling approach

Ranny R Yuneni¹, Chaerul Ahadi¹, Hendro Susanto², Imam M Zainuddin¹

1: WWF-Indonesia, Indonesia; 2: Wahana Bahari Community, Indonesia

Comparing Pacific loggerhead distribution models derived from satellite telemetry and fisheries observer records

Chris Long¹, Alexander Gaos², John Wang³, Summer Martin², Robert Ahrens³, Zachary Siders¹

1: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences, University of Florida, FL, USA; 2: Protected Species Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, USA; 3: Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, USA

Assessing marine turtle bycatch in small-scale municipal fisheries in Northern Palawan, Philippines

Jessica Labaja¹, Larvin Arcena¹, Jemar Atay¹, Raymart Cacacha¹, Christian Gabo¹, Krizia Meryl Ecube¹, David Garcia¹, Jonard Juab¹, Azell Montederamos¹, Michael Osmond², Alyza Pabillore¹, Marynoll Susmeña¹, John Wang³, Tara Sayuri Whitty⁴, Alessandro Ponzo¹

1: Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Philippines; 2: World Wildlife Fund US; 3: NOAA Fisheries - Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; 4: Keiruna, Inc.

Spatiotemporal overlap between AIS-tracked longliners and loggerhead turtle foraging habitat in the open waters of the Western Indian Ocean

Jonathan R. Monsinjon¹, Sylvain Bonhommeau¹, Antoine Laforge^2,3, Philippe Gaspar², Anne Barat³, Olivier Bousquet^3,4, Stéphane Ciccione⁵, Claire Jean⁵, Mathieu Barret⁵, Katia Ballorain⁶, Mayeul Dalleau⁶, Philippe S. Sabarros^7,8, Pascal Bach⁷, Jérôme Bourjea⁷

1: Ifremer, DOI Délégation Océan Indien, F-97420 Le Port, La Réunion, France; 2: Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; 3: LACy laboratory, University of La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France; 4: Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port-Elizabeth, South-Africa; 5: Kelonia, Marine Turtle Observatory and Rescue Center, Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France; 6: CEDTM (Centre d’Etude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines), Piton Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France; 7: MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France; 8: IRD, Ob7, Sète, France

^Directing conservation attention into the water: identifying marine turtle bycatch hotspots in Iran

Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour¹, Haleh Ali Abedi¹, Majid Askari-Hesni², Amirmozafar Hosseini³, Roghayeh Rafiee², Ali Reza Rastgoo⁴, Hanieh Rostamabadi², Najmeh Sabbah⁵, Nicolas J. Pilcher⁶

1: Qeshm Environmental Conservation Institute (QECI), Qeshm Island, Hormozgan, Iran; 2: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran; 3: Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Khoramshahr Marine Science and Technology University, Khoramshahr, Khuzestan, Iran; 4: Hormozgan’s Department of Environment, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran; 5: Department of Biology, Guilan University, Guilan, Iran; 6: Marine Research Foundation, 88450 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Developing best handling and release practices for fishers with fishers: the importance of detail

Maria Luz Parga¹, Sandra Andraka²

1: SUBMON, Spain; 2: EcoPacific+

Impacts of x-press pearl ship disaster on sea turtles and their habitats in Sri Lanka

Thushan Kapurusinghe, Himali Purnima Kahawita, Kavindu Maduhansa Kapurusinghe, Uthpala Wickramasinghe, Elizebeth Jayangani Theswa, Manuri Pankaja Kapurusinghe

Turtle Conservation Project, Sri Lanka

Sea turtles in the North Pacific Garbage Patch: observations during The Ocean Cleanup operations

Maíra Carneiro Proietti^1,2, Marjolein van Vulpen¹, Débora Fanzeres¹, Ahmad Damaj¹, Peter Pusick¹, Matthias Egger¹

1: The Ocean Cleanup, The Netherlands; 2: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil

*Detection thresholds for visual light in Eretmochelys imbricata hatchlings

Robert Thomas Gammariello^1,2, Camar Green³, Stephen Dunbar^1,2

1: Marine Research Group, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350; 2: Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR, Inc.), Loma Linda, CA 92350; 3: Treasure Beach Turtle Group, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

ENSO Dynamics and the Resilience of Chelonia mydas at Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary, Malaysia

Nurfatini Nadhira Sani^1,2, Mohd Uzair Rusli²

1: Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu; 2: Sea Turtle Research Unit, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

*Sex Ratio Estimation of Green Turtles at Chagar Hutang, an important sanctuary site in Peninsula Malaysia

Sharifah Nur Azah Anim Syed Noor Azalan^1,2, Nicholas Tolen², Mohd Uzair Rusli²

1: Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu; 2: Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

*A novel approach to assessing fertility rates of leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs

Emily Turla¹, Gabriella A. Carvajal¹, Samantha G. Kuschke^2,3,4, Jeanette Wyneken¹

1: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA; 2: Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Services, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA; 3: One Health Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA; 4: Upwell, Monterey, CA, USA

*Monitorization and characterization by photo-trapping of the activation time of Caretta caretta hatchlings in a hatchery in Boa Vista, Cape Verde.

Andrés Ramos Benito¹, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo², Leila Cristina Lopes Almeida³, María Medina Suarez⁴

1: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain; 2: Centro Ocenográfico de Baleares, IEO-CSIC, Spain; 3: Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Spain; 4: Cabo Verde Natura 2000, Cape Verde

*Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) hatch success and predicted sex ratios at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge.

Sabrina C. Sorace¹, Natalie K. Monnier¹, Dante Trivett², Katie Ayres¹, Makayla Kelso², Claudia D. Lombard³, Kelly Sloan⁴, Paul Jobsis¹, Kelly R. Stewart²

1: University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; 2: The Ocean Foundation, Washington, D.C. USA; 3: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; 4: Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, Sanibel, FL, USA

*The making of males in a feminizing environment: an assessment on the Arabian Peninsula

Kirsty Scott¹, Marc Girondot², Jesse Cochran¹, Michael Berumen¹

1: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; 2: Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique, Evolution, Université Paris Saclay

*Predation of sea turtle eggs

Holly Jayne Stokes¹, Nicole Esteban¹, Graeme C Hays²

1: Swansea University, United Kingdom; 2: Deakin University, Australia

*Hatching and emergence success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Trevor L Proctor¹, Chelsea E Clyde-Brockway¹, Elizabeth M Sinclair², Frank V Paladino^1,2, Shaya Honarvar^2,3

1: Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States of America; 2: Bioko Marine Turtle Program, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea; 3: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu Hawai'i, USA

*Cracking the code of sea turtle rehabilitation: insights from 23 years at Lampedusa Turtle Rescue (South Mediterranean, Italy)"

Camilla Roldi, Daniela Freggi, Marina Zucchini, Aethus Salvatore Tuccio, Pietro Santalucia

Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center, Italy

*Clinical evaluation, endoscopic and microbiological investigations for the diagnosis of lung pathologies in sea turtles (Caretta caretta): surveillance in the southern Italian seas

Stefano Ciccarelli¹, Delia Franchini¹, Marialaura Corrente², Carmela Valastro¹, Antonio Di Bello¹

1: Sea Tutle Clinic, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy; 2: Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy

*Morphological identification of chelonians through a multimodal network model with semantic segmentation

Karen Ortiz Ruiz, Mireya Saraí García Vázquez, Alejando Álvaro Ramírez Acosta

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

*How does Fastloc-GPS telemetry improve conservation planning?

Nupur Kale¹, Nicole Esteban¹, Kim Stokes¹, Graeme Hays²

1: Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom; 2: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Vic. 3280, Australia

*Use of superpixels in graph convolutional networks for the identification of sea turtles

Jesús Fernando Franco López¹, Mireya Saraí García Vázquez², Alejandro Álvaro Ramírez Acosta²

1: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), México; 2: Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), México.

Automatic detection and abundance estimation of green turtles from video footages of unmanned aerial vehicle

Naoya Noguchi¹, Hideaki Nishizawa¹, Taro Shimizu¹, Junichi Okuyama², Shohei Kobayashi³, Kazuyuki Tokuda⁴, Hideyuki Tanaka⁴, Satomi Kondo⁴

1: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University; 2: Subtropical Coastal Research Group, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency; 3: Japan Wildlife Research Center; 4: Everlasting Nature of Asia (ELNA), Ogasawara Marine Center

Comparative analysis of sea turtle identification algorithms focused on non-invasive techniques

Arturo Rios Ramos, Mireya Saraí García Vázquez, Alejandro Álvaro Ramírez Acosta

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Eats shoots and leaves; the ecology of green turtles in the Lakshadweep archipelago

Hariprasath Ramesh¹, Abhijit Kumar Nageshkumar², Nupur Kale³, Meenakshi Poti^4,5, D.K. Bharti⁶, Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan⁷, Kartik Shanker⁸

1: Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore, India; 2: Arcturus Inc, Bangalore, India; 3: Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom; 4: Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium; 5: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; 6: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India; 7: WWF India, Delhi, India; 8: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Photo identification for sea turtles: Flipper scales more accurate than head scales using APHIS

Sophie K. Mills^1,2, Andreu Rotger³, Annabelle M.L. Brooks², Frank V. Paladino¹, Nathan J. Robinson^4,5

1: Center for Marine Conservation Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; 2: Cape Eleuthera Institute, PO Box EL-26029, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, the Bahamas; 3: Animal Demography and Ecology Unit, GEDA – IMEDEA (CSIC/UIB), c. M Marques, 21, 01790, Esporles, Spain; 4: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain; 5: Fundación Oceanogràfic, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

Harnessing citizen science for assessing injury and recovery patterns of green and hawksbill turtles in the Egyptian Red Sea.

Micol Montagna¹, Maja Zamencka¹, Valeria Roma¹, Abdallah Rabie Taher¹, Agnese Mancini^1,2

1: Marine Life Watch, Egypt - TurtleWatch Egypt 2.0; 2: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias AC, Mexico

Not skipping a beat: behavioral response of leatherback turtles from controlled exposures to a metronomic mobile impulsive sound

Samir Patel¹, Kate Choate², Leah Crowe², Farrell Davis¹, Erin Fischell³, Heather Haas⁴, Josh Hatch⁴, Ryan Munnelly¹, Victoria Oriole¹, Rick Rogers²

1: Coonamessett Farm Foundation, East Falmouth, MA, USA; 2: Integrated Statistics contract to NEFSC, Woods Hole, MA, USA; 3: Acbotics Research, East Falmouth, MA, USA; 4: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA

Role of visual and olfactory cues on prey recognition and plastic ingestion in sea turtles

Hee-Jin Noh¹, Won Joon Shim¹, Gi Myung Han¹, Yelim Moon¹, Eun Vit Cho², Sang Hee Hong¹

1: Ecological Risk Assessment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Korea, Republic of Korea; 2: Department of Aqua, Aqua planet Yeosu, Republic of Korea

An Assessment of the nurdles pollution and its impact on sea turtle nesting along the coastal belt in Southern and Western coastal belt in Sri Lanka, due to the maritime disaster of MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship.

Thushan Kapurusinghe, Thalatha Ranasinghe, Mithma De Silva, Kavindu Kapurusinghe, Vasantha Pahalawattaarachchi, Dayani Bodhipala

Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) - Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Threats and pressures facing an endangered population of loggerhead turtles in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Kathryn Yeoman¹, Katia Lopes², Maria Medina³, Ivone Monteiro⁴, Thomas Reischig⁵

1: Fundação Tartaruga; 2: Bios.CV; 3: Cabo Verde Natura 2000; 4: Ministério de Agricultura e Ambiente de Cabo Verde; 5: Turtle Foundation, Germany

Sea turtle egg harvesting in Tambelan (Indonesia) and possible solutions

Yuliana Fitri Syamsuni¹, Ranny Ramadhani Yuneni¹, Chaerul Ahadi¹, Monique Sumampouw²

1: WWF Indonesia, Indonesia; 2: WWF Netherlands, Netherlands

Overview of a 16-year loggerhead nesting trend, poaching and the use of hatcheries in response to increasing tourism and related threats on Sal Island, Cabo Verde.

Kirsten Fairweather, Artur Lopes, Anice Lopes, Berta Renom, Albert Taxonera

Associação Projeto Biodiversidade, Cape Verde

Thermal incubation environment of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Tortuguero beach, Costa Rica

Roldán Valverde¹, Lorraine Aldridge², Brendan Godley², Jonathan Monsinjon³, Jaime Restrepo⁴

1: Southeastern Louisiana University, United States of America; 2: University of Exeter, United Kingdom; 3: Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, France; 4: Sea Turtle Conservancy, United States of America

Increasing long term trend of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting activity in Spain

Jesús Tomás¹, Mireia Aguilera², Irene Álvarez de Quevedo², Eduardo J Belda³, Luís Cardona⁴, Carlos Carreras⁵, Fernando Escribano⁶, Guillem Félix⁷, Carolina Fernánez-Maldonado⁸, Rocio Huertas⁹, Adolfo Marco¹⁰, Verónica Núñez-Reyes¹¹, Marta Pascual⁵, Francisca Pujol¹², Ohiana Revuelta¹, Elena Abella²

1: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; 2: BETA Tech Center, TECNIO Network, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia ( UVic-UCC), C. de Roda 70, 08500, Vic, Spain.; 3: Institut d’Investigació per a la Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain; 4: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 5: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 6: CRFS El Valle, Dirección General de Patrimonio Natural y Acción Climática, Ctra. subida a El Valle, 62. 30150. La Alberca de las Torres, Murcia; 7: Consorci Recuperació Fauna Illes Balears, Conselleria d'Agricultura, Pesca i Medi Natural, Govern Balear, Spain.; 8: Seashore Environment and Fauna, Spain.; 9: Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Región de Murcia, Spain; 10: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio s/n, Sevilla. Spain; 11: Asociación Oceanum, Spain; 12: Fundación Palma Aquarium, Mallorca, Spain.

Longer loggerhead turtle incubation durations despite a warming climate

Matt Ware¹, Paul Hillbrand², Ali Johnson², Stephanie Kamel¹, Elizabeth Darrow²

1: University of North Carolina Wilmington, United States of America; 2: Bald Head Island Conservancy, United States of America

Layang Layang, Spratly Islands: Nesting and foraging grounds for marine turtles in South China Sea

Juanita Joseph, Jeethvendra Kirishnamoorthie

Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Emergence patterns of hatchlings of Chelonia mydas, Lepidochelys olivacea and Dermochelys coriacea and predators behavior in Playa Cabuyal, Costa Rica

Leila Cristina Lopes Almeida¹, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo²

1: Universidad International Menendez Pelayo - CSIC, Spain, Cape Verde; 2: Animal Demography and Ecology Unit, GEDA, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Miquèl Marques 21, 01790, Esporles, Spain;

Spanish Mediterranean coast: a climate change nesting refuge for loggerhead turtles?

Elena Abella Pérez¹, Celia Solis², Irene Álvarez de Quevedo¹, Mireia Aguilera¹, Aida Garcia¹, Gloria Fainé¹, Guillem Félix³, Xisca Pujol⁴, Jesús Tomás⁵, Fernando Escribano⁶, Rocío Huertas⁷, José Luis Crespo-Picazo⁸, Sílvia Giralt⁹, Lucía Garrido⁹, Marta Pascual¹⁰, Carlos Carreras¹⁰, Lluís Cardona¹¹, Adolfo Marco¹²

1: BETA Technological Center, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Carretera Roda 70, E-08500, Vic, Spain; 2: Faculty of Biology. University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 3: Consorci de Recuperació de Fauna de les Illes Balears (COFIB) Carretera Palma- Sineu, Km 15,400, E-07142, Santa Eugènia, Balearic Islands, Spain; 4: Fundación Palma Aquarium, Carrer de Manuela de los Herreros, 21, 07610 Palma, Illes Balears; 5: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; 6: Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre "El Valle", Ctra. Subida a El Valle, 62, E-30150, La Alberca de las Torres, Murcia, Spain; 7: Parque Regional de Calblanque, 30385 Cartagena, Murcia; 8: Fundació Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, E-46013, València, Spain; 9: Fundación para la Conservación y la Recuperación de Animales Marinos (CRAM), E-08820, El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 10: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 11: Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 12: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, C. Américo Vespucio, s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

Variability in thermal tolerance of clutches from different mothers indicates adaption potential to climate warming in sea turtles

Camille Kynoch¹, Frank Paladino^1,2, James Spotila^1,3, Pilar Santidrian-Tomillo¹

1: The Leatherback Trust, Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, Playa Grande, Costa Rica; 2: Department of Biology, Perdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499, USA; 3: Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA

Assessing the utility of the Matrice300 RTK UAS for improving the efficiency of sea turtle patrols in the Matura region of North-east Trinidad

Adrian Wilson¹, Deanesh Ramsewak², Kyle Mitchell¹, Cassandra Ali¹, Arvind Jagassar², Brendan Mastay¹, Suzan Lakhan-Baptiste¹

1: Nature Seekers, 10 1/4 Mile Mark Toco Main Road, Matura, Trinidad and Tobago; 2: Centre for Maritime and Ocean Studies, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguaramas Campus. 962-968 Western Main Road, Chaguaramas, Carenage 110804, Trinidad and Tobago.

Siren Mobile Application: A Tool for Sea Turtle Conservation. The case for combining citizen science and technology to optimize nesting monitoring

Aristide Takoukam Kamla, Cedrick Fogwan, Laurent Sanchez

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon

Flights of fancy: refining aerial survey techniques to monitor marine turtles across remote nesting sites.

Lauren R Peel, Adam J Mitchell, Paul A Whittock

Pendoley Environmental, Australia

Animal moca-up: instrumenting sea turtles for multidisciplinary oceanographic research in the canary islands

Alejandro Usategui Martín¹, Borja Aguiar González², Francisco José Machín Jiménez², Nuria Varo Cruz³, Richard Heidrich⁴, Ángeles Marrero Díaz², Ángel Rodríguez Santana², Ana Liria Loza¹

1: ADS Biodiversidad, Spain; 2: OFyGA - ECOAQUA; 3: CEAMAR; 4: Fundación Loro Parque

New approaches to sex identification in sea turtles.

Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo¹, Pablo Jesús Marín-García², Evaristo Mañanós³, Mette Skou Hedemann⁴, Daniel García-Párraga¹

1: Fundación Oceanogràfic, Spain; 2: Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Spain; 3: CSIC - Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre la Sal, Spain; 4: Aarhus University. Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, Denmark

Facing unexplored depths: a new surgical approach to reach a challenging esophageal segment in Caretta caretta sea turtles

Antonio Di Bello¹, Carmela Valastro¹, Daniela Freggi¹, Chiara Pròfico², Francesco Caprio¹, Stefano Ciccarelli¹, Delia Franchini¹

1: Sea Turtle Clinic, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy; 2: CSC Sea Turtle Rescue Center "Luigi Cagnolaro", Pescara, Italy

Incidence and outcomes of head trauma in injured sea turtles in South Adriatic sea

Delia Franchini¹, Stefano Ciccarelli¹, Carmela Valastro¹, Francesco Caprio¹, Daniela Freggi¹, Pasquale Salvemini², Antonio Di Bello¹

1: Sea Turtle Clinic, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy; 2: WWF Turtle Rescue Center, Molfetta Bari, Italy

Cleaning up beaches, protecting nesting grounds, building artificial reefs, promoting local economies: re-thinking our strategies to reduce bycatch of critically endangered species.

Agnese Mancini¹, Isabel Miranda Marín¹, Yadira Trejo Hernandez¹, Anibal Lopez Murillo¹, Diana Arely Ramos de la Torre⁵, Raquel Briseño Dueñas⁴, Brigido Angelito Marín¹, Arturo Noyola¹, Carlos Delgado Trejo², Alan Zavala Norzagaray³, Chuy Lucero¹, Karen Oceguera¹, Catherine Hart⁶, Bryan P. Wallace⁷, Jefffrey A. Seminoff⁸

1: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, Mexico; 2: Universidad Michoacana de san Nicolas de Hidalgo; 3: CIIDIR-IPN, Guasave; 4: UNAM; 5: Universidad Técnologica de Escuinapa; 6: Gran Acuario Mazatlán; 7: Ecolibrium; 8: NOAA

Re-migrating to local shores: reintegrating community participation in protecting the most significant nesting site in Maldives, L. Gaadhoo

Enas Mohamed Riyaz¹, Ibrahim Inaan², Isha Afeef²

1: Environmental Protection Agency, Handhuvaree Hingun, Malé, Republic of Maldives; 2: Olive Ridley Project Maldives, H. Kaneerumaage, Dhonhuraa Goalhi, Malé, 20037, Republic of Maldives

Hatcheries, hatchling retention, and headstarting - discussing their conservation value

Hiltrud Cordes¹, Thomas Reischig¹, Meriussoni Zai²

1: Turtle Foundation; 2: Yayasan Penyu Indonesia

Cocomesh as a nest shading material to lower sand surface temperatures at Jeen Yessa beach at the Bird's Head region of Papua, Indonesia

Deasy Natalia Lontoh¹, Yusup Adrian Jentewo¹, Arfiandra Andika Wanaputra¹, Tonny Willem Duwiri¹, Fitryanti Pakiding^1,2, Manjula Tiwari³

1: Science for Conservation Program, Research and Community Service Institute of Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat 98314, Indonesia; 2: Department of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat 98314, Indonesia; 3: Ocean Ecology Network, Research Affiliate of NOAA—Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California 92037, USA

A new Olive Ridley hope spot: a preliminary assessment of marine turtles nesting in Palawan, Philippines

Sharah Marie Barredo¹, Mark Philip Acosta², Myla Adriano³, Franklin Aquino⁵, Lorraine Aplasca¹, Geraldine Benavente², Titus Canete¹, Lowee Lyn Castillo¹, Rufino Clavecilla⁴, Mary Cris Ibanez⁵, Ronnie del Rosario⁷, Edilita B. Demonguitan⁸, Ian Echanes⁹, Leopoldo Jr. Francisco¹⁰, Lina Flor³, Elma Koster⁶, Jessica Labaja¹, Teodoro Jose S. Matta¹¹, Daryl Licerio¹², Elizabeth Maclang¹³, Rene Manibale⁷, Dixie Marinas¹⁴, Curt Ivan Mariano¹, Irene Meca¹⁵, Azell Montederamos¹, Arty Moreno¹⁴, Leah Natural¹⁶, Clarissa Pador¹⁷, Marilyn Panda³, Alessandro Ponzo¹, Bergenius Shalah¹³, Sally Snow¹, Mildred Suza¹⁸, Ma. Vivian Soriano¹⁹, Rizza Araceli F. Salinas²⁰

1: Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Italy; 2: Port Barton Marine Park (PBMP), San Vicente Palawan, Philippines; 3: City Environment and Natural Resources Office, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines; 4: Municipal Agriculture Office, San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines; 5: Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Brooke’s Point, Palawan, Philippines; 6: Duli Beach Resort, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines; 7: Alimanguan Sagip Pawikan, San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines; 8: Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines; 9: Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office, San Vicente, Palawan; 10: Tabang Para Sa Kabataan, San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines; 11: Palawan Council For Sustainable Development, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines; 12: Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, Taytay, Palawan, Philippines; 13: Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines; 14: Club Agutaya San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines; 15: Amanpulo, Pamalican Island, Cuyo Palawan, Philippines; 16: Municipal Agriculture Office, Kalayaan, Palawan, Philippines; 17: Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape, Taytay, Palawan, Philippines; 18: El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area, Palawan, Philippines; 19: Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines; 20: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines

The effects of mating function and microevolution on the persistence of green turtles in the face of climate change

Victoria Quennessen¹, Mariana Fuentes², Lisa Komoroske³, Will White¹

1: Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Oregon State University, USA; 2: Florida State University, USA; 3: University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

The ridley saga: past, present and future hatchling sex ratios of the east coast population of olive ridleys in India

Chandana Pusapati¹, Hariprasath Ramesh¹, Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan², Ema Fatima³, Nupur Kale⁴, Chetan Rao⁵, Alissa Barnes⁶, Ridhi Chandarana⁷, Vishrutha Rao¹, Kartik Shanker^1,8

1: Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore, India; 2: World Wide Fund for Nature-India; 3: Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Vancouver, Canada; 4: Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom; 5: FLAME University, Pune, India; 6: Wildlife Conservation Society-India; 7: Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, USA; 8: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Shifts in body size for a green turtle foraging aggregation: Long-term patterns, putative drivers, and historical context for a rapidly changing population in the eastern North Pacific

Andrew S Maurer^1,2, Cutzi Bedolla-Ochoa³, Carlos Delgado-Trejo³, Peter H Dutton¹, Michelle M Early-Capistrán⁴, Tomo Eguchi¹, Erin L LaCasella¹, Garrett E Lemons¹, Robin A LeRoux¹, Anika J Quon⁴, Tracy Tempest⁵, Cali N Turner Tomaszewicz¹, Jeffrey A Seminoff¹

1: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA; 2: National Research Council, Washington DC, USA; 3: Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacána de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, MX; 4: Stanford Woods Institute for The Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; 5: Community scientist, Coronado, California

Increase in nesting activity of sea turtles at the Rekawa turtle rookery, Sri Lanka during last 26 years (1996-2022)

Lalith Ekanayake¹, Thushan Kapurusinghe², M.M. Saman³

1: Bio Conservation Society (BCSL), Sri Lanka; 2: Turtle Conservation Project (TCP), Sri Lanka; 3: Nature Friends of Rekawa, Sri Lanka.

Size matters: nesting female hawksbills trending smaller over five decades in Seychelles

Sean Evans¹, Melissa J Schulze¹, Mark Brown², Jeanne A Mortimer^3,4

1: Cousine Island Company, Ltd.; 2: University of KwaZulu-Natal; 3: Turtle Action Group of Seychelles; 4: University of Florida

Comorbidities in live stranded cold-stunned sea turtles from the Pacific coast of North America

Heather Harris^1,2, Emeline McMann-Chapman¹, Margaret Martinez², Cara Field², James Burke³, Michael Murray⁴, Catherine Hadfield⁵, Martin Haulena⁶, Padraig Duignan², Stephen Raverty⁷, James Rice⁸, Lance Adams⁹, Todd Schmitt¹⁰, Erin LaCasella¹¹, Jeffrey Seminoff¹¹, Brian Stacy¹²

1: Upwell; 2: The Marine Mammal Center; 3: Oregon Coast Aquarium; 4: Monterey Bay Aquarium; 5: Seattle Aquarium; 6: Vancouver Aquarium; 7: Ministry of Agriculture and Lands; 8: Oregon State University; 9: Aquarium of the Pacific; 10: SeaWorld; 11: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center; 12: NOAA Office of Protected Resources

A summary of twenty-five years of sea turtle rehabilitation at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, North Carolina, USA

Kathryn A. Zagzebski¹, Craig A. Harms^1,2,3, Jean F. Beasley¹, Terry A. Meyer¹, Phil Sharpe¹

1: Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, 302 Tortuga Lane, Surf City, NC, 28445, USA; 2: College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA; 3: Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, North Carolina State University, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC, 28557, USA

How hematological and plasma biochemical profiles benefit turtles undergoing rehabilitation in the southwest Indian Ocean

Mathieu Barret¹, Lisa Schnoebelen², Antoine Ragé³, Fabienne Cadet³, Andréa Moungali³, Tania Gilbert⁴, Francis Schneider³, Stéphane Ciccione¹

1: Kelonia, Réunion (France); 2: INSA Lyon (France); 3: Vétorun, Réunion (France); 4: Facultad de Veterinaria de Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain)

Virtopsy-led sea turtle stranding and salvage programme in Hong Kong: implementation, pitfalls and way forward

Henry Chun Lok Tsui, Brian Chin Wing Kot, Tabris Yik To Chung

Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, China

Changes in corticosterone levels of New York’s cold stunned sea turtles from rescue to release

Maxine A Montello¹, Wendy J McFarlane²

1: New York Marine Rescue Center, Riverhead, NY, USA; 2: Division of Natural Sciences, Mathematics & Computing, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, USA