ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

FOOD PREFERENCE AND FORAGING SITE FIDELITY IN GREEN TURTLES REVEALED BY TRANSLOCATION EXPERIMENTS

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

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

*REVEALING THE ORIGIN OF THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN ATLANTO-MEDITERRANEAN FORAGING AREAS USING INDIVIDUAL GENOMIC ASSIGNMENTS

Helena Vela Garcia¹, Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Silvia Giralt², Daniela Freggi³, Dimitris Margaritoulis⁴, Oguz Turkozan⁵, Jesús Tomás⁶, Francisca Pujol⁷, Ana Liria-Loza^8,9, Carolina Fernández-Maldonado¹⁰, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,11, Carlos Carreras¹

1: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; 2: Fundación parala Conservación y la Recuperación de Animales Marinos (CRAM), 08820 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain; 3: Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center,Punta Sottile, 92031 Lampedusa AG, Italy; 4: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-10432 Athens, Greece; 5: Aydın AdnanMenderes University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 09010 Aydın, Turkey; 6: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; 7: Fundación Palmaaquarium, Mallorca, Spain; 8: IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Parque Científico Tecnológico Marino, Las Palmas, Spain; 9: NGO ADS Biodiversidad, Las Palmas, Spain; 10: Seashore Environment and Fauna, Spain; 11: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

IDENTIFYING NORTH ATLANTIC FORAGING GROUNDS OF NESTING LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) ON JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA USING TELEMETRY AND STABLE ISOTOPES

Derek Aoki^1,2,4, Annie Page², Kelly R. Stewart³, George L. Shillinger⁴, Justin R. Perrault¹

1: Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida, USA; 2: Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA; 3: The Ocean Foundation, Washington, DC, USA; 4: Upwell Turtles, Monterey, California, USA

STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS REVEALS ECOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF SEA TURTLES

Mariela Pajuelo^1,2, Joanna Alfaro Shigueto^2,3, Jeffrey C. Mangel², Nelly de Paz⁴, Jeffrey A. Seminoff⁵

1: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, United States of America; 2: Pro Delphinus, Octavio Bernal 572-5, Lima 11, Peru; 3: Facultad de Biología Marina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; 4: ACOREMA-Áreas Costeras y Recursos Marinos, Pisco, Peru; 5: NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla California 92037 USA

*REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE DIET OF GREEN TURTLES INFERRED FROM STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE TELEMETRY

Hugo Francis Mann¹, Natalie E. Wildermann¹, Chuancheng Fu¹, Hector Barrios-Garrido¹, Takahiro Shimada², Antonio Delgado-Huertas³, Carlos M. Duarte¹

1: Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; 2: Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, 41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, QLD, 4102, Australia; 3: Laboratorio de Biogeoquímica de Isótopos Estables, IACT-CSIC, 18100, Armilla Granada, Spain

*VALIDATING EPIBIOTIC BARNACLES AS ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF HABITAT USE IN SEA TURTLES

Sara Isabel Claverie García¹, Sofía Ten², Morane Clavel-Henry³, Joseph Pfaller⁴, Nathan Jack Robinson^3,5

1: University of Barcelona; 2: University of Valencia; 3: Institut de Ciènces del Mar (ICM); 4: Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), NOAA; 5: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunidad Valenciana

INTRODUCTION TO DIANI TURTLE WATCH AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TURTLEMAN FOUNDATION

Dempsey Omukule Mai

Diani Turtle Watch

EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN LEATHERBACK ALLIANCE (EIOLA) – A TRANSBOUNDARY INITIATIVE TO PROTECT A THREATENED LEATHERBACK SUBPOPULATION

Adhith Swaminathan^1,2, Meriussoni Zai³, Thomas Reischig¹, Thomas Amey⁴, Sarif Hidayat⁵, Hiltrud Cordes¹, Kartik Shanker^2,6

1: Turtle Foundation, Germany; 2: Dakshin Foundation, India; 3: Yayasan Penyu Indonesia, Indonesia; 4: Ecosystem Impact, Indonesia; 5: Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, Dept. Padang, Indonesia; 6: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE NESTING AT GANDOCA BEACH, COSTA RICA – DATA FROM FIVE YEARS OF MONITORING

Nele Aschinger^1,2, Sean Astley¹, Andrey Castillo MacCarthy¹, M. Justin Sanarrucia Ortiz¹, Ariana Oporta MacCarthy¹, Christine Figgener^1,3

1: COASTS - Costa Rican Alliance for Sea Turtle Conservation & Science, Costa Rica; 2: Department of Biology, Christian-Albrecht-Universität in Kiel, Germany; 3: Namaka Conservation Science Ltd

INFLUENCE OF HABITAT UTILIZATION STRATEGIES ON TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURES IN EGG CONTENTS OF GREEN TURTLES NESTING ON XISHA ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA

Li Jian^1,4, Xiang Li^2,4, Xiaobo Zheng³, Jingyue Peng², Ting Zhang^2,4, Liu Lin^2,4, Jichao Wang^2,4

1: NHC Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 571199, China; 2: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China; 3: College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; 4: Hainan Sansha Provincial Observation and Research Station of Sea Turtle Ecology, Sansha 573100, China

TOWARD AN EXPLANATORY MODEL OF SEA TURTLE NESTING BEHAVIOR: EXPLORING PATTERNS IN NIGHTLY NEST COUNT DATA USING AGENT-BASED MODELS

Sheila Miller Edwards

Arizona State University, United States of America

DOES NESTING SITE FIDELITY IMPROVE WITH AGE?

Nathan Hammond¹, Damla Beton², Sophie Davey², Brendan Godley¹, Erik Postma¹, Robin Snape², Annette Broderick¹

1: University of Exeter, United Kingdom; 2: Society for the Protection of Turtles, Northern Cyprus

NEW METHOD FOR DOCUMENTING ABNORMAL SCUTES IN SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS

Allyssa Rose Hennessey, Jacob A Lasala

Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida, United States of America

*COMPARISON OF PLASTIC INGESTED BY GREEN SEA TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) WITH AND WITHOUT FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS (FP)

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

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

HEMATOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS REFLECTING HEALTH STATUS IN CHELONIA MYDAS FROM THE GUANABARA BAY, RJ, BRAZIL

Deborah Fernandes Wailante¹, Daphne Wrobel Goldberg^1,2, Marthiellen Roosevelt de Lima Felix^3,5, Amanda de Oliveira Alcantara^3,5, Ana Clara da Silva Inacio Maciel^3,5, Larissa Araujo Nunes¹, Daniel Vasconcelos Shimada Brotto¹, Aline Moreira de Souza⁴, Suzana Machado Guimarães¹

1: Projeto Aruanã – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais Littoralis, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Instituto Albatroz, Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; 3: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária (Clínica e Reprodução Animal), Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 4: Departamento de Patologia Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 5: Laboratório Clínico Veterinário do Hospital Universitário de Medicina Veterinária Professor Firmino Mársico Filho, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BIOFLUORESCENCE APPEARS UNIVERSAL BUT VARIES BETWEEN SEA TURTLES SPECIES

Nathan Jack Robinson^1,2, Jose Luis Crespo Picazo², Pablo Garcia³, Ryan Killackey⁴, Pilar Santidrian Tomillo⁵

1: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain; 2: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain; 3: Fundación Azul Marino, Castellon, Valencia, Spain; 4: Pollywog Productions LLC, 87 Wolcott St. Suite 2D, Brooklyn, New York 11231, USA; 5: Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Moll de Ponent s/n, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

EXPLORING THE GUT MICROBIOME OF GREEN (CHELONIA MYDAS) AND HAWKSBILL (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) SEA TURTLES IN THE RED SEA AND ITS ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS

Lara Kalisch¹, Helena Villela¹, Raquel Silva Peixoto¹, Maximilian M R Polyak²

1: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; 2: SHAMS/KAUST Center for Veterinary Care, General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Sea Turtles in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

*THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA OF FREE-LIVING CHELONIA MYDAS IN GUANABARA BAY, RJ, BRAZIL

Fernanda Sobral Short¹, Rosane Silva¹, Gisele Lôbo-Hajdu²

1: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A FIRST LOOK AT FUNGAL MICROBIOTA ON THE SKIN OF NEONATAL LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES

Samantha G Kuschke^1,2,3,5,6, Jeanette Wyneken⁴, Anna Coleman^1,2, Debra L Miller^1,2,3

1: Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Services, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; 2: Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; 3: One Health Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; 4: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida; 5: Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida; 6: Upwell, Monterey, California

METAGENOMICS AND CULTUROMICS OF FREE LIVING CHELONIA MYDAS CLOACA SAMPLES

Fernanda Sobral Short¹, Gisele Lôbo Hajdu², Rosane Silva¹

1: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

*DEEP LEARNING BASED BLIND IMAGE DEBLURRING AS AN IMPROVEMENT OF IN-HOUSE MULTIMEDIA TOOL FOR SEA TURTLE IDENTIFICATION

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

IPN Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México

COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MARINE CONSERVATION: INTEGRATING SEA TURTLE PROTECTION AND LOCAL ENGAGEMENT IN LAGOS LAGOON

Felix Abayomi¹, Felix Abayomi², Felix Abayomi³

1: A & F Wildlife Foundation Inc., Maryland, United States of America; 2: Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative, Nigeria; 3: Lagos Lagoon Waterkeeper, Lagos Nigeria.

SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION AND THE PROTECTION OF MARINE AND COASTAL SPECIES BETWEEN BENIN AND BRAZIL (CASE OF SEA TURTLES, WHALES AND AFRICAN MANATEE)

Josea Sagbo Dossou Bodjrenou¹, Marie Domiho Djengue Dossou-B¹, Blandine Mimonzoude¹, Nadège Hounsou¹, Patrice Sagbo^1,2

1: Nature Tropicale ONG; 2: ADeD ONG

FROM BYCATCH TO PROTECTION: HOW FISHERS ARE TAKING THE LEAD IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN KENYA.

Leah Nyarangi Mainye, Juma Gwerenya, Jenni Choma, Joana Hancock, Stephanie Köhnk, Risha Rasheed

Olive Ridley Project - Kenya, Kenya

SEA TURTLE WEEK: A GLOBAL ANNUAL CELEBRATION

Brad Nahill, Bethany Holtz

SEE Turtles, United States of America

EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: A KEY LEVER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SEA TURTLE DECLINE IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

Samuel MBUNGU Ndamba

CICOBIO NGO, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE GULF OF GUINEA: A CASE STUDY FROM PRÍNCIPE, SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

Jormicilesa Pires Amado do Sacramento Ceita Dias¹, Asiem Sanyal^1,2

1: Fundação Príncipe, a Registered Charity in São Tomé and Príncipe, Rua OUA, Santo António, Príncipe, Island, São Tomé and Príncipe; 2: Fauna & Flora, Cambridge, United Kingdom

MARINE CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE: A SHORT-FORM FIELD COURSE PEDAGOGICAL MODEL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING OF AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS

Natalia S. Teryda¹, Ryan Z. Good¹, Jeffrey Seminoff²

1: School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA; 2: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

ENGAGING ARTISANAL FISHERS IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION: A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER APPROACH TO BYCATCH REDUCTION IN THE BAZARUTO ARCHIPELAGO.

Jessica Lauren Williams^1,2, Evan Trotzuk³, Lorena Matos³, Eduardo Mutundo³, Andy Coetzee⁴, Talitha Noble⁵, Natalie Dos Santos⁶

1: Akashinga, Mozambique; 2: Tartarugas Para o Amanhã, Mozambique; 3: African Parks, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; 4: Thonga Trails, Kwa-Zulu Natal; 5: Turtle Foundation, Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town; 6: Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

*UNITY AND COLLABORATION FOR AN EFFECTIVE WEST AFRICAN FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND AND REDUCE BYCATCH OF MARINE MEGAFAUNA

Andrea Fariñas-Bermejo¹, Graham John Pierce¹, Manjula Tiwari²

1: Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC), Vigo, Spain; 2: Ocean Ecology Network, California, USA

BYCATCH OF SEA TURTLES IN SOUTH MOROCCO

Mustapha Aksissou¹, Mohamed Erradi², Wafae Benhardouze³, Manjula Tiwari⁴

1: University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of Science, Tetouan, Morocco; 2: University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of Science, Tetouan, Morocco; 3: University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of Science, Tetouan, Morocco; 4: Ocean Ecology Netwok

PRELIMINARY STUDY ON LIGHT POLLUTION IN CATALONIA’S BEACHES (NORTHERN SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN COAST): CRITICAL POTENTIAL IMPACT ON AN EMERGING NESTING POPULATION

Irene Álvarez de Quevedo¹, Anna Pili¹, Manuel Garcia², Arnau Costes², Mireia Aguilera¹, Luis Cardona³, Adolfo Marco⁴, 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: Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, Government of Catalonia. C/ Foc 57, 08038, Barcelona, Spain; 3: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 4: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC. C/ Américo Vespucio s/n, Sevilla. Spain

*AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EVIDENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL AND POPULATION-LEVEL EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS ON SEA TURTLES

Madhurika Nandi, Andrea D. Phillott

FLAME University, India

ANTHROPOGENIC THREATS LEADING TO THE ADMISSION OF SEA TURTLES TO ATOLL MARINE CENTRE OVER THE YEARS

L. Daniela Caballero-Encinales, Bennath Chillingworth

Atoll Marine Conservation Centre

*MARINE DEBRIS INGESTION BY STRANDED SEA TURTLES IN FLORIDA

Heather Ann Seaman, Sarah Milton

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

*FACTORS INFLUENCING FISHER WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REDUCTION INITIATIVES

Cindy Vargas^1,2, James P. Collins¹, Jesse F. Senko²

1: School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA; 2: School of Ocean Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

PLASTIC POLLUTION IN CRITICAL SEA TURTLE NESTING HABITATS ON REMOTE ISLANDS: A BASELINE STUDY OF PRINCIPE, GULF OF GUINEA

Belzamiel da Silva Umbelina Ananias¹, Maguiña Ramilo-Henry¹, Estrela Matilde¹, Emily M. Duncan^1,2

1: Fundação Príncipe, a Registered Charity in São Tomé and Príncipe, Rua OUA, Santo António, Príncipe, Island, São Tomé and Príncipe; 2: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

A CITIZEN SCIENCE APPROACH TO STUDYING INJURY AND MORTALITY PATTERNS OF SEA TURTLES IN THE RED SEA

Omar Attum², Nahla HossamEldin Ahmed³, Lina El Sayed Aly^1,6, Ahmed Ghallab⁴, Islam El-Sadek⁴, Nina Eschner⁵, Ahmed Fouad¹

1: Red Sea Project, Körblergasse 63, Graz, 8010 Styria, Austria; 2: Dept. of Biology, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN 47150, USA; 3: National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt; 4: Red Sea Protectorates, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Hurghada, Egypt; 5: Blue Planet Liveaboards, Hurghada, Egypt; 6: Dept. of Biology, American University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

INSIGHTS INTO LEATHERBACK TURTLE MORTALITY AND STRANDINGS IN SOUTHERN SPAIN (2007–2024) AND A WAY FORWARD.

Carolina Fernández - Maldonado¹, Alejandra Cerezo Caro¹, Marta Román López¹, Claudia Iglesias González², Teresa Márquez Bayón¹, Lucía Marrero Ponce², Cristian Suárez-Santana²

1: SEASHORE AMBIENTAL, Calle Sevilla nº 4, 11380 Tarifa, Spain; 2: Veterinary Histology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety (IUSA), Atlantic Center for Cetacean Research, Marine Mammals Health WOAH col Centre, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Veterinary School, Las Palmas, Spain

FROM HARM TO HOPE: PROMOTING AWARENESS TO COMBAT MUTILATIONS OF SEA TURTLES IN THE EGYPTIAN RED SEA

Micol Montagna^1,2, Ahmed Ghallab³, Agnese Mancini^1,4, Abdallah Taher^1,2, Valeria Roma¹, Mariluz Parga⁵, Daniela Freggi⁶, Antonio Di Bello⁷

1: TurtleWatch Egypt 2.0, EG; 2: Marine Life Conservation and Preservation Foundation, EG; 3: Red Sea Protectorates, Nature Conservation Sector, Ministry of Environment, EG; 4: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, MX; 5: Submon, SP; 6: Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue, IT; 7: Vet Med Dept, University of Bari, IT

MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS IN SEA TURTLE NESTS

Nikolaos Simantiris¹, Enerit Sacdanaku², Stephanie Köhnk³, Isha Afeef⁴, Carl Bastian⁵, Mareike Dornhege-Lazaroff⁵, Hrissi K. Karapanagioti⁶, Martha Z. Vardaki⁷

1: MEDASSET-Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Greece; 2: Research Center of Flora and Fauna, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana; 3: Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sabden, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB79EX, UK; 4: Olive Ridley Project, Kaneerumaage, Dhonhuraa Goalhi, K. Male, 20037, Maldives; 5: NPO Okinawa Coastal Protection Alliance- Sea Turtle Conservation Project CHURAMURA, 640-1, Senaha, Yomitan, Nakagami District, Okinawa 904-0325, Japan; 6: Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece; 7: Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, Athens, 11635, Greece

INTENTIONAL BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS IN JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLES

Fiona Beu

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*COMPARISONS OF LONGEVITY OF VARIOUS ATTACHMENT METHODS FOR SATELLITE AND ACOUSTIC TRANSMITTERS ON ADULT LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA)

Derek M. Aoki^1,2,4, Annie Page², William R. Bishop¹, Selena Persaud¹, Jeffrey R. Guertin³, George L. Shillinger^4,5, Justin R. Perrault¹

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: Upwell Turtles, Monterey, California, USA; 5: MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, USA

*SATELLITE TRACKING REVEALS PREFERENCE OF OCEANIC FORAGING HABITATS IN LATE JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Arianna Bellucci¹, Andrea Affuso¹, Benedetta Bianchi², Paolo Luschi², Fulvio Maffucci¹, Giovanni Raimondi³, Antonio Romano⁴, Gianluca Treglia¹, Sandra Hochscheid¹

1: Marine Turtle Research Group, Department of Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy; 2: Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3: Acquario di Livorno, Costa Edutainment S.p.A, Livorno, Italy; 4: Natural Marine Reserve and Natural Protected Marine Area Islands of Ventotene and S. Stefano, Ventotene, Italy

OPERATIONAL SEX RATIO IN BLACK SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS AGASSIZII) POPULATION IN MICHOACAN, MEXICO.

Carlos Delgado-Trejo^1,2, Cutzi Bedolla- Ochoa^1,2, Miguel Angel Reyes-Lopez², David Guillermo Perez-Ishiwara³, Fatima Yedith Camacho- Sanchez^4,2

1: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico; 2: Centro de Biotecnología Genomica, Instituto Politecnico Nacional Campus Reynosa, Tamaulipas; 3: Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatia, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CDMX, Mexico; 4: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Unidad Académica Reynosa-Aztlán, México

*TRACKING FORAGING MARINE TURTLES: SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE BAY OF BENGAL AND ADJACENT REGIONS

Mohammad Sazedul Islam¹, M. Zahirul Islam², Md Zakir Hossain³, Khandaker Asif Ahmed⁴

1: Wilderness Conservation Research Centre, Macgregor ACT 2615, Australia; 2: Marinelife Alliance, Marinelife Center, Charpara, Cox Bazar 4700, Bangladesh; 3: Biological Data Science Institute, Australian National University, ACT 2601, Australia; 4: CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain site, ACT 2601, Australia

THE SEA TURTLE ACTIVE MOVEMENT MODEL (STAMM): AN AVAILABLE TOOL TO SIMULATE JUVENILE SEA TURTLE'S TRAJECTORIES.

Julien Temple-Boyer¹, Philippe Gaspar¹, Tony Candela^1,2,3, Stefano Ciavatta¹, Fabrice Messal¹, Mathis Bertin¹

1: Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; 2: Upwell, Monterey, California, USA; 3: Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre d’Etudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France

DIVING DEEP INTO CONSERVATION: TRACKING SEA TURTLE BEHAVIOR IN NEOM'S COASTAL WATERS

Enjey Ghazzawi¹, Abdulrazaq Alatawi², August Santillan², Abdulaziz Alkaboor², Abdulqader Khamis¹, Mishari Alghrair¹, Brett Lyons¹, Paul Marshall¹, Ricardo O Ramalho², Hector Barrios-Garrido²

1: NEOM, Saudi Arabia; 2: Beacon Development Department KAUST, Saudi Arabia

BENEATH THE SURFACE: A COMPREHENSIVE IN-WATER MONITORING PROGRAM FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE KINGDOM SAUDI ARABIA, KSA, RED SEA.

Marco Garcia-Cruz¹, Neil Richard Davis¹, Daniel Gonzales-Paredes¹, Hoda Murad¹, Josie Palmer¹, Maximilian M.R. Polyak^1,2, Vanessa F. Schmitt¹, Georgia Smith¹, Ronel Nel¹

1: SHAMS-The General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in The Red Sea; 2: King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

OCCURRENCE OF SEA TURTLES IN GUANABARA BAY, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Suzana Machado Guimarães¹, Larissa Araujo Nunes¹, Caio Nagib Salles^1,2, Beatriz Guimarães Gomes¹, Estéfane Cardinot Reis¹

1: Projeto Aruanã – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais Littoralis, Niterói, RJ, Brasil; 2: Verde Mar - Associação Brasileira de Combate ao Lixo no Mar, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES IN UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY FOR USE IN SEA TURTLE HATCHLING TRACKING: PILOT STUDY RESULTS FROM BARROW ISLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Blair Hardman, Julian Kalau

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, Australia

*TURTLE UP: ADVANCED TRACKING TECHNOLOGY FOR OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH

Nicolas Loudner, Mark Mysonhimer, Abdulkareem Alfaraj, Corinne Brion, Bill Kaval, Chris Yakopcic

Turtle Up, United States of America

COMBINING AERIAL SURVEYS AND PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION TO STUDY IN-WATER SEA TURTLE DISTRIBUTION AT REUNION ISLAND (2008–2023)

Antoine Laforge¹, Katia Ballorain¹, Anne-Emmanuelle Landes¹, Jérôme Bourjea², Stéphane Ciccione³, Claire Jean³

1: Centre d’Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines (CEDTM), 19 rue des Frangipaniers 97424 Saint Leu, La Réunion, France; 2: MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, 34200 Sète, France; 3: Kelonia, l’observatoire des tortues marines, 46 rue du Général de Gaulle, Saint Leu, La Réunion 97436, France

*SURFACE DETECTION PROBABILITY OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES AT THE RIO DE LA PLATA, SOUTH AMERICA

Natalia Sofia Teryda^1,2, Laura Prosdocimi^2,3, Erik Allan Pinheiro dos Santos⁴, Gustavo Stahelin⁵, Milagros Lopez-Mendilaharzu^3,5, Raymond R. Carthy⁶

1: School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA; 2: Karumbe NGO, Montevideo, Uruguay; 3: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; 4: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tartarugas Marinhas e da Biodiversidade Marinha do Leste – TAMAR. Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. TAMAR ICMBio; 5: Fundação Projeto Tamar, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; 6: U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Gainesville, FL, USA

RESILIENCE OR VULNERABILITY? LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES FACE THE MARIANA DAM'S MINE TAILINGS.

Alexsandro Santos¹, Bruno B. Giffoni¹, Armando B. Santos², Maria A. Marcovaldi¹, Victor Bonisenha¹, Roberto Garcia¹, Gustavo D. Stahelin¹

1: Fundação Projeto Tamar, Salvador, BA, Brazil; 2: Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation Group, Florida State University, FL, USA

*THERMAL HABITAT AND DIVING BEHAVIOUR OF MEDITERRANEAN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN A WARMING SEA

Benedetta Bianchi¹, Arianna Bellucci², Sandra Hochscheid², Paolo Luschi¹

1: Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2: Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

KEMP’S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, NOT SO SPORADIC

Jesús Tomás¹, Patricia Gozalbes¹, Ohiana Revuelta¹, Luís Cardona²

1: Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Spain; 2: Dept. of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain

FROM INJURY TO RELEASE: SUCCESSFUL NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT OF A LIMB FRACTURE IN A LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA): A CASE REPORT.

Alejandra Cerezo Caro¹, Marta Román López¹, Teresa Márquez Bayón¹, María Soledad Vivas², Manuel Grondona³, Carolina Fernández-Maldonado¹

1: Seashore environment and fauna. Calle Sevilla nº4 11380 Tarifa; 2: Environmental and water Agency, Junta de Andalucía; 3: Territorial Delegation of Sustainability and Environment in Málaga. Junta de Andalucia.

ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND RECOMBINANT PRODUCTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES OF CLOACAL FLUID FROM LOGGERHEAD TURTLES TO CONTROL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

Temitope M Jones¹, Frank V Paladino¹, Noinaj Nicholas²

1: Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States of America,IN 46805; 2: Purdue University West Lafayette, United States of America, IN 47907

*FROM THE DEATH TO LIFE

Debora de Carvalho¹, Isilda Cavaleca², Miguel " Michel" Morais³

1: Projecto Kitabanga; 2: Fundação Kissama; 3: Universidade Agostinho Neto - Faculdade de Ciências - Projecto Kitabanga

CASE REPORT: SEVERE LORDOSIS IN A JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) VICTIM OF ILEGAL PET TRADE IN THE MALDIVES

L. Daniela Caballero-Encinales

Atoll Marine Conservation Centre

*USE OF COMPREHENSIVE LIMB SALVAGING PROTOCOL TO REDUCE INCIDENCE OF AMPUTATION IN OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES (LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA) ENTANGLED IN GHOST GEAR IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

Mariana Fragoso^1,2, Tristan Neto¹, Maximilian M.R. Polyak¹

1: Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK; 2: Vasco da Gama University School (EUVG), Campus Universitário, Av. José R. Sousa Fernandes, 3020-210 Coimbra, Portugal

*THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING SARGASSUM SPP. AS ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT FOR POST-HATCHLING LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) SEA TURTLE RECOVERY

{Eva-Maria} Alexandra Panagiotou^1,2, William Froneman²

1: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, South Africa; 2: University of Cape Town

BETWEEN SHORES: A UNIQUE CASE OF OESOPHAGEAL DIVERTICULITIS IN A MIGRATORY LOGGERHEAD TURTLE

Daniela Freggi¹, Pietro Santalucia¹, Maria Luisa Militello¹, Marina Zucchini¹, Camilla Roldi¹, Vincenzo Leo Spoto¹, Harrison Watler²

1: Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center, IT; 2: Turtle Foundation, UK

DISASTER MANAGEMENT DURING A MASS STRANDING OF LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) POST-HATCHLINGS ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA

Ilse Jenkinson¹, Bernice van Huyssteen², Talitha Noble³

1: Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa; 2: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa; 3: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY PNEUMOCOELEM AND BUOYANCY SYNDROME WITH AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD PLEURODESIS IN GREEN (CHELONIA MYDAS) AND HAWKSBILL (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) SEA TURTLES

Maximilian M R Polyak^1,2, Marco Cruz¹, Neil R Davis¹, Daniel Gonzalez-Paredes¹, Diane Legouvello¹, Hoda Murad¹, Josie L Palmer¹, Vanessa F Schmitt¹, Georgia Smith¹, Ronel Nel¹

1: Organization for the Conservation of Coral and Sea Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS), Saudi Arabia; 2: SHAMS/KAUST Center for Veterinary Care, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

DISASTER MANAGEMENT: CRITICAL CARE FOR LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) POST-HATCHLINGS DURING A MASS STRANDING EPISODE ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA

Bernice van Huyssteen¹, Ilse Jenkinson²

1: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, South Africa; 2: Two Oceans Aquarium, South Africa

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS IN AN ADULT LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) SEA TURTLE

Bernice van Huyssteen

Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, South Africa

*CONSUMPTION OF SEA TURTLES IN BATA CITY, FAD OR TRADITION?

Carolina Martinez¹, Hector Barrios-Garrido^2,3, Alejandro Fallabrino^1,5, Angela Formia^1,4

1: Tomage: Tortugas Marinas de Guinea Ecuatorial; 2: Marine Science Program, Biological Science and Engineering. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); 3: GTTM-GV, Grupo de Trabajo en Tortugas Marinas del Golfo de Venezuela; 4: African Aquatic Conservation Fund; 5: Karumbé. Uruguay

SUSTAINING SEA TURTLES, SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES: A HOLISTIC APPROACH IN SÃO TOMÉ

Betania Ferreira-Airaud^1,2, Sara Vieira^1,2, Frederic Airaud¹, Wilson Fernandes¹, Victor Jimenez¹, Catarina Monteiro¹, Antunes Pina¹, Venceslau Soares¹

1: Programa Tatô, Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe; 2: CCMAR, Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal

MARES COMUNIDAD: SUSTAINABLE FISHING THROUGH SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE TURTLE BYCATCH IN COASTAL MEXICO

Yadira Trejo Hernández¹, Anibal López Murillo¹, María Isabel Miranda Marín¹, Agnese Mancini^1,2, Diana Arely Ramos de la Torre^1,3, Raquel Briseño Dueñas^1,4, Karen Oceguera Camacho^1,2, Jesus Salvador Lucero^1,2, Helga Oceguera Camacho^1,2, Carlos Delgado Trejo^1,5, Luis Angel Tello Sahagún^1,11, Catherine Hart^1,2, Alan Zavala Norzagaray^1,6, Katherine Comer Santos^1,7, Heriberto Santana¹, Joana Alfaro Shigueto^1,8, Jeffrey A. Seminoff^1,9, Bryan P. Wallace^1,10

1: MARES Comunidad, Mexico; 2: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, Mexico; 3: Universidad Tecnológica de Escuinapa, Sinaloa, México; 4: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,ICML-Unidad Académica “Mazatlán” Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico; 5: Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México; 6: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR Unidad Sinaloa, Guasave, Sinaloa, México; 7: The Science Exchange, Jalisco, Mexico; 8: ProDelphinus and Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú; 9: NOAA-Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA; 10: Ecolibrium, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA; 11: Estación Biolgica Majahuas

IMPORTANCE OF INDIRECT CONSERVATION MEASURES ON THE PROTECTION OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN BOA VISTA, CABO VERDE

Kathryn Yeoman¹, Euclides Resende¹, Thomas Reischig², Hiltrud Cordes²

1: Fundação Tartaruga, Cabo Verde; 2: Turtle Foundation Germany

*SOCIOECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN AFRO-DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES IN GUERRERO STATE, MEXICO.

Brenda Sarahi Ramos-Rivera¹, Rafael Flores-Garza^1,2, Luis Gomez-Gastelum³, Himmer Castro-Mondragon², Carmina Torreblanca-Ramirez^1,2, Jesus Emilio Michel-Morfin⁴

1: PhD in Environmental Sciences, Center for Regional Development Sciences, University Autonomous of Guerrero, Mexico; 2: Postgraduate in Natural Resources and Ecology, Faculty of Marine Ecology, University Autonomous of Guerrero, Mexico; 3: Tonalá University Center, University of Guadalajara, Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico.; 4: University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.

*STUDYING CONFLICT AND COOPERATION ASSOCIATED WITH SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION

Achsah Steffi John, Andrea D. Phillott

FLAME University, India

DESPITE CONSERVATION EFFORTS, THE STATUS OF SEA TURTLES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC) REMAINS CONCERNING

David Angenda mbuli

iccn, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

THE "ZERO-PLASTIC COASTLINE" GRASSROOTS PROGRAM TO PRESERVE SEA TURTLE HABITATS AROUND THE MAYANGE NA ELOMBO MARINE PARK IN SOUTHERN CAMEROON, WEST AFRICA

Isidore Ayissi

University of Douala-Cameroon, Cameroon

NETWORKING, COORDINATION AND COOPERATION IS CURCIAL TO CONSERVE ENDANGERED AND MIGRATORY SEA TURTLES: THE REDTORCAN PROJECT IN CANARY ISLANDS

Ana Liria Loza¹, Andrea Fariñas-Bermejo^1,2, Patricia Ostiategui-Francia¹, Alejandro Usategui-Martín¹

1: ADS Biodiverisidad, Canary Islands, Spain; 2: CSIC, Vigo, Spain

THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OKRA PROJECTS AND THE SARDINIAN REGIONAL NETWORK FOR THE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT OF SEA TURTLE NESTS BY RAISING AWARENESS OF LOCAL STUDENTS AND CITIZENS

Andrea Camedda¹, Marcello Meloni², Elisa Maria Mocci³, Cyprus Nii Sakei², Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia¹

1: CNR - National Research Council of Itlay, Italy; 2: Okra Projects, Ghana; 3: Sardinian Regional Body, Italy

*ILLEGAL TAKE OF SEA TURTLES IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMANIAN CARIBBEAN

Daniela Rojas-Cañizales^1,2, Raúl García-Varela², Roldán A. Valverde^1,2

1: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.; 2: Sea Turtle Conservancy, 4581 NW 6th St, Suite A, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA.

EFFECTIVE SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION STRATEGY IN GRAND-BEREBY, COTE D’IVOIRE

Alexandre Dah¹, Angela Formia², Jose Gomez¹

1: Conservation des Especes Marines, Cote d'Ivoire; 2: African Aquatic Conservation Fund, Senegal

TURTLE & NATURE PARK: A HOPE FOR MARINE TURTLE RESCUE & REHABILITATION IN SENEGAL

Mr Tomas Diagne¹, Dr Djibril Diouck²

1: African Chelonian Institute, Senegal; 2: Direction des Parcs Nationaux du Senegal

SOUTHERN MAHÉ, SEYCHELLES, SEASONAL PROTECTED AREAS

Christophe Mason-Parker, Vanessa Didon

Marine Conservation Society Seychelles, Seychelles

PROGRAMA TATÔ: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ON SÃO TOMÉ ISLAND, WEST AFRICA

Betania Ferreira-Airaud^1,2, Sara Vieira^1,2, Frederic Airaud¹, Wilson Fernandes¹, Victor Jimenez¹, Catarina Monteiro¹, Antunes Pina¹, Venceslau Soares¹

1: Programa Tatô, Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe; 2: CCMAR, Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal

INTERNATIONALLY AGREED CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR MARINE TURTLES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF AFRICA

Manjula Tiwari¹, Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma²

1: Ocean Ecology Network; 2: CMS Secretariat, Germany

NEST DOMES: THE NEW ALTERNATIVE TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SEXUAL DETERMINATION OF SEA TURTLES

Zulema Alejandra Guevara Oviedo¹, Sara Giraldo², Martin Tadeo Andrade Almazan³

1: Rancho San Cristóbal CSL, Mexico; 2: VML, Colombia; 3: Rancho San Cristóbal CSL, Mexico

*REPURPOSING FOR CONSERVATION: A RECYCLED FLOATING STATION AS A SEA TURTLE REHABILITATION CENTER ON THE KERKENNAH ISLANDS

Hamed Mallat¹, Ahmed Zaddem², Ahmed Souissi¹, Ons Benzarti¹, Ahmed Ben Hmida²

1: Association Kratten du Développement éveloppement Durable de la Culture et du Loisir, AKDDCL; 2: Agence de Protection et d'Aménagement du Littoral, APAL

20 YEARS OF SEA TURTLES CONSERVATION IN CONGO

Nathalie Mianseko, Jean-Gabriel Mavoungou

RENATURA CONGO, ASSOCIATION CONSERVATION DE LA BIODIVERSITE, Congo, Republic of the

THE PACIFIC LEATHERBACK HUB: A DECISION-SUPPORT TOOL FOR THE CONSERVATION OF TWO CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LEATHERBACK POPULATIONS

Anna Antonia Ortega^1,4, Nicki Mitchell¹, Nina Marn^1,2, Philip Miller³, George Shillinger⁴

1: The University of Western Australia; 2: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia; 3: IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group; 4: Upwell Turtles

'WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN': DOCUMENTING AND ELIMINATING POACHED TURTLE REMAINS ON BEACHES OF BOA VISTA, CAPE VERDE

Adilson Ramos¹, Marcel Maierhofer², Euclides Resende¹, Hiltrud Cordes², Thomas Reischig²

1: Fundaçao Tartaruga, Cabo Verde; 2: Turtle Foundation, Germany

INTEGRATING ESG PRINCIPLES INTO TERENGGANU'S TURTLE TOURISM

Mohd Uzair Rusli, Syamsyahidah Samsol, Tuan Mustaqim Rosdan

Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

FROM SHORE TO SEA: LIFE MARENATURA PAVES THE WAY TO THE 30*30 TARGET IN GREECE SHOWCASING PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE PROJECT

Konstantina Andreanidou¹, Nikolaos Simantiris¹, Tasos Dimalexis², Thanos Kastritis², Dimitra Petza³, Dimitra Marmara³, Michael Pournaras³, Stelios Katsanevakis⁴, Vasilis Trygonis⁴, Anastasia Perodaskalaki⁵, Aliki Panagopoulou⁶, Camilla Gotti⁷, Nicola Baccetti⁷, Danae Portolou⁸, Dimitra Christidi⁸, Angelos Evangelidis⁸, Georgios Drosopoulos⁸, Panagiotis Dendrinos⁹, Styliani Adamantopoulou⁹, Christos Giannakopoulos¹⁰, Gianna Kitsara¹⁰, Tim van der Schriek¹⁰, Joost Brinkkemper¹¹, Irna Huisjes¹¹, Ioli Christopoulou¹², Panagiotis Kasapidis¹³, Marianna Giannoulaki¹³, Aristides Prospathopoulos¹³, Afroditi Kardamaki¹³, Dimitris Tsaparis¹³

1: MEDASSET - Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Greece; 2: NCC - Nature Conservation Consultants; 3: NECCA - Natural Environment and Climate Change Organization; 4: University of the Aegean, Department of Marine Sciences; 5: University of Crete - Natural History Museum of Crete; 6: ARCHELON - The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece; 7: ISPRA - Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research; 8: Hellenic Ornithological Society - BirdLife Greece; 9: MOm - Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal; 10: NOA - National Observatory of Athens; 11: WaterProof Marine Consultancy and Services BV; 12: The Green Tank; 13: HCMR - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

LESSONS IN PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: A CASE STUDY ON HAWKSBILL CONSERVATION IN PUNTA AMAPALA, EL SALVADOR

Carlos Mario Pacheco Turcios¹, Luis Ruano¹, Ana Vilma Henríquez Pocasangre¹, Vincent Gravez², José R. Urteaga²

1: Asociación ProCosta; 2: Wild Earth Allies

FROM RESEARCH TO ACTION: SCIENCE-BASED CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN SÃO TOMÉ ISLAND, WEST AFRICA

Sara Alexandra Vieira^1,2, Betania Ferreira-Airaud^1,2, Frederic Airaud¹, Catarina Monteiro¹, Antunes Pina¹, Venceslau Soares¹

1: Programa Tatô, Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, Sao Tome, São Tomé e Principe; 2: CCMAR, Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal

*INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC VARIABLES, POSITION, AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ON THE INCUBATION TEMPERATURE OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) IN SAN LUIS DE LA LOMA, GUERRERO

Mildred Alpizar^1,3, Giovany González-Desales^2,3, Martha Zarco-González⁴, Jorge Eduardo Gallardo^4,3

1: CIIDIR IPN Sinaloa, Mexico. Environment department, Wildlife and and emerging diseases laboratory; 2: Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Campus II, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas; 3: Barreros de San Luis A.C.; 4: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) DURING THE 2023-2024 NESTING SEASON

Mildred Alpizar-Quezada¹, Maria Teresa Luna-Medina², Andres Cruz-Quintana⁴, Areli Cruz-Vicente³, Isa Pablo-Flores³, Alejandra Gallegos-Muñoz³, Enrique Ocampo-Olvera⁴, Ranferi Cruz-García³, Ana Ordaz-Becerra³, Alejandro Tavera-Rivera⁴, Mayra Martínez-Susano³, Gala Castro-Mejías³

1: CIIDIR IPN Sinaloa, Mexico. Depto. Medio Ambiente, Laboratorio de Vida Silvestre.; 2: Kutzari, A.C.; 3: CONANP. Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas-SEMARNAT; 4: Grupo Lomas. Departamento de Sostenibilidad.

*ASSESSING THE RISK OF SEA TURTLE NEST FLOODING: THE ROLE OF BEACH GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS

Jakob C. Christiaanse¹, José A. A. Antolinez¹, Ad Reniers¹, Jens Figlus², Christopher D. Marshall³, Timothy M. Dellapenna⁴, Felipe Calleja⁵, Camilo Jaramillo⁶

1: Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; 2: Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX, USA; 3: Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA; 4: Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA; 5: Coastal, Rivers and Estuaries Engineering Unit (IMARES-UCR), University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; 6: IH Cantabria—Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON HATCHING SUCCESS DURING THE SEASONS 2023 AND 2024 AT PUIPUY BEACH, SUCRE STATE, VENEZUELA.

Eneida Matilde Fajardo Escalona¹, Michelle Gómez¹, Alicia Monaldi^1,2,3, Henry Benavente¹, Iván Farias¹, Irama Perozo^4,5, Royner Carrasquero^4,5, Héctor Barrios-Garrido^4,5

1: Proyecto Akupara, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; 2: Ecoposadas del Mar, C.A; 3: CorpoMedina; 4: La Universidad del Zulia, Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Ecología General (Maracaibo 4001, Venezuela); 5: Grupo de Trabajo en Tortugas Marinas del Golfo de Venezuela (Sea Turtle Working Group of the Gulf of Venezuela) (GTTM-GV)

*OLIVE RIDLEYS (LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA) NESTING IN THE SEREIA PENINSULA AND PRAIA DOS POBRES, SOYO REGION, ANGOLA, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PRODUCTIVITY.

Lucas Capitão¹, Paulo Luanda¹, Miguel Veríssimo Morais²

1: Projecto Kitabanga; 2: UAN - Faculdade de Ciências Naturais

FIRST INTER-SEASONAL RECAPTURE OF A GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) AT AL WAJH LAGOON, SAUDI ARABIAN RED SEA

Hector Alonso Barrios-Garrido^1,2,3, Taha Boksmati², Mohammed Algohani Oudah², Khuld Jabby², Natalie Wildermann¹, Ivor Williams², Carlos M. Duarte¹

1: Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 2: Red Sea Global; Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 3: TropWATER - Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

SURVEYING JORDAN’S GULF OF AQABA COAST FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING POTENTIAL

ALan F Rees¹, Abeer Bilbeisi², Mohammad Al-Zibdah³

1: Turtles from Above, Plymouth, UK; 2: Jordan Society for the Conservation of Turtles and Tortoises, Amman, Jordan; 3: University of Jordan, Aqaba, Jordan

REACTIVATION OF CHELONIA MYDAS MONITORING ON SAN JOSÉ BEACH, PARQUE NACIONAL SANTA ROSA, COSTA RICA: AN IMPORTANT NESTING SITE FOR EASTERN PACIFIC GREEN TURTLES

Alba Lopez Bobadilla, Oscar Brenes Arias

RPT (Reserva Playa Tortuga), Costa Rica

A COMPARISON OF LOW AND HIGH NEST RELOCATION EFFORTS DURING 11 SEASONS OF SEA TURTLE NESTING ON TOPSAIL ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, USA

Terry Meyer¹, Kathryn Zagzebski¹, Matthew Godfrey²

1: The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center; 2: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

*CHARACTERIZATION OF HYBRIDIZATION IN UNVIABLE LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) AND GREEN (CHELONIA MYDAS) SEA TURTLE EGGS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

Samantha Ann Hurst¹, Lindsay Faith Curl², Margaret Lamont³, Alexis Michele Janosik¹

1: University of West Florida, United States of America; 2: North Carolina State University; 3: United States Geological Survey

*AN EVALUATION OF NEST RELOCATION AND HATCHING SUCCESS DURING HURRICANES IN FLORIDA

Holly M Schmidt¹, Allyssa R Hennessey¹, Frank V Paladino¹, Jacob A Lasala²

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

MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION AT QILIANYU, THE LARGEST GREEN SEA TURTLE NESTING GROUNDS IN THE NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA

Ting Zhang^1,2, Liu Lin^1,2, Deqin Li¹, Jichao Wang^1,2, Yunteng Liu^2,3, Rui Li¹, Shannan Wu¹, Hai-Tao Shi^1,2

1: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China.; 2: Hainan Sansha Provincial Observation and Research Station of Sea Turtle Ecology, Sansha 573100, China.; 3: Marine Protected Area Administration of Sansha City, Sansha 573100, China.

*GREEN TURTLE NESTING AS A SOURCE OF NUTRIENT INPUT IN A WEST AFRICAN ISLAND AND ITS NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT

Cheila Raposo¹, Ana Rita Patrício^2,3, Paulo Catry¹, Castro Barbosa⁴, Aissa Regalla⁴, Rui Rebelo²

1: MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, Ispa – Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Lisboa, Portugal; 2: cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; 3: Centre for Ecology & Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK; 4: Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Av. Dom Settimio Arturro Ferrazzetta, CP 70, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

UPDATE ON THE FIRST NESTING SIZE OF THE SEA TURTLE LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII FROM RANCHO NUEVO, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO.

Alan Alfredo Zavala-Norzagaray^1,6, Kevin Alan Zavala-Felix^1,6, César Paúl Ley-Quiñonez^1,6, Valeria Leal-Sepulveda^1,6, Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez⁴, Hector Hugo Acosta-Sánchez⁵, Catherine E. Hart⁶, A. Alonso Aguirre³, Miguel Ángel Reyes-López²

1: IPN-CIIDIR Sinaloa, Mexico; 2: IPN-CBG, Mexico; 3: CSU, Colorado, USA; 4: UAT UAM Reynosa-Aztlán, Reynosa, Tam, Mexico.; 5: United Nations Development Programme-CONANP, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México; 6: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias A.C., México.

*"CRACKING THE EGG" ON FUSARIUM SPP. IN LEATHERBACK NESTS, AN INVESTIGATION OF FUNGAL BURDEN

Elizabeth Kathleen Schultheis¹, Samantha G Kuschke^2,3, Jeannette Wyneken¹

1: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; 2: Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; 3: Upwell, Monterey, CA

TRENDS IN NESTING PHENOLOGY OF GREEN AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS: A 26-YEAR PERSPECTIVE

Liliana P. Colman¹, Jane L. Hardwick², Timothy J. Austin², Janice M. Blumenthal², Gina Ebanks-Petrie², Brendan J Godley¹, Alejandro Prat-Varela², Joseph Roche-Chaloner², Annette C Broderick¹

1: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK; 2: Marine Resources Unit, Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

*LONG-TERM RESIDENCY AND GROWTH RATES OF GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) AT A FEEDING GROUND IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Larissa Araujo Nunes^1,2, Suzana Machado Guimarães¹, Beatriz Guimarães Gomes¹, Estéfane Cardinot Reis¹, Fábio Vieira de Araújo³

1: Projeto Aruanã – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais Littoralis, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Marinha e Ambientes Costeiros, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3: Faculdade de Formação de Professores da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TRENDS IN SIZE AT MATURITY OF CHELONIA MYDAS (GREEN TURTLE) IN THE JOÃO VIEIRA AND POILÃO MARINE NATIONAL PARK, GUINEA-BISSAU, WEST AFRICA

Assana Camara, Aissa Regalla de Barros, Castro Babosa, Paulo Catry, Rita Caldas Patricio

Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas - Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP)

POPULATION TRENDS OF GREEN TURTLES ON THE ISOLATED ATLANTIC ISLAND OF FERNANDO DE NORONHA AFTER 35 YEARS OF PROTECTION

Claudio Bellini¹, Erik A. P. dos Santos¹, João L. Camargo¹, Dênis A. Sana¹, João C. A. Thomé¹, Maria A. Marcovaldi², Armando J. B. Santos³, Mariana Fuentes³, Eduardo M. Venticinque⁴, Bruno B. Giffoni², Liliana Colman⁵

1: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tartarugas Marinhas e da Biodiversidade Marinha do Leste, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2: Fundaçao Pró-TAMAR, Brazil; 3: Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; 4: PPGEco, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Brazil; 5: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK

EXPLORING GENETIC DIVERSITY OF SEA TURTLES BY MITOGENOME ANALYSIS

Daniela Hernández-Villalobos³, Miguel Angel Reyes-López², Mario Alberto Morales-Rodríguez¹, María Cristina Hernández Jiménez¹, Gabriela Cervantes-Zubirías¹, Gloria Sandoval-Flores¹, Lisset Anel Alva-Rocha¹, Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez¹

1: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas- UAM Reynosa-Aztlán, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.; 2: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CBG, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.; 3: Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora-Campus Nainari, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México.

WHAT CAN 5.5-YEAR OF PHOTO-ID DATA TELL ABOUT THE SEA TURTLE POPULATION DYNAMICS AND HABITAT USE IN A COASTAL FORAGING GROUND? A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTHERN KENYA

Joana M. Hancock¹, Leah Mainye², Jenni Choma², Diana Kerubo², Jane Lloyd¹, Emma J. Hudgins³, Saoirse Kelleher³, Stephanie Koehnk¹

1: Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sabden, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX, United Kingdom; 2: Olive Ridley Project - Kenya, 10 Diani Bazaar shopping centre Diani Beach Road, Kwale County, P.o Box 5331-80401 Diani, Kenya; 3: University of Melbourne, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Parkville, VIC, 3010 Australia

ADVANCING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION THOUGH THE SHELLBANK GLOBAL DATABASE

Christine Anne Madden¹, Michael P Jensen¹, Greta J Frankham², Kelly Morgan³, Erin LaCasella⁴

1: WWF, Coral Triangle Program; 2: Australian Museum, Sydney,Australia; 3: TRACE, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 4: Southwest Fisheries Science Centre, NOAA, La Jolla, USA

ASSESING TAG LOSS AND PITTAG DETECTION RATES IN GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) NESTING IN TORTUGUERO, COSTA RICA

Ana Maria Moncada Rosas¹, Jaime Restrepo^1,3, Raúl García¹, Roldán A Valverde^1,2

1: Sea Turtle Conservancy; 2: SEEMS Lab, UTRGVU; 3: University of Queensland

*NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE HAPLOTYPE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF CARETTA CARETTA IN BCS, MEXICO: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH NEW AND PREVIOUSLY RECORDED SEQUENCES

Hugo David Gallardo-Sánchez¹, Luz Estrella Hernández-Hernández², Omar Horacio Sol-Torres¹, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray³, A. Alonso Aguirre⁴, César Paúl Ley-Quiñones³, Eduardo Resendiz⁵, Roldan Valverde⁶, Eva María Tapia-Díaz⁷, Fátima Yedith Camacho-Sánchez², Miguel Angel Reyes-López¹

1: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CBG, Mexico; 2: UAT UAMRA, México; 3: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR SINALOA, Mexico; 4: CSU, Colorado, USA; 5: UBCS, Mexico; 6: UTRGV, SEEMS, Brownsville, TX, USA; 7: UANL, Department of Ichthyology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, NL, Mexico

TRENDS AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF LEATHERBACKS (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) ALONG THE ANGOLAN COAST

Miguel Veríssimo Morais

Projecto Kitabanga - Universidade Agostinho Neto / Faculdade de Ciências Naturais, Angola

INCREASING NESTING TRENDS OF SEA TURTLES ON THE OSA PENINSULA, COSTA RICA: A COMPARISON OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS FROM THE 90S TO THE PRESENT

Alejandra Pérez Cámara, Rocío Macías Nieto, Vicente Peña Eisele, Alejandra Chumbimune, Isabel Hidalgo Diaz, Alba López Bobadilla, Hugh Govan, Laura Exley

COPROT Tortugas de Osa

RECENT RECORDS OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES IN CUBA

Amanda Real¹, Felix Moncada¹, Aracely Hernandez²

1: Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras; 2: Centro Nacional de Areas Protegidas

A DECADE OF SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION EFFORTS AT BESAR ISLANDS CLUSTER, JOHOR MARINE PARK, MALAYSIA: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL INSIGHTS

Mohd Nur Aiman Suhaimi, Izzat Hakimi A'rizu, Mohd Alzam Mohd Afandi

TENGAH ISLAND CONSERVATION, Malaysia

*MIXED-STOCK ANALYSES HELP CLARIFYING CHELONIA MYDAS GENETIC STRUCTURE IN THE GULF OF GUINEA

Livia Tolve¹, Angela Formia^1,2, Chiara Natali¹, Davide Nespoli¹, Alessio Iannucci¹, Claudio Ciofi¹

1: Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; 2: African Aquatic Conservation Fund PO Box 366 Chilmark MA02535, USA

*NOVEL MINIATURIZED SATELLITE TAGS REVEAL VERTICAL BEHAVIORS OF EARLY-LIFE STAGE LEATHERBACK TURTLES

Tony Candela^1,2,3, Philippe Gaspar², Jeanette Wyneken⁴, Hirun Kanghae⁵, Pinsak Suraswadi⁶, Emily Turla⁴, George L. Shillinger¹

1: Upwell, Monterey, California, USA; 2: Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; 3: Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre d'Etudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France; 4: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA; 5: Phuket Marine Biological Center, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Phuket, Thailand; 6: Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Bangkok, Thailand

TRACKING OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS AND HABITAT USE OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC VIA ANIMAL-BORNE SENSORS

Alejandro Usategui-Martín¹, Borja Aguiar-González², Richard Heidrich³, Ana Liria-Loza¹

1: ADS Biodiversidad, Canary Islands, Spain; 2: EOMAR, ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; 3: Loro Parque Fundación, Canary Islands, Spain

*OBSERVING JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE BEHAVIOR IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARY

Katie Kress, Ed McGinley, Carson Harvill

Flagler College, United States of America

COMPARING JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLE UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL VS. NATURAL REEFS: INSIGHTS FROM A BREAKWATER IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA

Andie Fisher, Ryan Welsh

Inwater Research Group, United States of America

HABITAT USE DYNAMIC AND EXPLORATORY MOVEMENTS OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES REVEALED BY FASTLOC-GPS TRACKING AT REUNION ISLAND

Antoine Laforge¹, Claire Jean², Stéphane Ciccione², Mathieu Barret², Katia Ballorain¹

1: Centre d’Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines (CEDTM), 19 rue des Frangipaniers 97424 Saint Leu, La Réunion, France; 2: Kelonia, l’observatoire des tortues marines, 46 rue du Général de Gaulle, Saint Leu, La Réunion 97436, France

POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGY OF A MIXED-STOCK AGGREGATION OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL TURTLES IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, USA

Lawrence D. Wood¹, Christopher R. Nolte², Jessica A. Farrell³, Gianna Fanelli^2,3, David J. Duffy^2,3

1: National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation, Ft. Lauderdale, USA; 2: Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 3: Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience & Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St Augustine, Florida, USA

VALIDATION OF NESTING SAFE TETHERLESS, REAL-TIME IN SITU ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR SEA TURTLE NESTS AND BEACHES

John C Bonardelli¹, Stephen G Dunbar^2,3

1: Nesting Safe inc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3Z 1J9; 2: Marine Research Group, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350; 3: Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR, Inc.), Loma Linda, CA 92350

ACOUSTIC INSIGHTS INTO SEA TURTLE HATCHLING NEST ESCAPE ACROSS DIFFERENT CLUTCH SIZES

Lim Pey Chen¹, Hideaki Nishizawa², Mohd Uzair Rusli¹

1: Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.; 2: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

USING VIDEOGRAPHY TO QUANTIFY NESTING SUCCESS AND HATCHLING SURVIVORSHIP OF FLATBACK TURTLES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Blair Hardman¹, Jessica Takeda², Nicki Mitchell², Casper Avenant³

1: Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: University Of Western Australia; 3: Edith Cowan University

*DRIVER OF ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA HATCHLING SEAFINDING: LIGHT INTENSITY VERSUS WAVELENGTH

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

1: Marine Research Group, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States of America 92350; 2: Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach, and Research, Inc. (ProTECTOR, Inc.), Loma Linda, CA 92350

*FERTILITY RATES OF LEATHERBACK (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) EGGS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, USA

Emily Turla, Jeanette Wyneken

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

*ASSESSING MICROPLASTICS CONTAMINATION IN UNVIABLE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE EGGS

Lindsay Curl¹, Samantha Hurst², Christopher Pomory², Margaret Lamont³, Alexis Janosik²

1: North Carolina State University, USA; 2: University of West Florida, USA; 3: United States Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USA

EXPLORATION OF A DYNAMIC THERMAL CORRIDOR: EXPERIMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND MIGRATION OF NORTH PACIFIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES

Larry Crowder¹, Dana Briscoe¹, George Balazs², Jeff Polovina³, Jeff Seminoff⁴, Alberto Abreu-Grobois⁵, Masanori Kurita⁶, Catherine Lee Hing¹, Masanori Mori⁶, Denise Parker², Marc Rice⁷, Tomomi Saito⁸, Bianca Santos¹, Cali Turner Tomaszewicz⁴, Noah Yamaguchi⁸

1: Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University,United States of America; 2: Golden Honu, Hawaii, United States of America; 3: Retired, NOAA, Hawaii, United States of America; 4: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, United States on America; 5: UNAM, Mexico; 6: Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Japan; 7: Hawaii Prepatory Academy, Hawaii; 8: Kochi University, Japan

UNCOVERING A NEW MIGRATION PATTERN FOR GREEN TURTLES FROM THE BIJAGÓS ARCHIPELAGO, WEST AFRICA

Ana Rita Patrício¹, Castro Barbosa², Fernando Madeira¹, Aissa Regalla², Cheibani Senhoury³, Ebaye Sidina³, Paulo Catry⁴

1: CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Univ. Lisbon; 2: Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas (IBAP, Guinea-Bissau); 3: Parc National du Banc d'Arguin (PNBA), Mauritania; 4: MARE-ISPA, Portugal

COMPARISON OF INTER-NESTING MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE AMONG MULTIPLE SPECIES AND ACROSS MULTIPLE NESTING BEACHES OVER A QUARTER CENTURY

Daniel Evans¹, Jaime Restrepo², Raúl García³, Simon Ceriani⁴, Roldán Valverde^1,5

1: Sea Turtle Conservancy, United States of America; 2: Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia. 4072; 3: Sea Turtle Conservancy, Bocas del Toro, Panama; 4: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL USA; 5: School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Brownsville, Texas, USA. 78520

IN-WATER MONITORING OF ENDANGERED LEATHERBACK TURTLES OFF THE US WEST COAST

George Shillinger¹, Scott Benson²

1: Upwell Turtles, United States of America; 2: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States of America

*HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF POST-NESTING LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Margherita Sofia Panzuto¹, Marianna Chimienti², Daniele Iudicone³, Luis Cardona^4,5, Sandra Hochscheid¹

1: Marine Turtle Research Group, Department of Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy; 2: School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, United Kingdom; 3: Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy; 4: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain; 5: Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

*A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE ON SEA TURTLE HABITAT UTILIZATION: IMPLICATIONS OF LONG-TERM CONSERVATION MEASURES AND ECOLOGICAL PRESSURES

Ryan Welsh^1,2, Katherine Mansfield²

1: Inwater Research Group, United States of America; 2: Marine Turtle Research Group, University of Central Florida, United States of America

A NEW METHOD TO EVALUATE SEA TURTLE CAPITAL BREEDING STATUS USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS

Hannah B. Vander Zanden¹, Nico Lübcker², Kristina L. Williams Carroll³, Michael G. Frick¹, Joseph B. Pfaller⁴, Michael D. Arendt⁵, Mariela Pajuelo⁶, Ariadna Arnau¹, Karen A. Bjorndal¹, Seth D. Newsome²

1: Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, USA; 2: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, USA; 3: Caretta Research Project, USA; 4: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, USA; 5: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, USA; 6: Florida Museum of Natural History and Thompson Earth Systems Institute, University of Florida, USA

*GROWTH RATES OF THE EPIBIOTIC BARNACLE CHELONIBIA TESTUDINARIA ON GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN COSTA RICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR USING BARNACLES AS INDICATORS OF HABITAT USE IN SEA TURTLES

Sergio Poyatos Iglesias¹, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo^2,3, Lara Fazzari³, Trevor L. Proctor^3,4, Carolina M. Santoro Pérez³, Veronica Valverde-Cantillo^3,5, Nathan J. Robinson^6,7

1: Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), Madrid, Spain; 2: Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 3: The Leatherback Trust, Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, Playa Grande, Costa Rica; 4: Purdue University Fort Wayne, Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; 5: Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose, Costa Rica; 6: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain; 7: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

*LESS SEAGRASS, MORE PLASTICS: CHANGES IN THE CARIBBEAN GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) DIET BETWEEN FORAGING GROUNDS IN THE MISKITO CAYS, NICARAGUA, AND THE NESTING BEACH AT TORTUGUERO, COSTA RICA.

Renato Saragoça Bruno, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal

Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research & Department of Biology, University of Florida

*INTER-ANNUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEST SHADING ON INCUBATION TEMPERATURES AND HATCHING SUCCESS IN LEATHERBACKS

Ellie Weir¹, Amanda Bates¹, Claudio Quesada²

1: University of Victoria, Canada; 2: Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

COOLING SEA TURTLE NESTS VIA CLUTCH SPLITTING: OUTCOMES FOR THREE SPECIES, TWELVE ROOKERIES, AND THREE CLIMATES EXPLORED VIA FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Nicola Mitchell¹, Sami al Khatib², Ali Karrech², Malindi Gammon^1,3, Nina Marn^1,4, Lauren Heddle¹

1: Oceans Institute, The University Of Western Australia, Australia; 2: School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia; 3: Cawthron Institute, New Zealand; 4: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia

SEARCHING FOR MALE PRODUCING AREAS: STUDYING SEX RATIOS IN NEW LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA) NESTING SITES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Jose Luis Crespo Picazo¹, Elena Abella², Emma Pla¹, Marta Muñoz Baquero¹, Guillem Félix³, Sílvia Giralt⁴, Fernando Escribano⁵, Carolina Fernandez Maldonado⁶, Joaquin Ortega⁷, Daniel García Párraga¹

1: Fundación Oceanogràfic, Valencia, Spain; 2: BETA, Universitat Central de Catalunya, Spain; 3: COFIB, Conselleria d'Agricultura, Pesca i Medi Natural, Illes Balears, Spain; 4: Fundació CRAM, Barcelona, Spain; 5: CRFS El Valle, Murcia, Spain; 6: Seashore Environment and Fauna, Andalucía, Spain; 7: Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain

HAWKSBILL DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC: INSIGHTS DERIVED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE SYNTHESIS

Andrew S. Maurer^1,2,3, Eduardo Cuevas⁴, Abigail Uribe-Martínez⁴, Claudio Bellini⁵, Erik A. P. dos Santos⁵, Renata M. A. Ramos⁶, Armando J. B. Santos^7,8, Neca Marcovaldi⁸, Gustavo Stahelin⁸, Raul Diaz Miron⁹, Kristen M. Hart¹⁰, Daniel R. Evans¹¹, Lemuel Pemberton¹², Seth P. Stapleton³, Kaj Schut¹³, Daan Zeegers¹³, Félix Moncada-Gavilán¹⁴, Damien Chevallier¹⁵, Lucy A. Hawkes¹⁶, Yolanda M. León¹⁷, Annette C. Broderick¹⁶, Brendan J. Godley¹⁶, Ohiana Revuelta¹⁸, Jesús Tomás¹⁸, Carlos E. Diez¹⁹, Robert P. van Dam²⁰, Louise M. Soanes²¹, Farah Mukhida²¹, Kafi Gumbs²², Julia A. Horrocks²³, Darren C. Browne²³, Julian Walcott²³, Gina Belle²⁴, Kelly R. Stewart²⁵, Kate E. Charles²⁶, Kenrith D. Carter^26,27, David P. Marancik²⁸, Cynthia J. Lagueux²⁹, Cathi L. Campbell²⁹, Rhema Bjorkland³⁰, Andrea Donaldson³¹, Peter B. Richardson³², Nicole Esteban³³, Jack Wiggins¹⁶, Alwyn Ponteen³⁴, Kathryn Audroing³⁵, Miquel Garcia³⁶, Jeffrey A. Seminoff¹, Kimberly M. Stewart³⁷, Karen L. Eckert³⁷

1: NOAA - Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA; 2: National Research Council, Washington DC, USA; 3: Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Antigua; 4: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; 5: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tartarugas Marinhas e da Biodiversidade Marinha do Leste, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 6: ENGEO – Soluções Integradas em Meio Ambiente, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7: Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; 8: Fundaçao Pró-TAMAR, Brazil; 9: Aquarium del Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico; 10: United States Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Davie, Florida, USA; 11: Sea Turtle Conservancy, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 12: Nevis Turtle Group, Gingerland, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis; 13: Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire, Kralendijk, Bonaire; 14: Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, La Habana, Cuba; 15: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Les Anses d’Arlet, Martinique, French West Indies; 16: University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom; 17: Grupo Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; 18: Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 19: Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA; 20: Chelonia Inc, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA; 21: Anguilla National Trust, The Valley, Anguilla; 22: Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, The Valley, Anguilla; 23: University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados; 24: Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Bridgetown, Barbados; 25: The Ocean Foundation, Washington DC, USA; 26: Ocean Spirits Inc, St. Patrick, Grenada; 27: Dr Carter Veterinary Services, Grenada; 28: St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada; 29: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 30: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; 31: National Environment and Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica; 32: Marine Conservation Society, Hereford, Herefordshire, United Kingdom; 33: Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom; 34: Fisheries and Ocean Governance Unit, Brades, Montserrat; 35: Turtle Village Trust, Trinidad and Tobago; 36: Environmental Awareness Group, Antigua; 37: Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST)

OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN HAWKSBILL RESIDENCY TIMES BETWEEN AREAS OF HIGH AND LOW HUMAN ACTIVITY

Scott Thomas Eanes¹, Wlliam Alexander Webb¹, Kate Charles², Paul Dugald Jobsis¹, Benson Nicholas², Tevin Nicholas², Kenrith Carter², Jessica Michaels¹, Andrew McGregor¹, Miles Brill¹

1: The Hawksbill Project, United Kingdom; 2: Ocean Spirits

*MIGRATIONS AND HOMERANGE AREAS OF POST-NESTING HAWKSBILL TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) TAGGED ON MOSO ISLAND, REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Charlotte Kassis¹, Laura Jim¹, Marc Rice¹, Dana Briscoe^2,3, Francis Hickey⁴

1: Hawaii Preparatory Academy Sea Turtle Research Program; 2: Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, United States; 3: Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States; 4: Traditional Resource Management Program at Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Republic of Vanuatu

*SOCIAL INTERACTIONS OF JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN BREWERS BAY, ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Corinne Eva Johnson¹, Jordan Matley², Nathan J. Robinson^3,4, Andrew Maurer⁵, Paul Jobsis¹

1: The University of the Virgin Islands, United States of America; 2: Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; 3: Institut De Ciències Del Mar – Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain; 4: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain; 5: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

MINIATURE SATELLITE TAGS REVEAL DISPERSAL MOVEMENTS AND BEHAVIOURS OF EARLY STAGE POST-STRANDED AND REHABILITATED JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES

Talitha Noble-Trull¹, Jeanette Wyneken², Tony Candela⁴, Judy Mann-Lang¹, George Shillinger³

1: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa; 2: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA; 3: Upwell, Monterey, CA 93940, USA; 4: Upwell, Monterey, CA 93940, USA; Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre dÉtudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France

ACOUSTIC TAGGING OF POST-REHABILITATION SEA TURTLES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ruth Wright¹, Dylan Bailey¹, John Worth²

1: 1PE Museum at Bayworld, Gqeberha, South Africa; 2: CMR at Nelson Mandela University (Centre for Marine Research), Gqueberha, South Africa

*WEAK EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON INTER-NESTING INTERVALS OF OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ARRIBADA FORMATION

Laura Fuentes-Tejada^1,2, Chelsea E. Durr^3,4, Daniel Oliveira Cutrim³, Frank V. Paladino^3,4, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo⁵, Nathan J. Robinson^1,6

1: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain; 2: Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08028 Barcelona, Spain; 3: Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, The Leatherback Trust, Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; 4: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, USA; 5: Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 6: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NESTING BEACHES IN BATOKE AND BAKINGUILI ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF CAMEROON

Guy Aristide Mengoue, Cedrick Fogwan, Aristide Kamla

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon

SHORESCAPE APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACH MANAGEMENT IN THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING RED SEA COASTLINE

Josie Palmer¹, Marco Garcia-Cruz¹, Neil Richard Davis¹, Daniel Gonzales-Paredes¹, Hoda Murad¹, Maximilian M.R. Polyak^1,2, Vanessa F. Schmitt¹, Georgia Smith¹, Ronel Nel¹

1: SHAMS-The General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in The Red Sea; 2: King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

IMPACTS OF STORM SURGE ON GREEN AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLE NESTS ON A LOW-LYING CARIBBEAN ISLAND

Jane L Hardwick¹, Timothy J Austin¹, Janice M Blumenthal¹, Annette C Broderick², Liliana P Colman², Brendan J Godley², Alejandro Prat-Varela¹, Joseph Roche-Chaloner¹, Gina Ebanks-Petrie¹

1: Marine Resources Unit, Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 2: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH FOR MITIGATING EROSION-INDUCED NEST LOSS AT A KEY NESTING SITE IN TRINIDAD.

Adrian Wilson¹, Deanesh Ramsewak², Kyle Mitchell¹, Brandon Edwards², Suzan Lakhan-Baptiste¹, Arthur Potts²

1: Nature Seekers, 10 1/4 mile mark, Toco Main Road, Trinidad and Tobago, WI; 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.

TOLERANCE TO INUNDATION MAY VARY BY POPULATION FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES

Matt Ware¹, Jacqueline Sablan², Sara Johnson³, Elizabeth Pinnix⁴, Paul Hillbrand⁵, Elizabeth S. Darrow⁵

1: Florida Gulf Coast University; 2: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge; 3: Alabama Coastal Foundation Share the Beach; 4: North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve; 5: Bald Head Island Conservancy