ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICE (TED) EFFICIENCY TRIALS ABOARD A KENYAN SHRIMP TRAWLER, APRIL 5TH - MAY 5TH , 2018

Tony {Michel Anthony} Nalovic¹, Edward Kimani², Nina Wambiji², Sean Fennessy Fennessy³

1: fishingcleaner.com, French Guiana; 2: Kenyan Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya; 3: Oceanographic Research Institute, South Africa

THE SHRIMP FISHERY AND ITS INTERACTION WITH SEA TURTLES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF CUBA.

Felix Guillermo Moncada Gavilan

Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Cuba

*EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICES (TEDS) AS A BYCATCH REDUCTION MEASURE FOR SEA TURTLES IN SABAH, MALAYSIA

Liyana Izwin Khalid, Kooi Chee Ho, Jonathan Phu, Syahiran Masrin, Chun Xue Chai, Nicolas James Pilcher

Marine Research Foundation, Malaysia

*SEA TURTLE BYCATCH IN COMMERCIAL TRAWL AND PURSE SEINE FISHERIES IN SABAH, MALAYSIA

Kooi Chee Ho, Nicolas James Pilcher, Liyana Izwin Khalid, Jonathan Jiun Lang Phu, Brittany Ashley Chang, Mohd Syahiran Masrin, Chun Xue Chai

Marine Research Foundation, Malaysia

*MEASURING SEA TURTLE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO GILLNETS: ASSESSING LEARNING EFFECTS FROM REPEATED EXPOSURE

Janie L Reavis^1,2,3, Blair E Witherington², Michael J Bresette², John H Wang⁴, Stephen Pratt¹, Dale F DeNardo¹, Jesse F Senko³

1: School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, AZ, United States of America; 2: Inwater Research Group, FL, United States of America; 3: School of Ocean Futures, Arizona State University, AZ, United States of America; 4: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, HI, United States of America

*TRUST, TRAPS, AND TURTLES: LEVERAGING STAKEHOLDER AND FISHER PERSPECTIVES TO ENHANCE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH REPORTING AND MITIGATION IN FLORIDA’S TRAP FISHERIES

Rachel Smith¹, Emily Hardin², Raymond Carthy³

1: School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Human Nature Group, Phoenix, AZ; 2: Disney’s Animals, Sciences and Environment, Lake Buena Vista, FL; 3: Florida Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, USGS, University of Florida, Gainesville FL

TRAUMA DUE TO BYCATCH AND VESSEL STRIKES: MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH OF THE SEA TURTLE ON THE ANDALUSIAN COAST (2020–2024)

Carolina Fernández - Maldonado¹, Alejandra Cerezo Caro¹, Marta Román López¹, Francesco Achille Consoli², Teresa Márquez Bayón¹, Claudia Iglesias González², Antonio Fernández², 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

*IDENTIFYING DIRECT CAUSES, SPATIAL DENSITY, AND EMERGING THREATS OF SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (2018-2023)

Taylor Brunson¹, Natalie K. Monnier², Claudia D. Lombard³, Kelly R. Stewart⁴, Nicole F. Angeli⁵

1: University of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S.; 2: Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue (STAR) Network, St. Croix, USVI; 3: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA; 4: St. Croix Sea Turtle Project, The Ocean Foundation, Washington, DC, USA; 5: Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Government of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, USVI

*ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS IN OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLASTIC AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION AT ODISHA'S NESTING BEACHES

Abhishek Thawait¹, Chandana Pusapati², Anuradha Bhat¹, Kartik Shanker^2,3

1: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India; 2: Dakshin Foundation; 3: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India

THE EFFECT OF PROTECTED AREAS, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT ON NESTING MARINE TURTLES

Lucy Omeyer¹, Robin Thomas Ernest Snape^1,2, Jon Bennie³, Damla Beton², Burak Ali Çiçek⁴, Sophie Davey², Wayne Fuller⁵, Camille Fleury¹, Brendan Godley¹, Zoe Laurence1¹, Yaniv Levy⁶, Meryem Ozkan², Jack Wiggins¹, Annette Broderick¹

1: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, UK; 2: Society for Protection of Turtles, Levent Daire 1, Ulus Sokak, Gönyelli, North Cyprus; 3: Centre for Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK; 4: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus; 5: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus; 6: Israel Nature and Parks Authority

TURTLES OF ARABIA: UNVEILING 15 YEARS OF SEA TURTLE MORTALITIES IN DUBAI

Hollis-Ann Stewart

Yellow Turtle Conservation, United States of America

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

*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

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

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

TURTLEWATCH EGYPT: A CITIZEN SCIENCE INITIATIVE FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE EGYPTIAN RED SEA

Micol Montagna^1,2, Agnese Mancini^1,3, Valeria Roma¹, Abdallah Taher^1,2, Maja Zamencka¹, Toka Eldakamawy^1,2, Mariam Amr Tawila^1,2, Mahmoud Hanafy^4,5

1: TurtleWatch Egypt 2.0, EG; 2: Marine Life Conservation and Preservation Foundation, EG; 3: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, MX; 4: Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA), EG; 5: Department of Marine Biology, Suez Canal University, EG

CITIZEN SCIENCE CONTRIBUTION TO IN-WATER SEA TURTLES MONITORING: TWO DECADES OF INSIGHTS FROM REUNION ISLAND

Claire Jean¹, Marie Lauret-Stepler¹, Mathieu Barret¹, Katia Ballorain², Antoine Laforge², Stéphane Ciccione¹

1: Kelonia, l'observatoire des tortues marines, Saint-Leu, Réunion (France); 2: CEDTM, Centre d'Etude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines, Saint-Leu, Réunion (France)

SEA TURTLES OF CAGARRAS ISLANDS, A MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN SOUTHEASTER BRAZIL

Suzana Machado Guimarães^1,2, Daniel Vasconcelos Shimada Brotto^1,3, Aline Aguiar¹

1: Projeto Ilhas do Rio – Instituto Mar Adentro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Projeto Aruanã – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais Littoralis, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Marinha e Ambientes Costeiros, Universidade Federal Flumines, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

DIVING WITH LUNGS HALF-FULL? DIVING BEHAVIOR OF JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES IN SHALLOW MANGROVES CREEKS IN THE BAHAMAS

Ruth Doñate-Ordóñez^1,2, Sophie K. Mills³, José M. Reyes-González¹, Damianos Chatzievangelou¹, Nathan J. Robinson^1,4

1: Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain; 2: University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; 3: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; 4: Fundación Oceanografic, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

FIRST LOGGERHEAD'S SIMULATIONS OF THE SEA TURTLE ACTIVE MOVEMENT MODEL (STAMM), VALIDATED WITH OBSERVED TURTLE TRAJECTORIES.

Julien Temple-Boyer¹, Philippe Gaspar¹, Tony Candela^1,2,3, Stefano Ciavatta¹, Dana K. Briscoe^4,5, Masanori Kurita⁶, Denise M. Parker⁷, Jeffrey J. Polovina⁸, Marc R. Rice⁹, Tomomi Saito¹⁰, George H. Balazs¹¹

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; 4: Woods Institute for the Environment, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; 5: 5Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA; 6: Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Nagoya, Japan; 7: Golden Honu Services of Oceania, Newport, Oregon, USA; 8: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA (retired), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 9: HPA Sea Turtle Research Program, Kamuela, Hawaii, USA; 10: Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Tosa, Kochi, Japan; 11: Golden Honu Services of Oceania, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

*WATER-BORNE CHEMICALS RATHER THAN APPEARANCE FROM BIOFOULING CAN PROMOTE PLASTIC DEBRIS INGESTION IN GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS)

Lyu Lyu, Katsufumi Sato

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan

*COLOUR PREFERENCE IN JUVENILE HAWKSBILL AND GREEN SEA TURTLES

Mohammed F Khayat^1,3, Jordan P Drake², Ellen Ariel²

1: Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia; 2: College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, 1 Solander Drive, Douglas, 4811, QLD, Australia; 3: Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA

*LOCOMOTION VARIABILITY IN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS

Allyssa Rose Hennessey¹, Jacob A Lasala², Frank V Paladino¹

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

*FROM SPRINTERS TO MARATHONERS: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND KINEMATIC COMPARISON OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES

Samantha Elizabeth Trail, Jeanette Wyneken

Florida Atlantic University, United States of America

*COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION OF GRAPHS WITH MORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN GRAPH ATTENTION NETWORKS FOR SEA TURTLE IDENTIFICATION

Jesús Fernando Franco López, Alejandro Alvaro Ramírez Acosta, Mireya Saraí García Vázquez

IPN Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México

*BIOMARKERS OF FORAGING AND REPRODUCTION IN CAPTIVE ADULT FEMALE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA)

Joslyn Blessing Kent¹, Roldán A. Valverde^2,3, Shingo Fukada⁴, Isao Kawazu^4,5, Keichi Ueda^4,5,6, Ken Maeda⁴

1: Texas A&M University, Galveston; 2: Sea Turtle Conservancy; 3: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; 4: Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium; 5: Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Institute; 6: Okinawa Churashima Foundation Veterinary Hospital

*ARGININE VASOTOCIN AND CORTICOSTERONE IN NESTING AND NON-NESTING LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES IN THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA

Krista Blair Reed¹, Maribel Escobedo Mondragón^2,3, Roldan Arturo Valverde¹

1: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States of America; 2: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; 3: Asociación Mexicana de Veterinarios de Tortugas, Mexico

FIRST COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-YEAR HEALTH ASSESSMENTS OF JUVENILE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) IN THE NORTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN: CLINICAL BLOOD ANALYTES, PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, ULTRASONIC STUDIES AND GUT MICROBIOME CHARACTERIZATION ACROSS EIGHT ATOLLS IN THE MALDIVES

Mariana Fragoso⁴, Enas Mohamed Riyaz², Tristan Neto⁴, Isha Afeef¹, Afrah Abdul Sathaar¹, Adam Athif Mohamed⁵, Ibrahim Inaan¹, Ahmed Leevan², Aishath Shaiha², Ali Shareef⁷, Asha Ahmed³, Ibrahim Ibrahim Saneeh³, Raniya Husnu Al Suood⁸, Iujaaz Ali⁶, Stephanie Köhnk⁴, Claire Petros⁴, Naul Hasnaulhusna⁴, Martin Stelfox⁴, Maximilian M. R. Polyak⁴

1: Olive Ridley Project Maldives, H. Kaneerumaage, Dhonhuraa Goalhi, Malé, 20037, Republic of Maldives; 2: Environmental Protection Agency, Handhuvaree Hingun, Malé, Republic of Maldives; 3: Maldives National University, Malé, Republic of Maldives; 4: Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK; 5: Atoll Marine Conservation Centre, Republic of the Maldives; 6: Addu Nature Park, Republic of the Maldives; 7: Happy Side, K. Maafushi, 08090, Republic of Maldives; 8: Malé, Republic of Maldives

TEMPORAL TRENDS IN TOXICOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM MONITORING PROJECTS IN CHARACTERISING CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

Kimberly A. Finlayson¹, Cesar A. Villa², Arthur D. Barraza¹, Colin J. Limpus², Jason P. van de Merwe¹

1: Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia; 2: Department of Environment, Tourism, Science, and Innovation

UNRAVELING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF INCREASING INCUBATION TEMPERATURES ON NEONATAL LOGGERHEAD HEALTH

Samantha G Kuschke^1,2,3,5,6, Heather Smith^1,2,3, Elizabeth K Schultheis⁴, Jeanette Wyneken⁴, 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

*PREVALENCE OF FP TUMORS ON JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLES IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARY

Carson Harvill, Katie Kress, Ed McGinley

Flagler College, United States of America

STATUS OF FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Karina Jones¹, Erina Young², Andrea Whiting³, Scott Whiting⁴

1: School of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6150; 2: EnviroVet Consultancy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland 4561; 3: Biomaths, Bentley DC, Western Australia, 6983; 4: Biomarine International, Karawara, Western Australia, 6152

HEALTH STATUS OF FREE-LIVING GREEN TURTLES OF GUANABARA BAY, BRAZIL

Fernanda Sobral Short¹, Thayane Bottaro de Brito Boldrini¹, João Guilherme Mascarenhas Porciúncula¹, Bia Prieto D’Annunzio¹, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu², Rosane Silva¹

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

FIRST COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS OF SEA TURTLES IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE HEALTH STATUS OF CHELONIA MYDAS AND ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA IN THE RED SEA

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, Lara Kalisch², Helena Villela², Raquel Silva Peixoto², 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 for Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

*FROM REHAB TO RELEASE: THE POWER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN SEA TURTLE RECOVERY

{Eva-Maria} Alexandra Panagiotou^1,2

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

VENOUS BLOOD GAS OF STRANDED GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN THE REGIÃO DOS LAGOS, RJ, BRAZIL

Daphne Wrobel Goldberg, Beatriz souto de Freitas Vieira, Gabriela Bezerra, Janaina Rocha Lorenço, Livia Saraiva, Caio Azevedo Marques

Projeto Albatroz, Brazil

CAUSES OF ADMISSION AND CHANGES OVER TIME AT THE KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA, USA

Kathryn A. Zagzebski¹, Craig A. Harms^1,2, Megan A. Bargerhuff¹, Jean F. Beasley¹, Terry A. Meyer¹, Phil Sharpe¹

1: The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, 302 Tortuga Lane, Surf City, NC, 28445, USA; 2: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Center for Marine Sciences, North Carolina State University, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC, 28557, USA

THE QUESTION OF EUTHANASIA IN OUR SEA TURTLE CLINICS

Harrison Watler¹, Daniela Freggi², Antonio Di Bello³

1: Turtle Foundation UK; 2: Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue, IT; 3: Vet Med Dept. University of Bari, IT

MOVING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION FORWARD: ENHANCING LEARNING AND EMPATHY THROUGH SCIDANCE

Lekelia Jenkins

Arizona state university, United States of America

CONNECTING CHILDREN IN CAMEROON TO MARINE WILDLIFE THROUGH VISUAL STORYTELLING

Karel Cyndi Ngnah

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon

FROM OCEAN TO CLASSROOM: KELONIA'S APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ON REUNION ISLAND

Marie Amalia Lauret-Stepler, Thiébaut Levi-Funck, Claire Jean, Mathieu Barret, Stéphane Ciccione

Kelonia, Réunion (France)

"ONLY CONNECT": PUTTING EMOTION INTO THE GAMES WE PLAY FOR POSITIVE CONSERVATION OUTCOMES

Anna Stamatiou, Kostas Thomopoulos

MEDASSET, Greece

MIXING SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: WORKSHOP ON GENOMICS OF THE COLONISATION OF MARINE TURTLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Carlos Carreras¹, Gisela Marin-Capuz¹, Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Alessia Cherin¹, Helena Vela¹, Aitana Merino¹, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles²

1: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 2: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.

*SIREN CITIZEN SCIENCE: THE STORY OF A FISHERMAN FROM POACHER TO SEA TURTLE HERO

Cedrick Fogwan Nguedia, Eddy Nnanga, Guy Mengoue, Aristide Takoukam

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon

BRIDGING LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONSERVATION: THE INTERNATIONAL SEA TURTLE AMBASSADORS (ISTA) PROGRAM AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATIVE IMPACT

Yvette Fernández

Inwater Research Group, United States of America

LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION

Marlene Djoumessi, Xavier Ndjamo

Tube Awu, Cameroon

IMPROVING BUILDING CAPACITY OF WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TECHNICIANS ON SEA TURTLE NESTING MANAGEMENT IN A RECORD TIME: PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN CABO VERDE (AFRICA), AN INITIATIVE OF LIFE TURTLENEST PROJECT

Elena Abella^1,5, Fulvio Maffucci², Chiara Mancino³, Federica Barbera⁴, Katia Freire⁵, Samir Martins⁵, Katelene de Jesus Sanches Monteiro⁵, Nelson da Luz Frederico Semedo⁵, Diana Nadine Mendes Semedo⁵, Mireia Aguilera¹, Irene Álvarez de Quevedo¹

1: BETA Tech Center, TECNIO Network, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). C. de Roda 70, 08500, Vic, Spain; 2: Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. Villa comunale, 80121, Napoli, Italy; 3: Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", University of Rome "La Sapienza". Viale dell'Università 32, 00185, Roma, Italy; 4: Legambiente Nazionale APS, Ufficio Aree Protette e Biodiversità. Rete Associativa – ETS. Via Salaria 403, 00199, Roma, Italy; 5: BIOS Cabo Verde. Non-Profit Organization, Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development. Praça Santa Isabel, Sal Rei, Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

LHAVIYANI TURTLE FESTIVAL

L. Daniela Caballero-Encinales, Lorraine Aldridge, Mohamed Ahmed Fulhu

Atoll Marine Conservation Centre

ENHANCING MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION IN JORDANIAN GULF OF AQABA: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING BYCATCH AND BUILDING AWARENESS AMONG FISHERS AND MARINE PERSONNEL

Abeer Hisham Bilbeisi¹, Hamed Mallat²

1: Jordan Society for the Conservation of Turtles & Tortoises (JSCT), Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; 2: Association Kratten du Développement Durable de la Culture et du Loisir,AKDDCL, Kerkennah islands,3055, Tunisia

ADDRESSING BYCATCH THROUGH FISHERMEN’S WIVES AND CHILDREN IN THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO

Wafae Benhardouze¹, Mustapha Aksissou², John Dutton³, Manjula Tiwari⁴

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