ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

*EXPLORING MOTIVATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY-BASED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN TANZANIA

Lindsey West^1,2

1: Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom; 2: Sea Sense, Tanzania

*CATTLE OF THE SEA: PERCEPTIONS ON ILLEGAL SEA TURTLE TAKE IN PANAMA

Daniela Rojas-Cañizales^1,2, Raúl García-Varela², Jesse Senko³, Héctor Barrios-Garrido^4,5, Anna Erwin¹, 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; 3: School of Ocean Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA; 4: Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 5: TropWATER, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia

CRAFTING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR PEOPLE AND SEA TURTLES: A THEORY OF CHANGE APPROACH TO PROJETO TAMAR'S SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BUSINESS IN BRAZIL

Valéria Rocha¹, Maria A Marcovaldi¹, João Carlos A Thomé², César Coelho¹, Gustavo Stahelin¹, Bruno de Barros Giffoni¹, Clarice Burtet¹, Jaqueline Castilhos¹, Luciana S Brondízio³

1: Fundação Projeto Tamar; 2: Centro Tamar - ICMBio; 3: Instituto Argonauta para a Conservação Costeira e Marinha

ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC

Eugenia Naro-Maciel¹, Alejandro Fallabrino², Gabriela Velez-Rubio³, Laura Prosdocimi⁴

1: Liberal Studies, New York University, United States of America; 2: ONG Karumbé, Montevideo, Uruguay; 3: ONG Karumbé y Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay; 4: Laboratorio de Ecología, Conservación y Mamíferos Marinos (LECyMM). Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

DRIVERS OF GEAR DISCARDING AND REPORTED SEA TURTLE ENTANGLEMENT INCIDENCES IN PRINCIPE, GULF OF GUINEA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FISHING NET MANAGEMENT

Emily Mary Duncan^1,2, Benjamin B. Phillips², Claire Collins^2,3, Giudiceley Dias¹, Christopher R. Kerry², Estrela Matilde¹, Wilker Mendes¹, Litoney Oliveira¹, Guillermo Porriños^2,4, Asiem Sanyal^1,5, Belzamiel Umbelina¹, Ana Nuno^2,6

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; 3: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom; 4: cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE ‐ Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; 5: Fauna & Flora, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 6: Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), NOVA University Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

MARES COMUNIDAD: FISHERIES LEARNING EXCHANGES SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FISHING AND BYCATCH REDUCTION IN COASTAL MEXICAN COMMUNITIES

Agnese Mancini^1,2, Raquel Briseño Dueñas^1,3, Diana Arely Ramos de la Torre^1,4, Maria Isabel Miranda Marin¹, Luis Angel Tello Sahagun^1,11, Carlos Delagado Trejo^1,5, Katherine Comer Santos^1,6, Catherine Hart^1,2, Alan Zavala Norzagaray^1,7, Yadira Trejo Hernández¹, Anibal Murillo López¹, Karen Oceguera Camacho^1,2, Helga Oceguera Camacho^1,2, Jesus Salvador Lucero^1,2, 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 Nacional Autónoma de México, ICML- Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico; 4: Universidad Tecnológica de Escuinapa, Sinaloa, México; 5: Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México; 6: The Science Exchange, Jalisco, Mexico; 7: Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR Unidad Sinaloa, Guasave, Sinaloa, México; 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

SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN TWO INDEX NESTING BEACHES FOR THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE AT MARGARITA ISLAND, NUEVA ESPARTA STATE, VENEZUELA

Adara Daleska Gonzalez Hernandez^1,2,3, Graciela Hernandez³, Luis Alejandro Jose Zerpa Rodriguez^3,4, Mariana Albornoz⁵, Nadya T Aguilera Q⁶

1: Turtle Point, Margarita Island, Venezuela; 2: Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom NW14RY; 3: Ministry of Ecosocialism (MINEC), Venezuela; 4: University of the Orient, Venezuela; 5: Voluntaries for sea turtle in Parguito beach, Venezuela; 6: Amigos Ecotortugas Fundation, El Agua Beach, Venezuela

*TRACKING THE 23 YEARS OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLE COLONISATION IN SPAIN

Gisela Marín-Capuz¹, Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Elena Abella², Eduardo Belda³, Adolfo Marco⁴, Jesús Tomas⁵, Luis Cardona⁶, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,7, Carlos Carreras¹

1: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 2: BETA Technological Center, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Carretera Roda 70, E-08500, Vic, Spain; 3: Institut per a la Investigació i Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Paranimf n° 1, 46730, Gandia, València, Spain; 4: Estación Biológica deDoñana, CSIC, C. Américo Vespucio, s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain; 5: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; 6: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 7: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

PROACTIVE CONSERVATION IN THE RED SEA: SAUDI ARABIA’S FOUR SISTERS ARCHIPELAGO AS A SEA TURTLE SANCTUARY

Georgia Smith¹, Daniel Gonzalez-Paredes^1,2, Neil R. Davis¹, Marco Garcia-Cruz¹, Hoda Murad¹, Josie L. Palmer¹, Maximilian M. R. Polyak¹, Vanessa F. Schmitt¹, Ronel Nel¹

1: SHAMS - General Organization for the Conservation of Corals and Sea Turtles in the Red Sea, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 2: TropWATER, James Cook University, Townsville (QLD), Australia

MONITORING SEA TURTLE POPULATION TRENDS IN BAZARUTO ARCHIPELAGO NATIONAL PARK, A UNIQUE NESTING STRONGHOLD FOR ALL FIVE SPECIES IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Lorena Michel da Encarnação Matos, Evan Trotzuk

African Parks, Mozambique

*TEN YEARS OF CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES IN THE MANYANGE NA ELOMBO MARINE NATIONAL PARK: WHAT NEXT?

Rodric Xavier Ndounteng Ndjamo, Yves Maxime Mondjeli Ndjokou, Joël Wamba, Marlène Djoumessi, Cédrick Fogwan

Tube Awu, Cameroon

*NESTING ECOLOGY OF THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE, DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA, AT ESTACIÓN LAS TORTUGAS, COSTA RICA: 2012-2021 AND 2024

Faridah Olabisi Fatungase¹, Carolina M. Perez², Stamatina Skiloll³, Frank V. Paladino^1,2, Stanley Rodríguez Méndez³, Chelsea E. Durr^1,2

1: Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805; 2: The Leatherback Trust, Goldring-Gund Marine Station, Guanacaste, Costa Rica; 3: Estación las Tortugas, Limón, Matina, Costa Rica

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

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

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

*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

*FROM GENOMES TO CONSERVATION: POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ADAPTIVE VARIATION IN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES ACROSS RMUS

Alessia Cherin¹, Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Alberto Abreu-Grobois², David J. Duffy³, Abdulmaula Hamza^4,5, Elisabeth Labastida-Estrada⁶, César P. Ley-Quiñónez⁷, Raúl Llera-Herrera², Salima Machkour M`Rabet⁸, Adolfo Marco⁹, Dimitris Margaritoulis¹⁰, Oguz Turkozan¹¹, Alan Zavala-Norzagaray⁷, Sibelle Torres Vilaça¹², Sarah M. Vargas¹³, Livia Tolve¹⁴, Alessio Iannucci¹⁴, Claudio Ciofi¹⁴, Luisa Garofalo¹⁵, Giovanni Parise¹⁶, Salvatore Urso¹⁶, Cinta Pegueroles^1,17, Marta Pascual¹, Carlos Carreras¹

1: Evolutionary Genetics Lab, Spain; 2: Unidad Académica Mazatlan, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 811, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82000 Mexico; 3: The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL, 32080, USA); 4: Libyan Sea Turtle Program, Environment General Authority, Alfateh University, PO Box 13793, Tripoli, Libya; 5: Biology Department, Faculty of Education, University of Tripoli, souk Aljomoa, Tripoli, Libya; 6: Colección Nacional de Helmintos. Departamento de Zoología. Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 7: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Sinaloa, Departamento de Medio Ambiente; 8: Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular y Conservación, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal; 9: Department of Biodiversity Conservation, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain; 10: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-10432 Athens, Greece; 11: Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 09010 Aydın, Turkey; 12: Vale Institute of Tecnology, Belém, PA, Brazil; 13: Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil; 14: Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; 15: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e Della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, 00178 Rome, Italy; 16: Caretta Calabria Conservation onlus, via G. Gronchi, 6 - 87100 Cosenza, Italy; 17: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

*INTEGRATING ENERGY BUDGET AND MIGRATION MODELS TO GUIDE CAPTIVE RELEASES OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES

Anna Antonia Ortega^1,2, Nina Marn^1,3, Tony Candela^2,4,5, Julien Temple-Boyer⁴, Philippe Gaspar⁴, Nicola Mitchell¹, George Shillinger²

1: The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; 2: Upwell Turtles, Monterey California; 3: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia; 4: Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; 5: Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre d'Etudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France

*TRACING THE FOOTPRINT OF A WARMING CLIMATE ON SEA TURTLE POPULATION DYNAMICS

Fitra Arya Dwi Nugraha¹, Rebekka Allgayer², James Gilbert¹, Laura Sivess¹, Kirsten Fairweather³, Artur Lopes³, Sandra M. Correia⁴, Albert Taxonera³, Stephen J. Rossiter¹, Justin Travis², Christophe Eizaguirre¹

1: Department of Biology, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom; 2: Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom; 3: Project Biodiversity, Santa Maria 4111, Sal, Cabo Verde; 4: Instituto do Mar, Cova de Inglesa, CP 132, Mindelo, Cabo Verde

*SEXUALLY DIMOPRHIC TRANSCRIPTION AND DNA METHYLATION BLOOD PROFILES OF LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) HATCHLINGS INCUBATED AT CONTROLLED TEMPERATURES

Gabriella A. Carvajal¹, Blair Bentley², Eugenie C. Yen³, James D. Gilbert³, Camryn Allen⁴, Marylou Staman⁴, Jeanette Wyneken¹, Christophe Eizaguirre³, Lisa M. Komoroske⁵, Itzel Sifuentes-Romero⁶

1: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA; 2: Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 01063, USA; 3: School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; 4: Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, USA; 5: Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 01003, USA; 6: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

POPULATION STRUCTURE OF GREEN TURTLES CHELONIA MYDAS AT A FORAGING GROUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PERSIAN GULF

Nicolas Pilcher¹, Mohsen Razaie-Atagholipur^2,3, Mohammad Ghavasi⁴, Seyed Mohammad Hashem Dakhteh⁴, Mohammad Reza Shokri⁵, Mohammad Javidkar⁶, Michael Jensen⁷

1: Marine Research Foundation, Malaysia; 2: Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 3: Qeshm Environmental Conservation Institute, Qeshm Island, Iran; 4: Environmental Management Office, Qeshm Free Area Organization, Qeshm Island, Iran; 5: Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran; 6: The University of Texas Health Science Centre, Houston, TX, USA; 7: Marine Species Genetics Coordinator, WWF Coral Triangle Programme

TEN YEARS OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE NEST PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT IN EASTERN SPAIN (VALENCIA REGION).

Jesús Tomás¹, Juan Eymar², José Luís Crespo-Picazo³, Carla Eymar⁴, Mar Izquierdo-Serrano¹, Juan Antonio Pujol⁵, Eduardo Jorge Belda⁶

1: Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Spain; 2: Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Infraestructuras y Territorio, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; 3: Oceanografic, Veterinary Services, Parques Reunidos Valencia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain; 4: Xaloc Hermanos de Sal, Asociación para el estudio y conservación del mar, Valencia, Spain; 5: Concejalía de Medio Ambiente, Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain.; 6: Instituto para la Investigación de Zonas Costeras (IGIC), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

MERGING THE FUTURE AND THE PRESENT OF TURTLE CONSERVATION GENOMICS

Anna Casquet¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,2, Carlos Carreras¹, Marta Pascual¹

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.

UPDATED GLOBAL CONSERVATION STATUS AND PRIORITIES FOR MARINE TURTLES

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group Burning Issues Working Group

IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group

*LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE GOES HOME: THE GENOMIC STRUCTURE OF CONSERVATION UNITS

Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Anna Barbanti¹, Adolfo Marco², Cinta Pegueroles¹, Alberto Abreu-Grobois³, Raúl Llera-Herrera³, Elisabeth Labastida-Estrada⁴, Salima Machkour-M’Rabet⁵, Marta Pascual¹, Carlos Carreras¹

1: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; 2: Department of Biodiversity Conservation, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain.; 3: Unidad Académica Mazatlan, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 811, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82000 Mexico; 4: Colección Nacional de Helmintos. Departamento de Zoología. Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 5: Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular y Conservación, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE AND JUVENILE ORIGIN OF THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE, ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA

Anne Barat¹, Jérôme Bourjea^2,3, Katia Ballorain¹, Michael Jensen^4,5, Jeanne A Mortimer^6,7, Nicole Esteban⁸, Holly J Stokes⁸, Maxime Amy⁹, Ben Anthoy¹⁰, Clea Arsicaud¹¹, Eliott Barichasse¹⁰, Mathieu Barret¹², Mark Brown¹³, Robert Bullock¹⁴, Sarah Caceres¹⁵, Abissain Chamsi¹⁶, Stéphane Ciccione^1,12, Vanessa Didon¹⁷, Dominique Dina¹⁸, Gelica Eugenio Inteca¹⁹, Jacques Fayan¹⁵, Frauke Fleischer-Dogley²⁰, Henriette Grimmel¹⁴, Graeme Hays²¹, Jillian Hudgins²², Mouchtadi Madi Bamdou¹⁰, Hélène Magalon²³, Jamal Mahafina²⁴, Marine Malen²⁵, Christina Marques²⁶, Nicolas Oury²³, François-Elie Paute²⁷, Mireille Quillard²⁸, Ravaka Ranaivoson²⁹, Lalatiana Odile Randriamiharisoa³⁰, Gerard Rocamora³¹, Martin Stelfox²², Nina Svensson Dubois²⁵, Michael Sweet³², Anna Zora³³, Claire Jean¹²

1: Centre d’Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines (CEDTM), Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France; 2: MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France; 3: IFREMER Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, Sète, France; 4: World Wide Fund for Nature, Healthy Land and Seascapes, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 5: Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 6: Turtle Action Group of Seychelles, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles; 7: Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 8: Swansea University, Bioscience Department, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom; 9: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF), Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France; 10: Parc National de Mohéli, Nioumachoi, Mohéli, Comores; 11: OFB - Mayotte Marine Nature Park - REMMAT, Mayotte, France; 12: KELONIA, Saint-Leu, La Réunion, France; 13: Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; 14: Save Our Seas Foundation D'Arros Research Centre, Mahe, Seychelles; 15: Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France; 16: ADSEI, Itsamia, Mohéli, Comores; 17: MCSS, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles; 18: North Island, Seychelles; 19: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University, Campus Pemba, Mozambique; 20: Seychelles Islands Foundation, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles; 21: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; 22: Olive Ridley Project - Padiham Road, Sabden, Clitheroe, United Kingdom; 23: UMR ENTROPIE (Université de La Réunion, IRD, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, CNRS), Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France; 24: IH.SM / Université de Toliara, Toliara, Madagascar; 25: Green Attitude Foundation/le Marine Discovery Centre, Beau Plan/Anse La Raie, Ile Maurice; 26: Cousine Island, Seychelles; 27: Oulanga na Nyamba, Labattoir, Mayotte, France; 28: Conseil Départemental de Mayotte, Mamoudzou, Mayotte, France; 29: WCS Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar; 30: Madagascar National Parks, Antananarivo, Madagascar; 31: Island Biodiversity and Conservation centre, University of Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles; 32: Aquatic Research Facility, Nature-based Solutions Research Centre, University of Derby, United Kingdom; 33: Fregate Island Foundation, Fregate Island, Seychelles

LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF THE NESTING LEATHERBACK AND LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA

Santosh Bachoo

Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, South Africa

LONG-TERM TREND OF THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC LOGGERHEAD BREEDING COLONY NESTING IN CABO VERDE, WEST AFRICA

Ana Liria-Loza¹, Luis Felipe López-Jurado¹, María Medina-Suárez¹, Samir Martins², Adolfo Marco-Llorente³, Thomas Reischig⁴, Airton Jesus⁵, Albert Taxorena⁶, Kristel Fairweather⁶, Juan Patiño-Martínez⁷, Jairson Da Veiga⁷, Alberto Queiruga⁸, Milani Chaloupka⁹, Manjula Tiwari¹⁰

1: Cabo Verde Natura 2000, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); 2: BIOS.CV, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); 3: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla (Spain); 4: Turtle Foundation, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); 5: Fundação Tartaruga, Boa Vista (Cabo Verde); 6: Associação Projeto Biodiversidade, Sal (Cabo Verde); 7: Fundação Maio Biodiversidade, Maio (Cabo Verde); 8: Biosfera I, Sao Vicente (Cabo Verde); 9: Ecology Lab, University of Queensland (Australia); 10: 10. Ocean Ecology Network, California (USA)

*GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN THE RED SEA: EVIDENCE OF ENDEMISM AND MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT UNITS

Kirsty Scott¹, Song He¹, Royale S. Hardenstine¹, Lyndsey K. Tanabe², Hector Barrios-Garrido¹, Michael P. Jensen^3,4, Lutfi Afiq-Rosli¹, Natalie W. Wildermann¹, Carlos M. Duarte¹, Jesse E.M. Cochran¹, Michael L. Berumen¹

1: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; 2: Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; 3: World Wide Fund for Nature, Healthy Land and Seascapes, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 4: Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

*MITOGENOMIC ANALYSIS PROVIDES FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF CARETTA CARETTA AND FOR STUDIES ON MITOCHONDRIAL ADAPTATION

Livia Tolve¹, Alessia Cherin², Alberto Abreu-Grobois³, David J. Duffy⁴, Luisa Garofalo⁵, Abdulmaula Hamza^6,7, Alessio Iannucci¹, Elizabeth Labastida-Estrada⁸, César P. Ley-Quiñónez⁹, Raúl Llera-Herrera³, Astrid Luna-Ortiz², Salima Machkour M`Rabet¹⁰, Adolfo Marco¹¹, Dimitris Margaritoulis¹², Giovanni Parise¹³, Oguz Turkozan¹⁴, Salvatore Urso¹³, Alan Zavala-Norzagaray⁹, Cinta Pegueroles^2,15, Marta Pascual², Claudio Ciofi¹, Carlos Carreras²

1: Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; 2: Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística and IRBio, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 3: Unidad Académica Mazatlan, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 811, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82000 Mexico; 4: The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL, 32080, USA; 5: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e Della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, 00178 Rome, Italy; 6: Libyan Sea Turtle Program, Environment General Authority, Alfateh University, PO Box 13793, Tripoli, Libya; 7: Biology Department, Faculty of Education, University of Tripoli, souk Aljomoa, Tripoli, Libya; 8: Colección Nacional de Helmintos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 9: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Sinaloa, Departamento de Medio Ambiente; 10: Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular y Conservación, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal; 11: Department of Biodiversity Conservation, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain; 12: ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Solomou 57, GR-10432 Athens, Greece; 13: Caretta Calabria Conservation onlus, via G. Gronchi, 6 - 87100 Cosenza, Italy; 14: Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 09010 Aydın, Turkey; 15: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

*GENOMIC INSIGHTS AND MORPHOMETRIC DIVERGENCE IN LOGGERHEAD TURTLES: THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION IN EMERGING POPULATIONS

Aitana Merino¹, Gisela Marín-Capuz¹, Elena Abella², Eduardo Belda³, Adolfo Marco⁴, Jesús Tomás⁵, Luis Cardona⁶, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles^1,7, Carlos Carreras¹

1: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; 2: BETA Technological Center, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Carretera Roda 70, E-08500, Vic, Spain; 3: Institut per a la Investigació i Gestió de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Paranimf n° 1, 46730, Gandia, València, Spain; 4: Estación Biológica deDoñana, CSIC, C. Américo Vespucio, s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain; 5: Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071, Valencia, Spain; 6: Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; 7: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

MARINA OBSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES: LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Ed McGinley, Katie Kress, Carson Harvill, Leslie Palmer

Flagler College, United States of America

NESTING POPULATION TREND OF THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE IN BOCAS DEL TORO PROVINCE AND COMARCA NGÄBE-BUGLÉ, PANAMA FOR THE PERIOD 2002-2022

Roldan Valverde^1,2, Sonia Gutiérrez Parejo², Susan E. Piacenza³, Raúl García¹, Cristina Ordóñez¹

1: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States of America; 2: Sea Turtle Conservancy, United States of America; 3: Oregon State University, United States of America

A BASELINE STUDY FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING SITES IN THE SAUDI ARABIA RED SEA

Daniel Gonzalez-Paredes^1,2, Neil R. Davis¹, Marco Garcia-Cruz¹, Hoda Murad¹, Josie L. Palmer¹, Maximilian M. R. Polyak¹, Vanessa F. Schmitt¹, Georgia Smith¹, Ronel Nel¹

1: SHAMS - General Organization for the Conservation of Corals and Sea Turtles in the Red Sea, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; 2: TropWATER, James Cook University, Townsville (QLD), Australia

INSIGHTS FROM 30 YEARS OF SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN LAMU, KENYA.

Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed, Famau Shukry, Atwa Salim Mohamed, Elke Bertoli

Lamu Marine Conservation Trust (LaMCoT), Kenya

HOW SEA TURTLES HAVE LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE CONSERVATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Antoine Szadeczki, Quentin Bodiguel

Renatura Congo, Congo, Republic of the

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SEA TURTLES IN SRI LANKA

Thushan Jayalath Kapurusinghe

Turtle Conservation Project, Sri Lanka

THOUGHTS ON THE POPULATION RECOVERY OF SEA TURTLES IN THE XISHA ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA

Hai-Tao Shi^1,2, Liu Lin^1,2, Ting Zhang^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.

SEA TURTLE PROTECTION IN INDONESIA: A REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND CUSTOMARY REGULATIONS

Maslim As-singkily^1,2,3, Reindert Nijland¹, Leontine E Becking^2,3

1: Marine Animal Ecology Group, Wageningen University and Research; 2: Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research; 3: Marine Evolution and Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

*LONG-TERM EROSION TRENDS ON IMPORTANT SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OF COSTA RICA

Keilor Enrique Cordero Umaña^1,2, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo²

1: Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Spain; 2: The Leatherback Trust

*AIDING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION THROUGH COASTAL MONITORING AND MODELING

Jakob C. Christiaanse, José A. A. Antolínez

Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

*INTER-NESTING HABITAT USE FOR THE LARGEST NESTING AGGREGATION OF GREEN TURTLES IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN

Jaime Restrepo¹, Daniel R. Evans², Raúl García-Varela², Roldán A Valverde^2,3, Daniel C Dunn¹

1: Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Australia; 2: Sea Turtle Conservancy, Gainesville, Florida, USA.; 3: School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Brownsville, Texas, USA.

*FACTORS SHAPING DECISIONS ABOUT SEA TURTLE NEST MANAGEMENT IN THE INDIAN OCEAN SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION

Amanda Elaine Robbins¹, Andrea D Phillott²

1: Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa; 2: FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO REDUCE BYCATCH MORTALITY AND ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE FOR SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN

Mathieu Barret¹, Claire Jean¹, Antoine Ragé², Francis Schneider², Stéphane Ciccione¹

1: Kelonia, L'Observatoire des Tortues Marines, Réunion (France); 2: Vétorun, Clinique Vétérinaire, Réunion (France)

ESTABLISHMENT OF WASTCON: A NEW PARADIGM SHIFT TO SAVE SEA TURTLES ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF AFRICA

Ebiegberi Henry Raynus

Safe Earth Foundation, Nigeria

ENHANCING TURTLE CONSERVATION ACROSS A MOZAMBICAN SEASCAPE THROUGH EARTHRANGER AND OTHER CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES.

Jessica Lauren Williams^1,2, Bruce Jones³, Taryn Gilroy⁴, Lorena Matos⁵

1: Akashinga, Mozambique; 2: Tartarugas Para o Amanhã; 3: EarthRanger; 4: Vilanculous Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary; 5: African Parks, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park

BLUE CORRIDORS FOR TURTLES

Christine Anne Madden¹, Hugo Bourgogne¹, Marc Oremus¹, Lily Bentley², Daniel Dunn², Andrew DiMatteo³, Brendan Hurley^4,5, Zachary Posnik⁴, Arjan de Groene¹, Nathalie Houtman¹, Gavin Jolis¹, Andrew Maurer⁶, Eduardo Videira¹, Soraya Wijntuin¹, Michael Jensen¹

1: World Wide Fund for Nature; 2: University of Queensland; 3: CheloniData LLC; 4: BZGeoData; 5: George Washington University; 6: NOAA - Southwest Fisheries Science Center

A STRUCTURED DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK FOR EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THREATS AND PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLE EGGS AND HATCHLINGS

Andrea D Phillott

FLAME University, India

CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FISHING REGULATIONS AND OTHER MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLES IN CUBA

Raidel Borroto Vejerano

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES PESQUERAS DE CUBA, Cuba

MAKING THE BEST OF IT: THE CHALLENGES OF COEXISTENCE BETWEEN MARINE TURTLES AND GAS EXPLORATION

Isabel Marques Silva

Universidade Lúrio, Mozambique

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPANIES ON THE PROTECTION OF MARINE AND COASTAL SPECIES IN WEST AFRICA

Josea Sagbo Dossou Bodjrenou, Marie Djengue Dossu-B, Blandine Mimonzoude, Nadege Hounsou

Nature Tropicale ONG, Benin