ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Session

Conservation, Management, and Policy #2

Time:

Thursday, 27/Mar/2025:

8:30am - 10:00am

Session Chair: Tina Fahy
Session Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick
Session Chair: Irene Kelly
Session Chair: Mario Jorge Mota
Session Chair: Kathy Zagzebski

Location: Che Yong Hall

Session Topics:

Conservation, Management and Policy

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

8:30am - 8:45am

*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

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

8:45am - 9:00am

*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

9:00am - 9:15am

*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

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

9:15am - 9:30am

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

Amanda Elaine Robbins¹, Andrea D Phillott²

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

9:30am - 9:45am

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

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

9:45am - 10:00am

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

Ebiegberi Henry Raynus

Safe Earth Foundation, Nigeria