ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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

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

¹Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research Council - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain; ²Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain; ³Fundación Azul Marino, Castellon, Valencia, Spain; ⁴Pollywog Productions LLC, 87 Wolcott St. Suite 2D, Brooklyn, New York 11231, USA; ⁵Centre 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

¹King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; ²SHAMS/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

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

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

METAGENOMICS AND CULTUROMICS OF FREE LIVING CHELONIA MYDAS CLOACA SAMPLES

Fernanda Sobral Short¹, Gisele Lôbo Hajdu², Rosane Silva¹

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

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

¹Nature Tropicale ONG; ²ADeD 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

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

¹School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA; ²NOAA 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

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

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

BYCATCH OF SEA TURTLES IN SOUTH MOROCCO

Mustapha Aksissou¹, Mohamed Erradi², Wafae Benhardouze³, Manjula Tiwari⁴

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

¹BETA Tech Center, TECNIO Network, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). C/ de Roda 70, 08500, Vic, Spain; ²Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, Government of Catalonia. C/ Foc 57, 08038, Barcelona, Spain; ³Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Estación 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

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

¹Fundação Príncipe, a Registered Charity in São Tomé and Príncipe, Rua OUA, Santo António, Príncipe, Island, São Tomé and Príncipe; ²Centre 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

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

¹SEASHORE AMBIENTAL, Calle Sevilla nº 4, 11380 Tarifa, Spain; ²Veterinary 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

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

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

INTENTIONAL BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS IN JUVENILE GREEN SEA TURTLES

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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

¹Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida, USA; ²Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA; ³Inwater Research Group, Jensen Beach, Florida, USA; ⁴Upwell Turtles, Monterey, California, USA; ⁵MigraMar, 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

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

¹Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico; ²Centro de Biotecnología Genomica, Instituto Politecnico Nacional Campus Reynosa, Tamaulipas; ³Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatia, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CDMX, Mexico; ⁴Universidad 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

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

¹Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; ²Upwell, Monterey, California, USA; ³Aquarium 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

¹NEOM, Saudi Arabia; ²Beacon 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

¹SHAMS-The General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in The Red Sea; ²King 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

¹Projeto Aruanã – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais Littoralis, Niterói, RJ, Brasil; ²Verde 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

¹Centre d’Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines (CEDTM), 19 rue des Frangipaniers 97424 Saint Leu, La Réunion, France; ²MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, 34200 Sète, France; ³Kelonia, 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

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

¹Fundação Projeto Tamar, Salvador, BA, Brazil; ²Marine 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

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

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

Jesús Tomás¹, Patricia Gozalbes¹, Ohiana Revuelta¹, Luís Cardona²

¹Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Spain; ²Dept. 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

¹Seashore environment and fauna. Calle Sevilla nº4 11380 Tarifa; ²Environmental and water Agency, Junta de Andalucía; ³Territorial 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

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

*FROM THE DEATH TO LIFE

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

¹Projecto Kitabanga; ²Fundação Kissama; ³Universidade 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

¹Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sadben, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX UK; ²Vasco 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

¹Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, South Africa; ²University 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

¹Lampedusa Sea Turtle Rescue Center, IT; ²Turtle 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

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

¹Organization for the Conservation of Coral and Sea Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS), Saudi Arabia; ²SHAMS/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

¹Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, South Africa; ²Two 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

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

¹Programa Tatô, Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe; ²CCMAR, 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

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

¹Fundação Tartaruga, Cabo Verde; ²Turtle 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

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

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

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

¹University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.; ²Sea 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

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

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

Mr Tomas Diagne¹, Dr Djibril Diouck²

¹African Chelonian Institute, Senegal; ²Direction 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

¹Programa Tatô, Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe; ²CCMAR, 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

¹Ocean Ecology Network; ²CMS 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

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

¹Association Kratten du Développement éveloppement Durable de la Culture et du Loisir, AKDDCL; ²Agence 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

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

¹Fundaçao Tartaruga, Cabo Verde; ²Turtle 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

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

¹Asociación ProCosta; ²Wild 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

¹Programa Tatô, Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, Sao Tome, São Tomé e Principe; ²CCMAR, 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

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

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

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

¹Proyecto Akupara, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; ²Ecoposadas del Mar, C.A; ³CorpoMedina; ⁴La Universidad del Zulia, Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Ecología General (Maracaibo 4001, Venezuela); ⁵Grupo 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

¹Projecto Kitabanga; ²UAN - 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

¹Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; ²Red Sea Global; Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; ³TropWATER - 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

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

¹The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center; ²North 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

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

¹Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America; ²Mote 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

¹Ministry 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.; ²Hainan Sansha Provincial Observation and Research Station of Sea Turtle Ecology, Sansha 573100, China.; ³Marine 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

¹MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, Ispa – Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Lisboa, Portugal; ²cE3c 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; ³Centre for Ecology & Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK; ⁴Instituto 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

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

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

¹Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK; ²Marine 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

¹Projeto Aruanã – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais Littoralis, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ²Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Marinha e Ambientes Costeiros, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ³Faculdade 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

¹Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tartarugas Marinhas e da Biodiversidade Marinha do Leste, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil; ²Fundaçao Pró-TAMAR, Brazil; ³Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; ⁴PPGEco, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Brazil; ⁵Centre 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

¹Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas- UAM Reynosa-Aztlán, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.; ²Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CBG, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.; ³Instituto 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

¹Olive Ridley Project, 91 Padiham Road, Sabden, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9EX, United Kingdom; ²Olive Ridley Project - Kenya, 10 Diani Bazaar shopping centre Diani Beach Road, Kwale County, P.o Box 5331-80401 Diani, Kenya; ³University 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

¹WWF, Coral Triangle Program; ²Australian Museum, Sydney,Australia; ³TRACE, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ⁴Southwest 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

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

¹Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CBG, Mexico; ²UAT UAMRA, México; ³Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR SINALOA, Mexico; ⁴CSU, Colorado, USA; ⁵UBCS, Mexico; ⁶UTRGV, SEEMS, Brownsville, TX, USA; ⁷UANL, 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

¹Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras; ²Centro 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

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