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August 2004
Jekyll Island Turtle Crawl Benefit Info To be held October 9, 2004 on Jekyll Island, GA
24th Sea Turtle Symposium Registration Info To be held January 16-22, 2005 in Savannah, GA
CHARLESTON area battles flooding Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Browning, who oversees the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge at Awendaw, said the storm might already have hurt damaged endangered sea turtle nesting sites ...
AROUND Florida Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami, FL, USA Boat propellers sliced one 300-pound sea turtle in half and fatally chipped the other's shell, marking the latest fatalities in a deadly year for sea turtles ... ...
A million St. Catherines artifacts go to Fernbank Hinesville Coastal Courier - Hinesville, GA, USA "It's sort of a witches' brew (of ticks)," Hayes said. Clams and sea turtle nests, as geological features, have been studied on the islands. ...
SEA turtle deaths from boat propellers on the rise in S. Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA DELRAY BEACH -- Boat propellers killed two sea turtles, slicing one 300-pound creature in half and fatally chipping the other's shell, marking the latest ...
BIOLOGISTS scramble to salvage sea-turtle nests buried in storm Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA By Sammy Fretwell. CAPE ISLAND - Looking carefully at the mound of beach sand atop a sea-turtle nest, federal biologist Sarah Dawsey shook her head and frowned. ...
SAVE the sea turtles, plead marine ecologists Independent Online - South Africa ... However, the scientists point out that experience in other parts of the world shows that "sea turtle populations can bounce back with proper management ...
CHARLEY'S toll heavy on Lee parks, beaches The News-Press - Fort Myers, FL, USA ... away newly placed sand at Lovers Key State Park, damaged some of Lee County¹s parks and destroyed many of the current batch of sea turtle nests, officials ...
URGENT action needed to save sea turtle: conservationists ABC Online - Australia Conservationists meeting in Malaysia are calling for urgent action to save an endangered species of sea turtle from extinction.
TURTLE researcher now 'nesting' in Brevard Florida Today - Melbourne, FL, USA Ehrhart, one of the leading authorities in sea turtle research, recently retired from the University of Central Florida and joined the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research ...
HURRICANE 2004: Storms can damage the environment Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA The systems can also erode beaches, destroy sea turtle nests and slam sea birds into treetops or onto the ground.
BEACH furniture proliferation a threat to sea turtle nests Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte, FL, USA When Sarasota County adopted sea turtle protection rules in 1997 and ordered beachfront residents to dim their lights during the nesting season, no provisions ...
LEBANON'S sea turtles and their nests under threat Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon A recent sea turtle mapping effort along Lebanon's northern borders with Syria to its southern limits with Palestine recently revealed that Lebanon's beaches ...
ENDANGERED Leatherback Sea Turtle Surprises Project Environmental Media Services (press release) - Washington, D.C., USA PRETOMA's sea turtle conservation project at Playa Caletas, on the North Central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, received an encouraging sign this past week with ...
TURTLE count is down Raleigh News - Raleigh, NC, USA ... loggerhead turtles have laid about 300 nests in North Carolina, said Matthew Godfrey, biologist for the NC Wildlife Resources Commission Sea Turtle Project.
SEA Turtle lighting restrictions Venice Gondolier - Venice, FL, USA Venice by far leads the county in the number of night sea turtle disorientations and deaths caused by artificial light.
SEA turtle is found dead Atlanticville - Long Branch, NJ, USA LONG BRANCH ‹ A 500-pound leatherback turtle was found dead, washed up on the Long Branch shore on Aug. 2. The cause of death ...
SEA Turtle Killed By Garbage KYW - Philadelphia, PA, US LONG BRANCH, NJ (AP) The decomposing body of a 500-pound sea turtle was discovered Monday morning on a private beach after it apparently died while trying to ...
TIPS to Turn the Tide in Favour of Endangered Sea Turtle Environmental News Network - Berkeley, CA, USA ... Blue Ocean Institute noted: "In the last few years, preliminary progress has been made to develop techniques that effectively avoid sea turtle capture, reduce ...
ENTANGLED giant sea turtle rescued Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA ... But as they closed in, they saw that it was a giant sea turtle, about 6 feet wide across its soft, leathery shell.
NEW measures to protect sea-turtle Daily News - Columbo, Sri Lanka Project (TCP) has introduced an alternate tourism programme to wean away villagers in Kosgoda who are engaged themselves in sea-turtle egg gathering for a ...
July 2004
PROTECTING Turtles in India Navhind Times - Panjim, India ... for minerals and radioactive materials that make the nesting beach unsuitable for nesting and minimise the natural beach available for sea turtle to nesting ...
TURTLE nest numbers down at season's peak Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach, FL, USA By Friday, Herren had tallied 2,162 nests of loggerhead turtles, the most common sea turtle on Florida beaches. ...
SEA turtle nesting complicates beach seaweed cleanup efforts Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA Loggerhead sea turtle nesting season starts May 1 in Southwest Florida and ends in late October when the hatchlings, about 100 per nest, scuttle to Gulf of ...
US Must End the Race for the Last Turtle The Empire Page - Albany, NY, USA Pacific Fisheries Management Council¹s (WESTPAC) failure to reign itself in order to prevent the extinction of the Pacific leatherback sea turtle is ...
ENVIRONMENTAL prosecutor investigates sea turtle deaths Environmental News Network - Berkeley, CA, US ... We need to thank Jack Plimpton for calling the authorities Sunday to Mexican waters are home to seven of the world's eight major species of sea turtle. But sea turtles often fall victim to poaching and commercial fishing nets.
MORE wind means fewer fish By ROB OTTLEIN News-Journal ... Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona, FL, US ... We need to thank Jack Plimpton for calling the authorities Sunday to alert them that a sea turtle nest was being vandalized and the eggs were being poached.
TOURISTS add to sea knowledge Maui News - Wailuku, HI, USA ... pictures and leave bubbles. A major attraction for divers traveling to Maui is the honu, the green sea turtle. There is something ...
RESIDENT fights for turtles Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA ... speaking to (the town clerk) about putting passages into place in an ordinance," said Lou Fisher, who administrates the Broward County sea turtle regulations.
COSTA Rican island a novelty for wildlife enthusiasts eTaiwan News - Taipei,Taiwan For most of a week, my 12-year-old daughter and I volunteered with a sea-turtle conservation project in tiny Parismina.
OFF-BEAT Conservation Measures Florida Sportsman Magazine - FL, USA ... Sea turtle fatalities have long been a blot on the otherwise clean (yeah, right) record of high-seas longline fishing.
NUMBER of turtle nests down in SW Florida KVIA - El Paso, TX, USA Fort Myers, Florida-AP -- Federal officials say the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests is down this season in southwest Florida.
LOGGERHEAD nest lapse is puzzling The News-Press - Fort Myers, FL, USA ... nesting numbers are down for the first 10 weeks of the six-month nesting season, said Sandy MacPherson, national sea turtle coordinator for ...
SCHOOLTEACHER joins sea turtle research team in Trinidad Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh, NY, USA Washingtonville High School art teacher Lara Held of Gardiner will be leaving shortly on a 12-day expedition to Trinidad to study and help monitor the ...
ECO-WATCH Houston Chronicle - Houston, TX, USA SEA TURTLE RECORD. Scientists have found 40 endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests along the Texas coast this year, breaking the 2002 mark of 38. ...
STUDENTS' trip an ecological 'eye-opener' Louisville Courier Journal - Louisville, KY, USA It was such an eye-opener; it made me realize I didn't need all those Christmas presents," said Becca, who explained how she held a sea turtle's fin so she ...
NORTHERN Kentucky Week in Review Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA The 150-pound loggerhead named Fisher and 25-pound sea turtle spent the weekend traveling with aquarium biologists who are setting them free Monday.
SEA turtles heading back to sea Kentucky Post - Covington, KY, USA While in North Carolina, the Newport Aquarium staff will also help attach a transmitter to another female sea turtle.
GOODBYE Newport, hello Atlantic Ocean Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA ... A loggerhead sea turtle named Fisher and an unnamed Kemp's ridley sea turtle are being moved 750 miles to Bald Head Island off the North Carolina coast, where ...
A sea turtle send-off Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee, FL, USA Loggerhead set free: Moss, a female loggerhead sea turtle, makes her way to the Atlantic Ocean and freedom after being released Wednesday at Bill Baggs Cape ...
GOOD News for Turtles Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA Because most sea turtle deaths associated with this fishery are caused by ingestion of "J" hooks, this is good news for turtles.
MARINE Turtle Conservation Legislation Signed into Law U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC, USA "This act is a triumph for sea turtles," said Marydele Donnelly, a sea turtle biologist with The Ocean Conservancy.
SUMMER Campers Release Rehabilitated Turtles Click10.com - Miami, FL, USA According to sea turtle state biologists, last year was the worst year for sea turtle strandings. Seaquarium veterinarian ...
BABAROO'S project: sea turtle hatchlings Williston Pioneer - Williston, FL, USA To find the sea turtle nests, he'd have to go out there, but for now he needed a rest. A small fountain trickled invitingly.
RESIDENTS, sea turtle advocates gather for meeting Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte, FL, USA ENGLEWOOD -- Sea turtle advocates and Manasota Key residents concerned about public safety and over-bearing rules, met Thursday night in an attempt to revise ...
CRITICS weigh pros, cons of renourishment proposal The State - Columbia, SC, USA In 13 years at Hunting Island State Park, he has seen the ocean destroy cabins, wash away roads, ruin sea turtle nests and chew up miles of subtropical jungle.
TOURIST in Your Own Town: Come face-to-face with real wildlife Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA At The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, you can be nose-to-nose with a real live sea turtle, separated by only a panel of glass. ...
TURTLES turn cold shoulder to area Bradenton Herald - Bradenton, FL, USA Cool water and cool sands have kept sea turtle nesting activity slow so far on local shores, according to experts. Two months into ...
FEWER loggerhead turtles nesting in SC, East Coast WIS - Columbia, SC, USA Mark Dodd is a wildlife biologist and sea turtle program coordinator for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Dood ...
SEA turtle nest figures much lower The State - Columbia, SC, USA "It's going to be a very poor nesting year," said Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist and sea turtle program coordinator for the Georgia Department of Natural ...
FEWER loggerhead turtles nesting on Georgia coast Macon Telegraph - Macon, GA, USA "It's going to be a very poor nesting year," said Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist and sea turtle program coordinator for the Georgia Department of Natural ...
BRINGING the plight of the sea turtle to the public's attention Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Capturing the different phases of a sea turtle's life in Lebanon took a 20-person team two years, or two May to June egg-laying seasons of night shooting on ...
RARE Greek turtle species caught up in red tape TerraDaily The sites form part of the European Union-wide Natura 2000 network and include the home of the rare loggerhead sea turtle caretta-caretta on the western Greek ...
CARETTA CARETTA TURTLE BACK LAYING ITS EGGS ON LAMPEDUSA Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy ... July 2 - On the beach of the island "Isola dei Conigli," one of the most fascinating areas of the nature reserve "Island of Lampedusa," the sea turtle is back ...
OCEAN Isle Beach honors sea turtles Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA ... Ocean Isle Beach's sea turtle coordinator, Gloria Hillenburg - aka "the turtle lady," organized the museum's turtle day events.
SEA turtles swim to freedom Florida Today - Melbourne, FL, USA ... Their work done, representatives from the wildlife commission, NOAA and the Sea Turtle Preservation Society in Indialantic brought the turtles to the lagoon ...
June 2004
BORN TO BE WILD Times Picayune - New Orleans, LA, USA They grow up so fast," said Dyer, who has been caring for turtles for four years in the Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program at the Audubon ...
COURTESY OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu, HI, USA "That's really good news," said George Balazs, a sea turtle biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
ECHOES Scientist¼s Call for a Moratorium Sea Turtle Restoration Project (press release) - Forest Knolls, CA, USA ... the world¼s sea turtles from extinction¾ explains Robert Ovetz, PhD, Save the Leatherback Campaign Coordinator with the Sea Turtle Restoration Project. ...
Common Dreams - USA ... Now the agency is ignoring its own scientists' research by failing to implement measures likely to reduce sea turtle entanglements and death.".
CALIFORNIA Attorney General Sues Canned Tuna Industry Sea Turtle Restoration Project (press release) - Forest Knolls, CA, USA ... endanger their customers from mercury poisoning by not labeling their products¾ says Andy Peri, Marine Species Analyst for the Sea Turtle Restoration Project ...
BEACH pollution threatens sea turtle population Ha'aretz - Israel ... employee of the Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority, received an unusual night-time assignment Monday - to assist a brown sea turtle lay her ...
PLANNERS dim lighting on Cooper River bridge Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA ... linking Charleston and Mount Pleasant over the Cooper River will be lit at night, but the lights will be dimmer than first planned for sea turtle protection. ... [thanks to Paula Sisson!]
HOKULE'A crew impressed, amazed Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu, HI, USA The Hawaiian green sea turtle recovery just keeps coming, thanks to the big mama turtles on the beaches at French Frigate Shoals. ...
IMPROVING odds with education St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL, USA A Seminole couple will teach a class that coincides with sea turtle nesting season in hopes of parlaying education into survival. By TIFFANI SHERMAN. ...
PART of Lovers Key beach closed for renourishment Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA In recent years, sea turtle and bird numbers have dropped due to a lack of usable beach. With erosion from ...
MARINE Turtle Conservation Act, a Sea Turtle Triumph U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC, USA ... year for international conservation projects protecting nesting sea turtles and their habitat, and will help to thwart illegal trade in sea turtle shell, meat ...
BEYOND the Crooked Limb: Chapters 22 through 24 Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA ... Following close behind it was a green sea turtle, then another loggerhead, and still another green sea turtle. Soon, another ...
TAGGING turtles at 10 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus, GA, USA ... But don't say it like Benigni too much or it gets annoying. But until then, it is beautiful, literally, in Italian. So it's a beautiful name for a sea turtle. ...
FAMILIAR turtle Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu, HI, USA The 24-year-old green sea turtle is something of a celebrity among Lahaina residents and visitors for her prolific nesting activity in 2000 and 2002. ...
OCEAN'S 11 get loving release Raleigh News - Raleigh, NC, USA The crash shattered bones in one flipper and split open the sea turtle's top and bottom shells so badly that its pectoral muscles were ripped and exposed to ...
SEA turtle standings worst in 15-years NorthFulton.com - Alpharetta, GA, USA ... Loggerhead sea turtle nesting on Georgia beaches reached a 14-year high during the 2003-nesting season. More than 1,500 loggerhead ...
US Ocean Commission Report Ignores Sea Turtles E-Wire (press release) - Dallas, TX, USA ... Our nation's ocean policies need to recognize and share in this commitment to sea turtle survival." ...
May 2004
MILLIONS lost through sea turtle decline, says WWF 4ni.co.uk - UK The worldwide decline in sea turtle populations has jeopardised jobs, tourism and coastal economies in developing countries, two thirds of which have sea ...
SHRIMP catch seized in turtle-protection initiative Access North Georgia - Gainesville, GA, USA A young loggerhead sea turtle was found struggling inside the net, said Mark Dodd, the state Department of Natural Resources sea-turtle program coordinator. ...
ENDING the Race for the Last Turtle CounterPunch - Petrolia, CA, USA ... Pacific Fisheries Management Council's (WESTPAC) failure to reign itself in order to prevent the extinction of the Pacific leatherback sea turtle is the poster ...
SEA Turtle Restoration Project Sea Turtle Restoration Project (press release) - Forest Knolls, CA, USA Public health, sea turtle and ocean conservationists will be joining over 500 United Food and Commercial Workers union members who will be protesting Safeway ...
BIOLOGISTS investigate 43 sea turtle deaths Access North Georgia - Gainesville, GA, USA The bodies of 43 decomposing turtles were discovered last week, said Mark Dodd, sea turtle program coordinator of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. ...
SEA turtle deaths approach record Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA, USA BRUNSWICK - A near-record number of sea turtle deaths are being investigated by wildlife biologists with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and ...
MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING A SEA TURTLE Department of Justice (press release) - USA ... and Natural Resources Division, announced today the sentencing of Bert E. Jenkins in Tacoma, Washington, who had collected a green sea turtle from a beach in ...
SEA Turtle Conservation And Shrimp Imports, Pakistan Among 15 Pakistan News Service - Lahore, Pakistan ... Section 609 prohibits importation of shrimp and products of shrimp harvested in a manner that may adversely affect sea turtle species. ...
COMMITTEE changes beach widening plans, increasing cost Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA Once on the beach, silty sand can hamper sea turtle nesting. ...
Common Dreams - USA "It's irresponsible for Safeway to knowingly sell a product that can harm women and children," said Andy Peri, an analyst for Sea Turtle Restoration Project ...
A wild night leads to a busy day Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA, USA It was only the second day this year that the Sea Turtle Project had volunteers out looking for nests. ...
GEORGIA students to name sea turtles in honor of G-8 nations. Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA, USA ... fourth-grade class at Islands Elementary. Her students are G-8 savvy, thanks in part to their sea turtle mania. Ask them to name the ...
EA turtle health linked to contaminants EurekAlert - Washington, DC, USA The new study is the first to investigate sea turtle health effects linked to a class of chemicals called organochlorines that are known to sicken other ...
GROUP dedicated to rehabilitating injured sea turtles Harlingen Valley Morning Star - Harlingen, TX, USA By MEL HUFF. BROWNSVILLE - A year ago in June, the Gladys Porter Zoo took an emergency call: A fisherman at South Padre Island had hooked a sea turtle. ...
HOUSE panel passes native bird, sea turtle bill Bend.com - Bend, OR, USA It will also help deploy US technologies developed by fishermen that reduce sea turtle mortality by 92%. ...
NEW HOOK to snag fish, not turtles GENEVA - Switzerland (Reuters) - CNN A new "circular" fishing hook could save thousands of endangered marine turtles snagged accidentally each year ...
CONSERVATIONISTS attempt to bolster turtle populations Brownsville Herald - Brownsville, TX, USA By MEL HUFF. May 2, 2004 - A year ago in June, the Gladys Porter Zoo took an emergency call: A fisherman at South Padre Island had hooked a sea turtle. ...
SEA Turtles Timed to Nest for Sea Island Summit Georgia Students ... E-Wire (press release) - Dallas, TX, USA ... Listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is Georgia's primary nesting turtle.
MAGNETIC map shows the way for migrating sea turtles New Zealand Herald - Auckland, New Zealand The mystery of the migrating sea turtle may have been solved by scientists who have shown that the creature can use the Earth's magnetic field as both a ...
April 2004
SEA turtles have inner map, study finds Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... University of North Carolina biologist Kenneth Lohmann, the study's lead author, said prior knowledge of green sea turtle navigation had been limited primarily ...
MARCO beaches about to become turtle maternity wards Marco Island Eagle - Marco Island, FL, USA ... Mary Nelson, an environmental specialist who works for the Collier County Department of Natural Resources during sea turtle season, surveys the beach each ...
JOURNEY to water for sea turtles may be clearer Bradenton Herald - Bradenton, FL, USA Sea turtle hatchlings instinctively use light to guide them to the ocean, which normally is the brightest object around.
It's sea turtle nesting time AL.com - Birmingham, AL, USA ... Phillips said that in a few weeks volunteers will be trained on the beach, learning how to identify and mark sea turtle nests. ...
SEA TURTLE SEASON IN MEXICO TravelVideo.tv (press release) - World ... this summer, Marriott's resorts in Puerto Vallarta and Cancun offer something that both parents and children will enjoy -- the Sea Turtle Rescue Program ...
OTHER GREAT SEA TURTLE NEWS SOURCES
"Turtle Happenings" on Turtle Trax
News at seaturtle.org Includes press releases, law & regulations announcements, general turtle news articles and a SEARCH ENGINE to help retrieve articles from their archives -- great resource.
News at CCC/STRP Includes press releases and sea turtle action alerts, great photos for news agencies.
"Current Features" on SC/DNR Marine Turtle Conservation