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Subscriber only Turtle conservationists have unearthed key information about local nesting hot spots which will help in prioritising and protecting these environments into the future. Reef Catchments staff have conducted survey flights over islands and beaches in the Whitsundays. They also went as far south as Stanage Bay, which 75km north-east of Rockhampton, and as far east as Bushy Island, 70km east of Mackay. The surveys identified both the number and species of nesting turtle tracks that had been made the previous night as green turtles and flatback turtles moved through. The team also recorded the number of old nesting turtle tracks.