Indian government’s development plans for the Andamans may endanger the world’s largest sea turtles
The government wants to open Little Andaman and ‘release the area for deployment of strategic assets’. A leatherback sea turtle at a nesting site in the Little Andaman. | Adith Swaminathan/ Mongabay India
A 58-page, undated “vision document” for the “sustainable development” of the Little Andaman Island in the Bay of Bengal was produced by the NITI Aayog, a think tank of the central government.
The document, not in the public domain but reviewed by
Mongabay-India, states that “ecological and environmental constraints” have meant that the strategic and economic potential of the island, about 675 sq km in area, were never developed to their full potential; 95% of the island is under forest cover.
Moteâs 35th Annual Race for the Turtles goes virtual Last year Mote Marine Lab recorded over 5,000 turtle nests from Longboat Key to Venice. (Source: Mote Marine Lab) By ABC7 Staff | April 13, 2021 at 10:32 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 10:32 AM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Registration is now open for Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquariumâs 35th Annual Run for the Turtles.
The virtual race to support sea turtle conservation and research is open until June 30th. Every registration comes with a special 35th annual Run t-shirt. Registration is $35, and $25 for ages 13 & under. You can register here!
Each race participant will receive a 35th Annual Run t-shirt with their registration.
Goodbye, Connor! Sea turtle release on Longboat Key January 14, 2021
Connor crawls into the ocean
Connor, an adult male loggerhead sea turtle, returned to the Gulf of Mexico after several months of recovery at Mote s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital, but not before he received some very special jewelry for his journey a satellite tag that will allow Mote scientists to continue to track Connor s whereabouts.
Rescue & Recovery:
On September 6, 2020, Longboat Key Police Department officer Joshua Connors responded to a floating sea turtle in a Longboat Key residential canal. Mote s Stranding Investigations Program arrived and picked up the adult male loggerhead sea turtle and brought him to Mote s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital. The turtle was named Connor after the police officer.