The IOSEA Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding is an intergovernmental agreement that aims to protect, conserve, replenish and recover marine turtles and their habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asian region, working in partnership with other relevant actors and organisations.
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8 February 2010 |
Australia: Tiny turtles start their journey
The tiny loggerhead and green turtles started hatching around mid-January, with the nesting season starting in November. So far this season volunteers have relocated 11,500 eggs. |
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|  In 2000, countries bordering the Western Indian Ocean requested assistance in the management of the living resources and associated habitats of their shared marine ecosystems. In response, the World Bank initiated under the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) the development of a multi-national fisheries management and development programme called the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP).
This regional project which includes nine countries – Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, South Africa, and La Réunion (France) – officially started in July 2008. One of its components, number 5, is related to non-consumptive resources such as marine turtles in the WIO. More »
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|  A first-ever gathering of turtle practitioners from French territories all around the world was organised in Paris at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) from 20-22 January, under the banner « Bilan et perspectives des programmes de recherche et de conservation ».
Participants hailed from familiar territories in the Indian Ocean, such as La Réunion, and extended as far afield as Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (close to eastern Canada) and French Polynesia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Indeed, the wide geographic coverage was among the meeting’s strengths. The exclusive focus on French-speaking territories permitted more in-depth presentation and discussion than would normally happen in a large international gathering. More »
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|  NOAA’s Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule to expand critical habitat for the endangered leatherback sea turtle by designating more than 70,000 square miles in three areas in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington.
Every summer and fall, Pacific leatherbacks migrate from their nesting beaches in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu to forage for jellyfish in waters off the U.S. West Coast. The proposed designation would therefore complement conservation actions undertaken in the Western Pacific. More »
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