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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1 September 2010 |
Malaysia: Langkawi hit by jellyfish boom
Improper dumping of sewage and the disappearance of turtles has caused an explosion in the jellyfish population which is threatening Langkawi tourism |
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|  The release of more than a dozen hawksbill turtles this past week, in waters off the coast of the city-state of Singapore, was extraordinary for several reasons.
Eight of the 3-year old turtles released with satellite transmitters affixed to their carapaces were actually the offspring of hawksbill turtles that had been sent from the Underwater World Singapore (UWS) aquarium to Japan’s Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (PNPA), in 1997 and 2002. More »
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|  With the start of the first sea turtle festival in Pulau Banyak, Indonesia, on the 14th of June 2010, a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) was tagged for the first time with a satellite transmitter in order to track its migration route after nesting in Pulau Bangkaru.
Situated off the coast of West-Aceh, Pulau Banyak is an archipelago of over 60 islands. One of those islands provides the main nesting beach for the green turtle. Until 2006 hardly anything was known about their nesting population or threats and concerns for their survival. Locals indicated that at least 10.000 eggs per month ended up at the markets on mainland Sumatra, which proved not to have been overestimated. During one of the peak months in 2008, 263 nests were recorded by patrol staff. As leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) also nest on the same beach, Pulau Bangkaru is a hotspot for sea turtle conservation. More »
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|  From 17-30 July 2010, the Association for the Social-Economic Development of Itsamia (ADSEI), based in Comoros, hosted an international mission whose objective was to study the mechanisms by which green turtles orient themselves.
Itsamia was chosen for the site of this project due to the number of green turtles that come to reproduce on the beaches of the eastern point of this, the smallest island, of the Comoros Archipelago. During the year, between 30 and 150 turtles land on the 5 beaches that have been monitored by ADSEI since 1998. These beaches thus represent, the most important populated reproductive site for green turtles in the Southern Indian Ocean. More »
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