Via this project, the Marine Research Foundation conducted a training workshop to provide the Omani officials, researchers and field-rangers with the ability to monitor and carry out research on marine turtle stocks, whether resident or foraging, and their habitats. This project was implemented as a joint project between the Marine Research Foundation based in Sabah,…
Marine turtles in SE Asia are in dire need of conservation action. With long maturation periods and low survival, they have extremely slow replenishment rates. A population which has been depleted can take several centuries to recover. However, understanding the needs of the turtles also depends heavily the understanding of the extent of habitat use…
How does one conserve what never was known to exist? Sabah, Malaysia is host to high levels of marine biodiversity in its coastal waters, as evidenced by scientific knowledge of fishes, stony corals, crustacea and some other groups. However, there is relatively little known of the actual diversity of many invertebrate groups, such as the…
The project entailed an evaluation of the status of turtles during 2005 in the territorial waters of the State of Qatar and the development of framework for their protection against extinction and the identification of the species in Qatar waters and on its beaches. In particular the project aimed to identify the key nesting and…
Oman’s Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtle population on Masirah Island is considered among the largest in the world, comprising some 30,000 nesting females each year, and at Ras Al-Hadd and Ras Al-Jinz, Oman hosts the region’s largest aggregation of nesting green turtles (Chelonia mydas), with upwards of 5,000 females.
This project was embedded within the scope of a greater Eritrea Coastal, Marine and Island Biodiversity (ECMIB) project, and was designed to provide in-situ training and oversight to fully develop capacity to design and implement marine turtle surveys, monitoring and conservation within the ECMIB Project, along with the Ministry of Fisheries and other key stakeholders.…
Marine turtle populations around the globe are threatened with extinction, having been heavily over-harvested by mankind throughout their range. In the Indian Ocean marine turtles have provided food at a subsistence level to fishermen and coastal dwellers since time immemorial. Turtles have also been used traditionally for their shell, fat and meat, and their eggs…
