sea turtle | Reserva Playa Tortuga https://reservaplayatortuga.org Centro Científico de Investigación y Conservación Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:09:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 https://reservaplayatortuga.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-Screenshot_1-32x32.jpg sea turtle | Reserva Playa Tortuga https://reservaplayatortuga.org 32 32 First record of Hawksbill Turtles at Playa Hermosa, Uvita https://reservaplayatortuga.org/first-record-of-hawksbill-turtles-at-playa-hermosa-uvita/ https://reservaplayatortuga.org/first-record-of-hawksbill-turtles-at-playa-hermosa-uvita/#respond Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:05:38 +0000 https://reservaplayatortuga.org/?p=2667 Good news for sea turtles and wildlife lovers of Costa Rica: during August, HAWKSBILL sea turtles were released at Playa Hermosa de Osa, which would be the first recorded on this beach.

Normally, olive ridley turtles arrive in this sector and recently there were also historical records of Pacific green turtles, so now a new species is added!

The hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nests on both the Caribbean and Pacific beaches of Costa Rica (mostly on the Osa peninsula) but its current populations are extremely small, and it is an endangered species mainly due to these threats :

⚠ the extraction of their nests

⚠ the hunt for meat

⚠ use of tortoiseshell from its shell

We look forward to continuing the good news during the 2021 turtle season. We appreciate the support of the Costa Ballena Lifeguard, park rangers, staff and volunteers from RPT and the community. And we remind you that those who wish to collaborate with night or morning monitoring at Playa Tortuga or Playa Hermosa can write to rptojochal@gmail.com or call 21013221

]]> https://reservaplayatortuga.org/first-record-of-hawksbill-turtles-at-playa-hermosa-uvita/feed/ 0 The first olive ridleys (an endangered species) of the season were released at RPT https://reservaplayatortuga.org/the-first-olive-ridleys-an-endangered-species-of-the-season-were-released-at-rpt/ https://reservaplayatortuga.org/the-first-olive-ridleys-an-endangered-species-of-the-season-were-released-at-rpt/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:21:17 +0000 http://reservaplayatortuga.org/?p=2161 The week of August 20 to 25 there were very special moments in Reserva Playa Tortuga, as the first two releases of baby turtles were made in the 2018 season.

© Camille Baile

A total of 164 hatchlings started their journey across the oceans. In case any of these hatchlings survive and if they are females, they will return to this same beach to nest, approximately in 25 to 30 more years.

Unfortunately the statistics are not very favorable for the conservation of this and other species of sea turtles, of which only 1 in 1000 will reach maturity. The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is sadly famous, because it is the most endangered species of sea turtle in the world.

The Olive Ridley turtle is in danger of extinction due to various factors, some natural, such as predators, but there are other external factors, of which the human being is responsible, such as the commercialization of eggs and turtle meat, and all the pollution. All the garbage that we generate every day, especially the plastic, come in one form or another to the oceans, directly affecting not only the sea turtles but all the species that live in the sea.

©Lainneker Sanchez

We invite you to help in the conservation of the Kemp’s ridley turtle and prevent it from passing to the sad list of extinct animals; to participate actively in cleanings of beaches and rivers that are organized in the different areas; to eliminate or reduce the use of plastic; to recycle; to denounce the illegal sale of turtle eggs, etc. Every effort, however small it may seem, counts!

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