Olive Ridley Turtles being let into the sea

Conservation of Marine turtle in Maharashtra

In the year 2002, Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra started marine turtle conservation project first time in Maharashtra, India. During the 2002-03 breeding season they managed to protect 50 nests of Olive Ridley turtles and released 2734 hatchlings into the sea. Since 2004 they have extended this project to the entire 720 km coast line of Maharashtra and from 152 protected nests released a total of 7610 hatchlings into the sea. They arranged an awareness campaign in coastal villages and even started to issue the "Kasav Mitra" (Turtle friend) award from 2004. In February 2006, they published "Marine Turtle - Conservation and Protection" a booklet in Marathi. This is an ongoing project.

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• Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra
• Velas Beach
• Olive Ridley Turtles