A transplant session of coral cuttings was organized yesterday by our teams. Numerous coral cuttings were installed for a few months on the dedicated tables in the lagoon and had reached the right size for a transplant. Our volunteer and marine biologist Yann Follin took care of collecting the cuttings and putting them in place permanently. […]
Focus on 2 of our volunteers: Eric and Patrick
Volunteers of the association for about a year and a half, Eric and Patrick come to the Sea turtle care center once or twice a week to help our team members. Their days begin with a tour of the turtle pond to check the health conditions of the animals. This continues with the preparation of […]
Celebration of the 2018 Polynesian Turtle Day
On 12 December 2018, Te mana o te moana celebrated the Polynesian Turtle Day with about 120 students as part of the ‘Paruru no te moana’ project. A unique opportunity for those children to be more aware of the importance of protection of the Polynesian marine environment and more specifically the sea turtles. 5 different […]
Amazing, welcoming of an olive ridley sea turtle…
For this new year, exceptional arrival of Matau, a male olive ridley turtle ! This specie is more rarely observed in French Polynesia than the other species, since it is much more common off the coast than in lagoons. This turtle was found by a fisherman from Moorea off Tetiaroa, floating with an old hook […]
Welcome to Alice, our new collaborator for the sea turtles conservation…
After growing up in the south of France, Alice left for Australia to continue her studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Marine Science. In her final year, she met sea turtles for the first time while participating in a yearlong project on loggerhead sea turtle biology. Becoming aware of not only […]
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