A little focus on the emerging green turtles currently in care at the Moorea Sea turtle care center! Thanks to the authorization and support of the Direction de l’Environnement Polynésie Française, during the nesting season, Te mana o te moana regularly welcomes baby green turtles who are too weak to reach the lagoon upon nest […]
Sad news at the Care center
It is with great emotion that we must announce the passing of Tortilla. Tortilla arrived at the very beginning of the foundation’s creation 16 years ago with a severe buoyancy problem, preventing her from feeding, swimming and being released. Despite the treatments, the rehabilitation efforts and all the good care provided by the teams, her […]
Welcome to Hiona!
Today, we want to introduce you to HIONA! Hiona, who joined our team last December, is from Moorea and is under a civic service contract. Very interested in sea turtles and everything related to the environment, Hiona participates in the activities of the association including tourists’ visits, infrastructures’ maintenance, turtle care, waste collection, school workshops […]
A green sea turtle lays its eggs on a Moorea motu. A rare event!
Great news to celebrate the start of the year! On Saturday morning, we were called by the Moorea Cocobeach restaurant located on one of the Tiahura motu to inform us a green turtle came during the night to lay its eggs there. An extremely rare event! Since 2004, only 4 nests have been confirmed in Moorea. […]
Arrival of Tetiaroa green sea turtle hatchlings to the Moorea Sea turtle care center
In this new year, we welcomed to the Moorea Sea turtle care center some Tetiaroa turtles hatchlings, that unfortunately were too weak when getting out of the nest, thanks to the support and authorization of the Direction of the Environment of French Polynesia. The nest was poorly placed in the shade in a damp place […]
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