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 […]
Boris Tezak presented some parts of his thesis on sea turtles sex determination
Boris Tezak, Florida Antlantic Unisersity PhD student, presented a summary of his thesis on the “Sea Turtle Sex Ratios in a Changing Climate”. He is the Three Minute Thesis Championship Winner and People’s Choice Winner. The assessment: it is possible to identify the sex of a turtle by taking a blood drop sample. (A hormone would be present in male specimens […]
Students training regarding sea turtles status in Polynesian culture
Last week we went to train 12 students of the University of French Polynesia (UPF) in Master 2 Sciences of the Universe, Environment, Ecology, specialty ” Insular Oceanian Environment” (M2EIO). As part of the teaching unit “conservation biology & invasions in the islands”, the training meant the emblematic marine species of French Polynesia, but the focus […]
News of Milla, one of our newly arrived sea turtle
On June the 16th, a new sea turtle unfortunately joined our care center. Milla is a young green sea turtle, approximately 11 kg, that was rescued by a family on board a sailing ship, while floating in the middle of a cluster of algae in the Marina Taina in Tahiti. The impact on its shell […]
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