“Ariti”, the French Polynesian subadult loggerhead turtle released on May 24th is providing her last positions, 73 days after the release. She seems to be heading for the Fiji Islands. Remember that this is the first loggerhead turtle ever to be satellite tracked from French Polynesia. A huge walk for the better knowledge of the […]
Argonautica 2012 meeting
The 10th meeting of ARGONAUTICA was organised by the CNES at the Aquarium de La Rochelle (France), on the 24th and 25th of May, 2012. The program of this conference included a speech by Cecile Gaspar, te mana o te moana’s President, in visio-conference (Skype) from Moorea. Cecile talked about the release of a sea […]
Two astronauts and one Miss to release Costa Luna
During their stay in French Polynesia, Charles Duke and Jean-François Clervoy have spent some time visiting the Sea Turtles Clinic in Moorea. These unusual visitors created an occasion for an unusual event: the release of Costa Luna, a sea turtle who stayed 6 years at the Clinic. May 12th, 2012: The conference “I […]
“Referent persons for sea turtles” trained by the DIREN
As part of the sea turtles conservation program implemented in French Polynesia, the DIREN (Department of Environment) has trained volunteer referent persons, in Tahiti and her islands. These referent persons have attended a special training course directed by the DIREN, in order to gain knowledge about sighting sea turtles, identification, tagging of the animals […]
2010, october 28th : A green sea turtle released, equipped with a satellite tag
For the first time since the creation of te mana o te moana, Dr Cécile Gaspar, helped by the scientist George Balazs and all the International scientists that were invited to the Symposium, has equipped a green sea turtle with a satellite tag prior to the release…. This turtle, a small green turtle named Tini, […]
