St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network
Ocean LifePatrolling St. Kitts' Beaches to Protect Nesting Leatherback Turtles
A community-based network of night patrollers has tagged hundreds of nesting leatherback turtles on St. Kitts' beaches since 2003, turning volunteer beach walks into a 13-year scientific record.
2,419eventsLeatherback emergence events recorded (2003-2016)
259turtlesIndividual nesting leatherback females identified